Kia Optima 2014–2018 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin PI1802_OWNR2_OPT · NHTSA communication 10162055 · issued Jun 3, 2019
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine and Engine Cooling
component
2014–2018
model years
5
vehicle entries
Official summary
PI1802_OWNR2_OPT: Kia Motors America, Inc. is conducting an important Product Improvement Campaign to perform a software update on some 2014 MY Optima vehicles equipped with 2.4L Gasoline Direct Injection ("Â GDI"Â ) engines, and all 2015-2018 MY Optima vehicles equipped with 2.4L GDI and 2.0L Turbocharged GDI ("Â T-GDI"Â ) 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 ("Â ECU"Â ).
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.