{"nhtsa_id":11011217,"type":"other","type_name":"Other","date_added":"2024-12-04","date":"2024-12-02","document_id":"PI2106_OWNR_301","mfr_campaign":"PI2106","replaces":null,"component":"ENGINE","mfr_system":null,"summary":"PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT CAMPAIGN: OWNER RENOTIFICATION (PI2106) - This document is the owner renotification advising that Kia is conducting an important Product Improvement Campaign to perform a software update on 2017-2018 MY Kia Forte vehicles equipped with 2.0-liter Nu GDI engines to protect the engine from excessive connecting rod bearing damage.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2024/MC-11011217-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2024/MC-11011217-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/11011217","components":[{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"KIA","model":"FORTE","year_from":2017,"year_to":2018,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2017_kia_forte","2018_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":[]}