{"nhtsa_id":10232566,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2023-03-06","date":"2023-02-28","document_id":"CS2302X_OWNR","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","mfr_system":null,"summary":"CUSTOMER SATISFACTION CAMPAIGN: OWNER NOTIFICATION - This document is a follow-up notification advising that Kia developed a software upgrade that can be installed on your vehicle free of charge to restrict the operation of the vehicle's ignition system should your locked vehicle be the subject of a break-in and theft attempt without the key. However, the previous letter was sent in error. The customer's vehicles are equipped with an electronic engine immobilizer and are NOT equipped with a steel key and \"turn-to-start\" ignition system, and they are not targeted for theft by the social media challenge and does not require a software upgrade. As a result, customers may disregard that letter.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2023/MC-10232566-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2023/MC-10232566-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10232566","components":[{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"KIA","model":"SPORTAGE","year_from":2011,"year_to":2016,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2011_kia_sportage","2012_kia_sportage","2013_kia_sportage","2014_kia_sportage","2015_kia_sportage","2016_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":[]}