{"nhtsa_id":11021052,"type":"other","type_name":"Other","date_added":"2025-07-31","date":"2025-07-23","document_id":"PI2105_OWNR_401","mfr_campaign":"PI2105","replaces":null,"component":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; ENGINE","mfr_system":null,"summary":"PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT CAMPAIGN: OWNER RENOTIFICATION (PI2105) - This document is the owner renotification advising that Kia is conducting a Product Improvement Campaign to perform a software update on 2016 MY Forte and Forte Koup vehicles equipped with 2.0-liter GDI 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/2025/MC-11021052-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2025/MC-11021052-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/11021052","components":[{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null},{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"KIA","model":"FORTE","year_from":2016,"year_to":2016,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2016_kia_forte"]},{"make":"KIA","model":"FORTE KOUP","year_from":2016,"year_to":2016,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2016_kia_forte-koup"]}],"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":[]}