{"nhtsa_id":10242239,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2023-10-01","date":"2023-09-06","document_id":"SC273B_OWNR","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","mfr_system":null,"summary":"VOLUNTARY SERVICE CAMPAIGN: OWNER NOTIFICATION - This document is the owner notification advising that Kia America, Inc. is conducting a Voluntary Service Campaign to upgrade the Vehicle Control Unit ("VCU") software logic in certain 2023 MY Niro EV vehicles. Kia is conducting this Voluntary Service Campaign to improve the VCU software logic so that the vehicle&#34s brake lights illuminate during i-Pedal mode when the vehicle reaches a certain deceleration threshold even if you do not release the accelerator pedal fully or depress the brake pedal. Also, this software upgrade will improve the electronic shift logic so that the vehicle will shift into PARK (P) automatically when the auxiliary battery's (12v) voltage is critically low and the vehicle is stationary.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2023/MC-10242239-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2023/MC-10242239-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10242239","components":[{"id":"brakes","name":"Brakes","parent":null},{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"KIA","model":"NIRO EV","year_from":2023,"year_to":2023,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2023_kia_niro"]}],"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":[]}