# Service bulletin PS274

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10090630
- Published by NHTSA: 2017\-02\-06
- Manufacturer's number: PS274
- Manufacturer's date: 2013\-08\-23
- NHTSA component: AIR BAGS

## NHTSA's summary

PITSTOP: ACU VARIANT CODING AFTER PARTS SUPERSESSION \- KMA HAS RECEIVED REPORTS OF SOME 2011\~13MY OPTIMA AND 2010\~13MY FORTE VEHICLES NOT ACCEPTING THE VARIANT CODE LISTED ON KGIS, FOLLOWING REPLACEMENT OF THE AIR BAG CONTROL MODULE. IN SOME CASES, AN AIR BAG MODULE WITH A SUPERSEDED PART NUMBER MAY REQUIRE A DIFFERENT VARIANT CODE. KGIS IS BEING UPDATED IN PHASES AND WILL LIST BOTH VARIANT CODES \(OLD AND NEW\) IN CASE OF P/N SUPERSESSION.

## The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

## Components

Air bags

## Vehicles listed

- 2011 to 2013 KIA FORTE
- 2011 to 2013 KIA OPTIMA

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [2018301](/recalls/tc/2018301.md), 2018-06-08: Airbag
- [18V363000](/recalls/nhtsa/18V363000.md), 2018-06-01: AIR BAGS: AIR BAG/RESTRAINT CONTROL MODULE

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [WTY002DEALERPSM](/bulletins/10094137.md), 2017-03-07, Service bulletin: AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION; EQUIPMENT. DEALER PARTS AND SERVICE MANAGER MEMO: WTY002 \- 2008\~2011MY RIO PASSENGER SEAT OCS SENSOR MAT WARRANTY EXTENSION \(WTY002\) \- KIA MOTORS AMERICA, INC. IS EXTENDING THE WARRANTY COVERAGE FOR THE FRONT PASSENGER OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM \(OCS\) SENSOR MAT FOR CERTAIN 2008\-2011 MY RIO VEHICLES PRODUCED AFTER DECEMBER 8, 2007 AND ALL 2006\-2010 MY OPTIMA VEHICLES TO 15 YEARS/UNLIMITED MILEAGE, STARTING FROM THE DATE OF FIRST SERVICE. THE WARRANTY EXTENSION WILL ADDRESS FAILURES OF THE OCS SENSOR MAT AS REPORTED BY SOME VEHICLE OWNERS.
- [TSB\-073](/bulletins/10037640.md), 2011-06-01, Service bulletin: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE\-INACTIVE. KIA: INFORMATION ON REPLACING THE AIRBAG CONTROL UNIT. \*RM

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