Service bulletin TSB-ELE100R4

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.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
Type	Service bulletin
NHTSA id	10109836
Published by NHTSA	2017-08-02
Manufacturer's number	TSB-ELE100R4
Manufacturer's date	2017-04-17
NHTSA component	EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.

NHTSA's summary

TSB: UVO SYSTEM UPGRADE - This bulletin provides the procedure for upgrading the UVO system on some 2014-2016MY Soul (PS), Sorento (XMa)/(UMa), Optima (TF HEV), Forte (YD), Sportage (SL), 2015-2016MY Sedona (YP), and 2014-2015(MY) Optima (QF/TF) vehicles to address ?Incoming ring volume too loud? complaints when using certain smartphones (non-iPhone). Additionally, in 2014MY vehicles the upgrade will also improve Bluetooth connectivity and Voice Recognition (VR).

The document

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it. NHTSA files a document at one of these two addresses; we have not asked NHTSA which.

Components

Equipment and accessories

Vehicles listed
KIA FORTE	2014, 2015, 2016
KIA OPTIMA	2014, 2015
KIA OPTIMA HYBRID	2014, 2015, 2016 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
KIA SEDONA	2015, 2016
KIA SORENTO	2014, 2015, 2016
KIA SOUL	2014, 2015, 2016
KIA SPORTAGE	2014, 2015, 2016

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
14V023000	2014-01-27. EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
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