{"nhtsa_id":10208231,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2022-03-02","date":"2022-02-15","document_id":"PI2108_OWNR","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:ENGINE CONTROL MODULE (ECU/ECM):SOFTWARE","mfr_system":null,"summary":"PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT CAMPAIGN: OWNER NOTIFICATION - This document is the owner notification advising that Kia is conducting a Product Improvement Campaign to perform a software update on 2019-2020 MY Kia Optima HEV & PHEV vehicles to protect the engine from excessive connecting rod bearing damage. The update will be done free of charge and will only involve the addition of newly developed computer software for the Engine Control Unit (\"ECU\") (PI2108).","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2022/MC-10208231-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2022/MC-10208231-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10208231","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":[]}