{"nhtsa_id":10177748,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2020-08-04","date":"2020-07-21","document_id":"TSB_ELE203","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","mfr_system":null,"summary":"TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN: SERVICE ACTION: BMS/FATC OPERATION LOGIC IMPROVEMENT WHILE BATTERY CHARGING (SA427) - This bulletin provides the procedure to upgrade the Battery Management System (BMS) and Full Auto Temperature Control (FATC) software on some 2016-2017MY Soul (PS EV) vehicles, produced from May 21, 2015 through August 29, 2017, in order to improve air conditioning operation while the battery is charging.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2020/MC-10177748-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2020/MC-10177748-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10177748","components":[{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"KIA","model":"SOUL EV","year_from":2016,"year_to":2017,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2016_kia_soul","2017_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":[]}