{"nhtsa_id":10208228,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2022-03-02","date":"2022-02-10","document_id":"PI2108_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 2019-2020 MY Kia Optima HEV vehicles manufactured from July 6, 2018 through October 28, 2019 and 2019-2020 MY Kia Optima PHEV vehicles manufactured from July 6, 2018 through May 30, 2019.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2022/MC-10208228-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2022/MC-10208228-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10208228","components":[{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null},{"id":"engine-control-module","name":"Engine control module","parent":"engine"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"KIA","model":"OPTIMA HYBRID","year_from":2019,"year_to":2020,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2019_kia_optima","2020_kia_optima"]},{"make":"KIA","model":"OPTIMA PHEV","year_from":2019,"year_to":2020,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2019_kia_optima","2020_kia_optima"]}],"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":[]}