Kia Sorento 2014 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin TSB-ELE057R2 · NHTSA communication 10109623 · issued Mar 5, 2014
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2014
model years
1
vehicle entries
Official summary
TSB: BCM UPGRADE - IPM LOGIC IMPROVEMENT - This bulletin provides information related to a software upgrade for the Instrument Panel Module (IPM) of some 2014MY Sorento (XMa) vehicles, produced from January 22, 2013 to November 15, 2013, and equipped with a Power Tail Gate (PTG) which may exhibit an intermittent parasitic draw of up to 400mA. To correct this condition, the BCM should be reprogrammed using the GDS download, as described in this bulletin.
Vehicles covered
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.