# Service bulletin TSB\-CHA044R1

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: 10109665
- Published by NHTSA: 2017\-08\-02
- Manufacturer's number: TSB\-CHA044R1
- Manufacturer's date: 2014\-06\-11
- NHTSA component: STEERING; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY

## NHTSA's summary

TSB: MDPS FLEXIBLE COUPLING REPLACEMENT \- This bulletin provides information related to the replacement of the flexible coupling in the MDPS motor of some of vehicles, which may experience a ?clicking? noise emanating from the MDPS when turning the steering wheel left or right, while stopped.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2014/MC-10109665-9999.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2014/MC-10109665-0001.pdf)

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it.

## Components

Equipment and accessories, Steering

## Vehicles listed

- 2014 KIA CADENZA
- 2012 to 2014 KIA FORTE
- 2011 to 2014 KIA OPTIMA
- 2010 to 2013 KIA SOUL

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [CS2311\_TSB\_R3](/bulletins/11009080.md), 2024-10-23, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; STRUCTURE:BODY; STEERING. TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN: CUSTOMER SATISFACTION: THEFT DETERRENT IGNITION CYLINDER PROTECTOR \& DECAL INSTALLATION \(CS2311\) \- This bulletin has been revised to include additional information. New/revised sections of this bulletin are indicated by a black bar in the margin area. This bulletin provides information to install a Theft Deterrent Ignition Cylinder Protector on certain 2010\-2022MY Kia vehicles outlined on page 15, which may not have been equipped with an immobilizer and whose Integrated Body Control Unit \(IBU\) / Body Control Module \(BCM\) are not able to receive the Anti\-Theft Software Logic upgrade under CS2301/02/03/04/05/06/07/08/09 TSBs. In an effort to help prevent thefts of Kia vehicles that are not equipped with an immobilizer, a protective cover will be permanently affixed to the ignition cylinder. This Theft Deterrent Ignition Cylinder Protector prevents the removal of the key lock cylinder thereby preventing access to the ignition tumbler.
- [CS2311\_TSB\_R2](/bulletins/10250838.md), 2024-03-02, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; STEERING; STRUCTURE. TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN: CUSTOMER SATISFACTION: THEFT DETERRENT IGNITION CYLINDER PROTECTOR \& DECAL INSTALLATION \(CS2311\) \- This bulletin has been revised to include additional information. New/revised sections of this bulletin are indicated by a black bar in the margin area. This bulletin provides information to install a Theft Deterrent Ignition Cylinder Protector on certain 2010\-2022MY Kia vehicles outlined on page 15, which may not have been equipped with an immobilizer and whose Integrated Body Control Unit \(IBU\) / Body Control Module \(BCM\) are not able to receive the Anti\-Theft Software Logic upgrade under CS2301/02/03/04/05/06/07/08/09 TSBs. In an effort to help prevent thefts of Kia vehicles that are not equipped with an immobilizer, a protective cover will be permanently affixed to the ignition cylinder. This Theft Deterrent Ignition Cylinder Protector prevents the removal of the key lock cylinder thereby preventing access to the ignition tumbler.
- [CS2311\_TSB\_R1](/bulletins/10247554.md), 2024-01-06, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE:CRITICAL FASTENERS; STEERING; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:BODY CONTROL MODULE/BCM; STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI\-THEFT DEVICE. TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN: CUSTOMER SATISFACTION: THEFT DETERRENT IGNITION CYLINDER PROTECTOR \& DECAL INSTALLATION \(CS2311\) \- This bulletin has been revised to include additional information. New/revised sections of this bulletin are indicated by a black bar in the margin area. This bulletin provides information to install a Theft Deterrent Ignition Cylinder Protector on certain 2010\-2022MY Kia vehicles outlined on page 15, which may not have been equipped with an immobilizer and whose Integrated Body Control Unit \(IBU\) / Body Control Module \(BCM\) are not able to receive the Anti\-Theft Software Logic upgrade under CS2301/02/03/04/05/06/07/08/09 TSBs. In an effort to help prevent thefts of Kia vehicles that are not equipped with an immobilizer, a protective cover will be permanently affixed to the ignition cylinder. This Theft Deterrent Ignition Cylinder Protector prevents the removal of the key lock cylinder thereby preventing access to the ignition tumbler.
- [CS2311\_TSB](/bulletins/10247553.md), 2024-01-06, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE; STEERING; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:BODY CONTROL MODULE/BCM; STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI\-THEFT DEVICE; STRUCTURE:CRITICAL FASTENERS. TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN: CUSTOMER SATISFACTION: THEFT DETERRENT IGNITION CYLINDER PROTECTOR \& DECAL INSTALLATION \(CS2311\) \- This bulletin provides information to install a Theft Deterrent Ignition Cylinder Protector on certain 2010\-2022MY Kia vehicles outlined on page 13, which may not have been equipped with an immobilizer and whose Integrated Body Control Unit \(IBU\) / Body Control Module \(BCM\) are not able to receive the Anti\-Theft Software Logic upgrade under CS2301/02/03/04/05/06/07/08/09 TSBs. In an effort to help prevent thefts of Kia vehicles that are not equipped with an immobilizer, a protective cover will be permanently affixed to the ignition cylinder. This Theft Deterrent Ignition Cylinder Protector prevents the removal of the key lock cylinder thereby preventing access to the ignition tumbler.
- [CS2306L\_OWNRPS2](/bulletins/10241169.md), 2023-08-24, Service bulletin: STEERING; EQUIPMENT. CUSTOMER SATISFACTION CAMPAIGN: OWNER RE\-NOTIFICATION \- This document is the owner re\-notification advising that Kia is now making steering wheel lock devices available directly to certain Kia vehicle owners. These devices can help deter a theft attempt. We are making this device available to customers free of charge and will ship it directly to customers who place orders within eighteen \(18\) months from the date of this letter.
- [CS2306L\_OWNRAM2](/bulletins/10240741.md), 2023-08-24, Service bulletin: STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI\-THEFT DEVICE; EQUIPMENT. CUSTOMER SATISFACTION CAMPAIGN: OWNER RE\-NOTIFICATION \- This document is the owner re\-notification advising that Kia is now making steering wheel lock devices available directly to certain Kia vehicle owners. These devices can help deter a theft attempt. We are making this device available to customers free of charge and will ship it directly to customers who place orders within eighteen \(18\) months from the date of this letter.
- [CS2305L\_OWNRYD2](/bulletins/10240739.md), 2023-08-24, Service bulletin: STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI\-THEFT DEVICE; EQUIPMENT. CUSTOMER SATISFACTION CAMPAIGN: OWNER RE\-NOTIFICATION \- This document is the owner re\-notification advising that Kia is now making steering wheel lock devices available directly to certain Kia vehicle owners. These devices can help deter a theft attempt. We are making this device available to customers free of charge and will ship it directly to customers who place orders within eighteen \(18\) months from the date of this letter.
- [CS2305L\_OWNRTD2](/bulletins/10240738.md), 2023-08-24, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:ANTI\-THEFT DEVICES; EQUIPMENT. CUSTOMER SATISFACTION CAMPAIGN: OWNER RE\-NOTIFICATION \- This document is the owner re\-notification advising that Kia is now making steering wheel lock devices available directly to certain Kia vehicle owners. These devices can help deter a theft attempt. We are making this device available to customers free of charge and will ship it directly to customers who place orders within eighteen \(18\) months from the date of this letter.
- [CS2306L\_OWNRAM](/bulletins/10236108.md), 2023-05-30, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT; STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI\-THEFT DEVICE; EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:ANTI\-THEFT DEVICES. CUSTOMER SATISFACTION CAMPAIGN: OWNER NOTIFICATION \- This document is the owner notification advising that Kia is now making steering wheel lock devices available directly to certain Kia vehicle owners. These devices can help deter a theft attempt. We are making this device available to customers free of charge and will ship it directly to customers who place orders within eighteen \(18\) months from the date of this letter.
- [CS2305L\_OWNRTD](/bulletins/10234604.md), 2023-04-22, Service bulletin: STEERING; EQUIPMENT. CUSTOMER SATISFACTION CAMPAIGN: OWNER NOTIFICATION \- This document is the owner notification advising that Kia is now making steering wheel lock devices available directly to certain Kia vehicle owners. These devices can help deter a theft attempt. We are making this device available to customers free of charge and will ship it directly to customers who place orders within eighteen \(18\) months from the date of this letter.

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