{"nhtsa_id":10091467,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-02-13","date":"2012-12-03","document_id":"TSBELE040","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","mfr_system":null,"summary":"TSB: SERVICE ACTION: FORTE KOUP AUDIO SOFTWARE UPGRADE (SA135). THIS BULLETIN DESCRIBES THE PROCEDURE TO UPDATE THE SOFTWARE IN CERTAIN 2013MY FORTE KOUP VEHICLES, PRODUCED FROM JULY 3, 2012 TO SEPTEMBER 18, 2012, THAT MAY EXHIBIT A CONCERN OF DISTORTED AUDIO SOUND. TO CORRECT THIS CONCERN, KIA IS MAKING AN AUDIO SOFTWARE UPDATE AVAILABLE. KIA IS REQUESTING THE COMPLETION OF THIS SERVICE ACTION ON ALL AFFECTED VEHICLES, IN DEALER STOCK, PRIOR TO DELIVERY. BEFORE CONDUCTING PROCEDURE, VERIFY THAT THE VEHICLE IS INCLUDED IN THE LIST OF THE AFFECTED VINS.","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10091467","components":[{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"KIA","model":"FORTE KOUP","year_from":2013,"year_to":2013,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2013_kia_forte"]}],"as_of":"2026-10-19","note":"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.","attribution":[]}