{"nhtsa_id":10251423,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2024-04-03","date":"2024-03-05","document_id":"PI2102_OWNR_201","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","mfr_system":null,"summary":"PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT CAMPAIGN: OWNER RENOTIFICATION (PI2102) - This document is the owner renotification advising that Kia is conducting a Product Improvement Campaign to perform a software update on 2010-2011 MY Kia Forte & Forte Koup vehicles equipped with 2.4-liter engines 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\").","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2024/MC-10251423-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2024/MC-10251423-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10251423","components":[{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"KIA","model":"FORTE","year_from":2010,"year_to":2011,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2010_kia_forte","2011_kia_forte"]},{"make":"KIA","model":"FORTE KOUP","year_from":2010,"year_to":2011,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2010_kia_forte","2011_kia_forte"]}],"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":[]}