{"nhtsa_id":10248981,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2024-02-02","date":"2024-01-16","document_id":"SC285_TSB","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"EQUIPMENT","mfr_system":null,"summary":"TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN: VOLUNTARY EMISSIONS SERVICE CAMPAIGN: VEHICLE EMISSIONS CONTROL INFORMATION (VECI) LABEL REPLACEMENT (SC285) - This bulletin provides information to replace the Vehicle Emission Control Information (VECI) label on certain 2023MY Sportage (NQ5a) vehicles with 2.5L GDI engines produced from July 10, 2023 through July 19, 2023. An incorrect VECI label was installed during production of these vehicles. The VECI label is extremely important when performing maintenance, emissions inspection, or ordering engine and engine management related parts. It also contains the code that tells a testing facility which test to perform to ensure the vehicle is tested to the correct emission standard. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and California Air Resources Board consider the under hood VECI label an integral part of state emission testing. If the VECI label is incorrect, the vehicle may fail the emission testing, even if it meets applicable emissions standards.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2024/MC-10248981-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2024/MC-10248981-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10248981","components":[{"id":"equipment","name":"Equipment and accessories","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"KIA","model":"SPORTAGE","year_from":2023,"year_to":2023,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2023_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":[]}