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Service bulletins for the 2012 Kia Optima

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.

294 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.

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PS2922016-03-16. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE.
1042016-03-16. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT; SEAT BELTS:FRONT. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE.
0602016-03-16. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE.
TB-PS-4222015-09-30. Service bulletin. ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC). KIA: SOME VEHICLES WOULD HESITATE ON HARD ACCELERATION AND ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) LIGHT ILLUMINATES; WOULD NEED TO REPLACE HYDRAULIC ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT (HECU) WITH LATEST SOFTWARE MODULE. MODEL 2012-13 OPTIMA. *PE
0772015-05-05. Service bulletin. VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES. KIA OPTIMA /SORENTO: 2012-2014 REAR VIEW CAMERA REQUIRES REPLACEMENT ON SPECIFIC MODELS. *LJ
0492015-05-04. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES. KIA OPTIMA HYBRID 2011-2013 : CONCERNS OF BRAKE NOISE WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES. *LJ
TSB-1382014-05-14. Service bulletin. ENGINE. KIA: THE VOLTAGE VALUE BOOST PRESSURE ACTUATOR POSITION CONTROL NEEDS INSPECTING BY USING GDS DUE TO MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LIGHT (MIL) ILLUMINATING. MODEL 2012 OPTIMA. *PE
TSB-1102014-05-10. Service bulletin. ENGINE. KIA: THE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LIGHT (MIL) WILL ILLUMINATE AND THE VOLTAGE VALUE, FOR BOOST PRESSURE ACTUATOR POSITION CONTROL, NEEDS INSPECTING, BY USING GDS, ON SOME VEHICLES. MODEL 2012 OPTIMA. *PE
TSB-0262013-12-31. Service bulletin. FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY; FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP; FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS. KIA: A MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP (MIL) ILLUMINATES WITH ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE (ECM) SYSTEM AND TO CORRECT CONCERN, HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP, FUEL DELIVERY PIPE AND MOUNTING BOLTS WOULD BE REPLACED, IF NECESSARY. MODEL 2011-2014 OPTIMA, SPORTAGE, SORENTO, CADENZA. *PE
TSB-0402013-11-20. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION:REAR; SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM. KIA: INFORMATION PROVIDED REGARDING SOME VEHICLES, IN STATES WHERE HEAVY AMOUNTS OF ROAD SALT IS USED FOR DE-ICING AND NEED TO HAVE BOTH REAR LOWER CONTROL ARMS REPLACED, THAT RESULTS IN CORROSION THAT CAUSES A KNOCKING OR CLUNKING NOISE. MODELS 2011-2012 OPTIMA. *PE
TSB-0252013-11-18. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:OTHER FUEL TYPES:TURBO/SUPERCHARGER; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. KIA: DUE TO SOME VEHICLES EXPERIENCING AN ILLUMINATION MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP (MIL), THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE (ECM) SYSTEM NEEDS TO BE UPGRADED AND REPROGRAMMED WITH GDS DOWNLOADS TO PREVENT AND/OR CORRECT THIS SITUATION. MODELS 2011-2012 OPTIMA, SPORTAGE. *PE
TSB-1322013-08-21. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. KIA: SOME VEHICLES REQUIRE A CONTROLLER SOFTWARE UPGRADE. VERIFY THE NECESSITY FOR THE UPGRADE PER THE TABLES IN THIS BULLETIN. *JS
TSB-1282013-06-18. Service bulletin. ENGINE. KIA: INFORMATION IS PROVIDED REGARDING THE PROCEDURE OF REPLACING THE PURGE CONTROL SOLENOID VALVE (PCSV), ON SOME VEHICLES. MODELS 2012 OPTIMA. *PE
TSB-0392012-12-11. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT; STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS. KIA: BULLETIN IS PROVIDING CAUTIONARY INFORMATION ON INSTALLATION OF WHEN BOLT HOLES OF REAR UPPER ARM ARE NOT PROPERLY ALIGNED WITH SUBFRAME, AND BOLT MAY BECOME LOOSE. MODEL 2011-2013 OPTIMA. *PE
TSB-119 REV-12012-08-07. Service bulletin. ENGINE. KIA: WHEN ENGINE IS AT 2000 RPM AND OPERATING TEMPERATURE, IT MAY EXPERIENCE, FROM THE BALANCE SHAFT MODULE (BSM), A WHISTLING NOISE. *PE
PS2052012-04-18. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL); POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT. KIA: OPTIMA DASHBOARD SHIFTER POSITION INDICATOR. *KB
TSB-1102012-01-24. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. KIA: SOME VEHICLES WARNING LIGHT FOR THE ENGINE MAY ILLUMINATE. VOLTAGE SHOULD BE RECORDED ON RO SHEET. USE GDS FOR LOWER MECHANICAL STOP OF BOOST PRESSURE. *PE
PS-1902011-12-20. Service bulletin. ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC). KIA: SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH STABILITY CONTROL, WHILE PERFORMING A DYNAMIC TEST DRIVE DURING PDI INSPECTION, THE STABILITY CONTROL WARNING LAMP MAY ILLUMINATE. *PE
PS1722011-05-25. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. KIA: ON SOME 2011 OPTIMA MODELS THE MALFUNCTION LIGHT MAY BE ON WITH A STORED TROUBLE CODE. PROBLEM IS WITH THE WASTEGATE ACTUATOR. *RM UPDATED 12/20/11. *PE

The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.