{"nhtsa_id":10190543,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2021-05-03","date":"2021-04-19","document_id":"PI2103_DP","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:ENGINE CONTROL MODULE (ECU/ECM)","mfr_system":null,"summary":"PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT CAMPAIGN: DEALER PRINCIPAL MEMO - This document is the announcement to the dealer principals 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 some 2011-2013 MY Kia Sportage vehicles equipped with 2.4-liter engines, manufactured from May 6, 2010 through October 7, 2013 (PI2103).","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2021/MC-10190543-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2021/MC-10190543-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10190543","components":[{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null},{"id":"engine-control-module","name":"Engine control module","parent":"engine"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"KIA","model":"SPORTAGE","year_from":2011,"year_to":2013,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2011_kia_sportage","2012_kia_sportage","2013_kia_sportage"]}],"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":[]}