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Service bulletin TSBELE073R3

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The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10090182
Published by NHTSA2017-02-02
Manufacturer's numberTSBELE073R3
Manufacturer's date2014-12-22
NHTSA componentELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL

NHTSA's summary

TSB: SERVICE ACTION: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER LOGIC IMPROVEMENT (SA176) - THIS BULLETIN PROVIDES INFORMATION RELATED TO A SOFTWARE UPGRADE FOR THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER (SEE AFFECTED CLUSTER TYPE BELOW) OF SOME 2015MY SEDONA (YP) VEHICLES (L AND LX TRIM LEVELS), PRODUCED FROM AUGUST 11, 2014 THROUGH NOVEMBER 8, 2014, WHICH MAY EXHIBIT A PARASITIC DRAW OF UP TO 200-250 MILLIAMPS (MA), WHEN THE MAIN FUSE BOX SWITCH IS SET TO “ON”, IN KEY OFF/DOORS LOCKED CONDITION. AS A RESULT, THE ELECTRONIC MODULES MAY NOT ENTER “SLEEP” MODE AND CAUSE THE BATTERY TO BE DRAINED, AFTER A FEW DAYS. TO PREVENT AND/OR CORRECT THIS CONDITION, THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER SHOULD BE REPROGRAMMED USING THE GDS DOWNLOAD, AS DESCRIBED IN THIS BULLETIN. KIA IS REQUESTING THE COMPLETION OF THIS SERVICE ACTION ON ALL AFFECTED VEHICLES, INCLUDING DEALER STOCK, PRIOR TO DELIVERY. FOR CONFIRMATION THAT THE LATEST REFLASH HAS BEEN DONE TO A VEHICLE YOU ARE WORKING ON, VERIFY ROM ID USING THE TABLES IN THIS TSB.

The document

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Components

Electrical system, Instrument cluster

Vehicles listed
KIA SEDONA2015

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
TSB-ELE1062017-08-02. Service bulletin. TSB: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER REPLACEMENT, SOFWARE UPGRADE AND MILEAGE SETTING - This bulletin provides the procedure to perform a software upgrade and mileage setting on 2015MY~ Sedona (YP), 2016MY~ Sorento (UMa), and 2017MY~ Forte (YD, YDm) vehicles with newly replaced instrument clusters.
PS3892017-02-17. Service bulletin. PITSTOP: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER VARIANT CODING - THIS ARTICLE PROVIDES INFORMATION RELATED TO VARIANT CODING THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER IN 2015MY SEDONA (YP). WHEN REPLACING AN INSTRUMENT CLUSTER, IT IS REQUIRED TO VARIANT CODE THE REPLACEMENT CLUSTER WITH A CORRECT CODE (SEE TABLE BELOW) USING GDS OR KDS.