# Service bulletin TSB\_ELE299

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: 10238482
- Published by NHTSA: 2023\-07\-05
- Manufacturer's number: TSB\_ELE299
- Manufacturer's date: 2023\-06\-20
- NHTSA component: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:LIGHTING CONTROL MODULE:SOFTWARE; EXTERIOR LIGHTING; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

## NHTSA's summary

TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN: REAR COMBINATION LAMP INSPECTION AND SOFTWARE UPGRADE \- This bulletin provides the procedure to inspect, and if necessary, replace the rear combination lamp holder and wire harness, and update the software logic of the Smart Junction Block \(SJB\) system on some 2020\-2022MY Sportage \(QL\) vehicles produced from December 27, 2018 through December 7, 2021 equipped with a halogen bulb taillamp assembly. In some vehicles, the Master Warning Light may illuminate and display the message \&\#34;Check brake light\&\#34; on the instrument cluster, even if the brake light bulb is working properly.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2023/MC-10238482-0001.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2023/MC-10238482-9999.pdf)

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

## Components

Electrical system, Lighting, Instrument cluster, Wiring and fuses

## Vehicles listed

- 2020 to 2022 KIA SPORTAGE

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