Service bulletin PS308

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The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
Type	Service bulletin
NHTSA id	10109627
Published by NHTSA	2017-08-02
Manufacturer's number	PS308
Manufacturer's date	2014-03-21
NHTSA component	EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL; EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY

NHTSA's summary

PIT STOP: CORRECT PROCEDURE FOR CHANGING AMBIENT TEMPERATURE READING IN ?TYPE A? CLUSTERS - When changing the ambient temperature reading on a ?Type A? (non-supervision) cluster from Celsius to Fahrenheit, or vice versa, do NOT follow the procedure included in the current 2014MY Soul Owner?s Manual, instead, follow the revised procedure shown in this Article.

The document

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Components

Equipment and accessories

Vehicles listed
KIA SOUL	2014

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

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