{"nhtsa_id":10203660,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2021-12-01","date":"2021-11-11","document_id":"PI2107_DP","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:ENGINE CONTROL MODULE (ECU/ECM):SOFTWARE; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","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 2017-2019 MY Kia Soul vehicles equipped with 2.0-liter Nu GDI engines, manufactured from July 29, 2016 through December 21, 2018.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2021/MC-10203660-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2021/MC-10203660-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10203660","components":[{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null},{"id":"engine-control-module","name":"Engine control module","parent":"engine"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"KIA","model":"SOUL","year_from":2017,"year_to":2019,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2017_kia_soul","2018_kia_soul","2019_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":[]}