{"nhtsa_id":10092109,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-02-17","date":"2015-03-19","document_id":"SC117DEALERPSM","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"AIR BAGS; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","mfr_system":null,"summary":"DEALER PARTS & SERVICE MANAGER MEMO: ATTENTION: ALL KIA PARTS & SERVICE MANAGERS - KIA MOTORS AMERICA, INC. WILL BE CONDUCTING A VOLUNTARY SERVICE CAMPAIGN, TO UPDATE THE AIRBAG CONTROL UNIT LOGIC FOR CERTAIN 2014-2015 MY SOUL VEHICLES. KIA PROVIDES SOFTWARE LOGIC FOR THE 2014-2015 MY SOUL WHICH CAN PREDICT CERTAIN ROLLOVER EVENTS AND PROTECT THE OCCUPANTS BY DEPLOYING THE CURTAIN AND SIDE AIRBAGS IN ADVANCE OF A ROLLOVER. KIA HAS BECOME AWARE OF A FEW EXTREME DRIVING EVENTS, TYPICALLY AT LOW SPEEDS AND INVOLVING PARKING VALETS AND/OR PROLONGED MULTI-LEVEL GARAGE DRIVING, WHICH CAN DEPLOY SUCH AIRBAGS BY COINCIDING WITH A SPECIALIZED PORTION OF THE ACU ROLLOVER DEPLOYMENT LOGIC WHERE IT IS NOT LIKELY THAT A ROLLOVER WOULD OCCUR. KIA HAS DECIDED TO ADJUST THE SYSTEM LOGIC TO REDUCE THE LIKELIHOOD OF ROLLOVER AIRBAG DEPLOYMENTS IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES.","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10092109","components":[{"id":"air-bags","name":"Air bags","parent":null},{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"KIA","model":"SOUL","year_from":2014,"year_to":2015,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2014_kia_soul","2015_kia_soul"]}],"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":[]}