{"nhtsa_id":11019721,"type":"emissions","type_name":"Emissions","date_added":"2025-06-25","date":"2025-06-25","document_id":"SC338_DP","mfr_campaign":"SC338","replaces":null,"component":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM","mfr_system":null,"summary":"VOLUNTARY EMISSIONS SERVICE CAMPAIGN: DEALER PRINCIPAL MEMO (SC338) - This document is the announcement to the dealer principals advising that Kia is conducting a Voluntary Emissions Service Campaign to update the battery management system (BMS) to prevent overcharging of the 12V Lithium battery in certain 2023-2024 MY Sportage Hybrid (HEV) vehicles manufactured from February 15, 2022 through October 28, 2023 and 2023 MY Niro Hybrid (HEV) vehicles manufactured from June 21, 2022 through February 6, 2023. These vehicles have not had SA553 completed yet.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2025/MC-11019721-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2025/MC-11019721-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/11019721","components":[{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null},{"id":"fuel-system","name":"Fuel system","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"KIA","model":"NIRO","year_from":2023,"year_to":2023,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2023_kia_niro"]},{"make":"KIA","model":"SPORTAGE HYBRID","year_from":2023,"year_to":2024,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2023_kia_sportage","2024_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":[]}