Service bulletin TSBELE091R3

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	10126423
Published by NHTSA	2017-12-22
Manufacturer's number	TSBELE091R3
Manufacturer's date	2017-11-20
NHTSA component	ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE

NHTSA's summary

TSB - IDENTIFYING HEAD UNIT SOFTWARE VERSION FOR DIRECT EXCHANGE - This bulletin provides the procedure on how to identify and record the head unit software level on various head unit platforms and generations.

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

Electrical system, Software

Vehicles listed
KIA BORREGO	2009
KIA CADENZA	2014, 2015, 2016
KIA FORTE	2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
KIA K900	2015, 2016
KIA OPTIMA	2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
KIA OPTIMA HYBRID	2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
KIA RIO	2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
KIA SEDONA	2015, 2016
KIA SORENTO	2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
KIA SOUL	2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
KIA SOUL EV	2015, 2016 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
KIA SPORTAGE	2011, 2012, 2013, 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
23V724000	2023-10-26. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL); ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE
21V725000	2021-09-17. EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE
20V389000	2020-07-02. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL)
18V338000	2018-05-23. STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE

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

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