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Kia Forte 2014technical service bulletin

Bulletin TSB ELE101_SA223 · NHTSA communication 10091946 · issued Mar 15, 2016

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

Official summary

This bulletin provides the procedure for upgrading the base audio system software of some 2014 my 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.

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.