# Service bulletin TSBELE140\_R1

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: 10143400
- Published by NHTSA: 2018\-08\-06
- Manufacturer's number: TSBELE140\_R1
- Manufacturer's date: 2018\-06\-01
- NHTSA component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE

## NHTSA's summary

TSB \- SERVICE ACTION: BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM \(BMS\)LOGIC IMPROVEMENT \(SA302\) \- This bulletin has been revised to include additional information. This bulletin provides information related to the Battery Management System \(BMS\) software upgrade to improve the battery monitoring logic on some 2017MY Soul EV \(PS EV\) vehicles, produced from July 11, 2016 through June 21, 2017.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10143400-9999.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10143400-0001.pdf)

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

## Components

Electrical system, 12\-volt battery, Software

## Vehicles listed

- 2017 KIA SOUL EV

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [23V724000](/recalls/nhtsa/23V724000.md), 2023-10-26: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION \(PRNDL\); ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [PS548](/bulletins/10133173.md), 2018-04-16, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY. PITSTOP \- EXTRACTING BMS DATA FOR RANGE CONCERNS PRIOR TO PERFORMING UPDATES \- For any customers experiencing a range concern with their vehicle, all Battery Management System \(BMS\) current data should be extracted and reviewed to verify the current battery State of Health \(SOH\) before performing any updates.
- [TSB\-ELE119](/bulletins/10109772.md), 2017-08-02, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.. TSB: SERVICE ACTION: SOFTWARE UPGRADE FOR AUDIO GEN 4.0 TYPE B \(SA253\) \- This bulletin provides the procedure to upgrade the Audio Gen 4.0 Type B software on some 2017MY Soul \(PS\), produced from July 12, 2016 to August 26, 2016, which may experience a screen freezing, black screen, or other display concerns during initial system startup. These concerns may occur during initial booting. Follow the procedure outlined in this bulletin to correct the concern.
- [TSB\-ELE044R1](/bulletins/10109676.md), 2017-08-02, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY. TSB: HIGH\-VOLTAGE BATTERY ORDERING AND RETURN PROCEDURE \- This bulletin outlines the ordering and return procedure for high\-voltage Lithium\-ion batteries equipped on EV/hybrid vehicles \(hereafter referred to as "high\-voltage batteries" or HVBs\). Every Kia\-approved EV/hybrid dealership?s parts and service departments should follow these procedures to ensure the fastest handling time and to minimize the possibility of charge\-backs.

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