{"nhtsa_id":10109632,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-08-02","date":"2014-04-16","document_id":"PS305","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL","mfr_system":null,"summary":"PIT STOP: INSTRUMENT PANEL ILLUMINATION INTENSITY CHANGES INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING - When addressing a customer concern related to the instrument panel illumination intensity changing, intermittently, from high to low while driving; check for a transponder or other obstruction mounted in front of or near the auto light sensor (see image below). If an obstruction is found, remove it and retest to see if the concern has been resolved or if further diagnosis is required.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2014/MC-10109632-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2014/MC-10109632-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10109632","components":[{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null},{"id":"instrument-cluster","name":"Instrument cluster","parent":"electrical"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"KIA","model":"KIA","year_from":null,"year_to":null,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]}],"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":[]}