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Service bulletins for the 2021 Kia Seltos

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.

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

About P2181 on the 2021 Kia Seltos: what the code means, and the bulletins and recalls about the same components.

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TSB_ENG227_R22022-08-03. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN: SERVICE ACTION: MIL ON DTC P0605 AND/OR P2181 ECM LOGIC IMPROVEMENT (SA463) - This bulletin has been revised to include additional information. New/revised sections of this bulletin are indicated by a black bar in the margin area. This bulletin provides the procedure to improve the logic of the Engine Control Module (ECM) on some 2020-2021MY Soul (SK3) vehicles and 2021MY Seltos (SP2) vehicles produced in the date ranges shown below, equipped with NU 2.0L ATK engines, which may exhibit engine starting related DTC P0605 and/or thermostat related DTC P2181.
TSB_ENG227_R12022-01-20. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:ENGINE CONTROL MODULE (ECU/ECM); ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:TRACTION BATTERY:THERMAL MANAGEMENT:FLUID/COOLANT. TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN - SERVICE ACTION: MIL ON DTC P0605 AND/OR P2181 ECM LOGIC IMPROVEMENT (SA463) - This bulletin has been revised to include additional information. New/revised sections of this bulletin are indicated by a black bar in the margin area. This bulletin provides the procedure to improve the logic of the Engine Control Module (ECM) on some 2020-2021MY Soul (SK3) vehicles produced from November 24, 2018 through January 4, 2021 and 2021MY Seltos (SP2) vehicles produced from November 20, 2019 through January 12, 2021, equipped with NU 2.0L ATK engines, which may exhibit engine poor starting related DTC P0605 and/or thermostat related DTC P2181.
TSB_ENG2272021-03-04. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN - SERVICE ACTION: MIL ON DTC P0605 AND/OR P2181 ECM LOGIC IMPROVEMENT (SA463) - This bulletin provides the procedure to improve the logic of the Engine Control Module (ECM) on some 2020-2021MY Soul (SK3) vehicles produced from November 24, 2018 through January 4, 2021 and 2021MY Seltos (SP2) vehicles produced from November 20, 2019 through January 12, 2021, equipped with NU 2.0L ATK engines, which may exhibit engine poor starting related DTC P0605 and/or thermostat related DTC P2181.

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