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P1B70 on the 2016 Kia Optima

The bulletins listed name this code in NHTSA's summary, or are about the same components. A bulletin or a recall listed here may apply to the model year. None of it is a diagnosis.

This code is specific to a manufacturer and is not described here. Its meaning is in the manufacturer's service information.

Bulletins for this model year that name P1B70
TSBELE1472018-06-25. Service bulletin. TSB - BMS LOGIC IMPROVEMENT FOR DTC P1B70 - This bulletin provides the procedure to improve the logic of the Battery Management System (BMS) on some 2011-2016MY Optima Hybrid (TF HEV) vehicles, produced from February 15, 2011 through July 22, 2015, which may experience a malfunction indicator light (MIL) illumination with DTC P1B70 even though there is no actual malfunction.

1 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19. See them in the bulletin list. A bulletin lists model years: read the document for which vehicles it concerns.