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Kia Forte 2014technical service bulletin

Bulletin TSBELE101 · NHTSA communication 10089465 · issued Mar 15, 2016

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2014
model years
6
vehicle entries

Official summary

"combined tsb/service action: base audio system upgrade (sa 223) - this bulletin provides the procedure for upgrading the base audio system software of some 2014my soul (ps), optima (tf/qf), sorento (xma), sportage (sl), rio (ub), and forte (yd) vehicles, to improve bluetooth® connectivity, phonebook download, audio streaming and call history download. For vehicles not on the affected vehicles list, but with a customer concern as described above, perform the following procedure outlined in this bulletin and submit a warranty claim per ""customer concern"" (standard tsb) claim information on pa

What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.