{"nhtsa_id":10247553,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2024-01-06","date":"2023-12-12","document_id":"CS2311_TSB","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"STRUCTURE; STEERING; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:BODY CONTROL MODULE/BCM; STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE; STRUCTURE:CRITICAL FASTENERS","mfr_system":null,"summary":"TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN: CUSTOMER SATISFACTION: THEFT DETERRENT IGNITION CYLINDER PROTECTOR & DECAL INSTALLATION (CS2311) - This bulletin provides information to install a Theft Deterrent Ignition Cylinder Protector on certain 2010-2022MY Kia vehicles outlined on page 13, which may not have been equipped with an immobilizer and whose Integrated Body Control Unit (IBU) / Body Control Module (BCM) are not able to receive the Anti-Theft Software Logic upgrade under CS2301/02/03/04/05/06/07/08/09 TSBs. In an effort to help prevent thefts of Kia vehicles that are not equipped with an immobilizer, a protective cover will be permanently affixed to the ignition cylinder. This Theft Deterrent Ignition Cylinder Protector prevents the removal of the key lock cylinder thereby preventing access to the ignition tumbler.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2023/MC-10247553-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2023/MC-10247553-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10247553","components":[{"id":"structure-body","name":"Body and frame","parent":null},{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null},{"id":"steering","name":"Steering","parent":null},{"id":"body-control-module","name":"Body control module","parent":"electrical"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"KIA","model":"FORTE","year_from":2011,"year_to":2016,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2011_kia_forte","2012_kia_forte","2013_kia_forte","2014_kia_forte","2015_kia_forte","2016_kia_forte"]},{"make":"KIA","model":"RIO","year_from":2011,"year_to":2021,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2011_kia_rio","2012_kia_rio","2013_kia_rio","2014_kia_rio","2015_kia_rio","2016_kia_rio","2017_kia_rio","2018_kia_rio","2019_kia_rio","2020_kia_rio","2021_kia_rio"]},{"make":"KIA","model":"SEDONA","year_from":2014,"year_to":2014,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2014_kia_sedona"]},{"make":"KIA","model":"SOUL","year_from":2010,"year_to":2022,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2010_kia_soul","2011_kia_soul","2012_kia_soul","2013_kia_soul","2014_kia_soul","2015_kia_soul","2016_kia_soul","2017_kia_soul","2018_kia_soul","2019_kia_soul","2020_kia_soul","2021_kia_soul","2022_kia_soul"]},{"make":"KIA","model":"SPORTAGE","year_from":2011,"year_to":2014,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2011_kia_sportage","2012_kia_sportage","2013_kia_sportage","2014_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":[]}