{"nhtsa_id":10190344,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2021-05-01","date":"2021-04-14","document_id":"PI2102_DSM","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","mfr_system":null,"summary":"PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT CAMPAIGN: DEALER PARTS AND SERVICE MANAGER MEMO - This document is the announcement to the dealer Parts and Service Managers that Kia is conducting a Product Improvement Campaign to perform a software update to the Engine Control Unit (ECU) to protect the engine from excessive connecting rod bearing damage on 2010-2011 MY Forte and Forte Koup vehicles equipped with 2.4-liter engines, manufactured from February 24, 2009 through May 31, 2011 (PI2102).","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2021/MC-10190344-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2021/MC-10190344-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10190344","components":[{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"KIA","model":"FORTE","year_from":2010,"year_to":2011,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2010_kia_forte","2011_kia_forte"]},{"make":"KIA","model":"FORTE KOUP","year_from":2010,"year_to":2011,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2010_kia_forte","2011_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":[]}