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Service bulletins for the 2012 Kia Soul

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.

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

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Bulletins, newest first
0212016-03-16. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE.
SC-1222015-10-02. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS. KIA: AN ADDITIONAL APPLICATION OF ANTI-CORROSION PROTECTION WILL BE APPLIED ON SOME VEHICLES UNDERBODY COMPONENTS TO HELP PREVENT CORROSION. MODEL 2004-09 SPECTRA, 2006-10 OPTIMA, 2006-11 RIO 2007-10 RONDO AND 2010-13 SOUL. *PE
TSB-146 REV 12015-09-16. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; ENGINE. KIA: ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE (ECM) SOFTWARE HAS BEEN UPGRADED FOR CERTAIN VEHICLES EXPERIENCING MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP (MIL) THAT ILLUMINATES AND ECM NEEDS REPROGRAMMING WITH LATEST GDS DOWNLOAD. MODEL 2012-14 RIO, 2012-14 SOUL. *PE
TSB-050-A2013-12-31. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM); ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. KIA: INFORMATION REGARDING WHEN ACTIVE ECO LOGIC IS ON A SLIGHT SHIFT SHUDDER IS FELT WHEN TORQUE CONVERTER DAMPER CLUTCH ENGAGES OR DISENGAGES AND TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE (TCM) SOFTWARE NEEDS BE UPGRADED/REPROGRAM TO IMPROVE ACTIVE ECO CONTROL LOGIC. MODEL 2012 SOUL. *PE
TSB-118-22013-12-30. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. KIA: NEW INFORMATION PROVIDED REGARDING THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE (ECM) SOFTWARE UPGRADE FOR VEHICLES EXPERIENCING THE ILLUMINATION OF THE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP WITHIN THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE (ECM) SYSTEM WHICH SHOULD BE REPROGRAMMED. MODEL 2012-13 RIO, SOUL. *PE
TSB-01062011-12-20. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. KIA: INFORMATION PROVIDED RELATING TO AN ENGINE WITH AN ABNORMAL NOISE EMANATING FROM THE HYDRAULIC LASH ADJUSTER (HLAS) DUE TO A LACK OF OIL SUPPLY. *PE
TSB-0202011-12-20. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY:CABLES. KIA: PERTAINING TO INFORMATION ON SOME VEHICLES, THE BATTERY CABLE TERMINAL WILL REPLACE THE POSITIVE (+) AND THE NEGATIVE (-). *PE

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