Kia K5 2021 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin TSB_ELE229_R1 · NHTSA communication 10187814 · issued Feb 4, 2021
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2021
model years
3
vehicle entries
Official summary
TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN: COMBINATION TSB / SERVICE ACTION: DISPLAY AUDIO 2.0 SOFTWARE UPDATE FOR WIRELESS CARPLAY ISSUE (SA460) - This bulletin has been revised to include additional information. New/revised sections of this bulletin are indicated by a black bar in the margin area. This bulletin provides the procedure to update the head unit software on some 2021MY K5 (DL3a), Sorento (MQ4a), and Sorento Hybrid (MQ4 HEV) vehicles equipped with a Display Audio 2.0 head unit, which may exhibit a wireless CarPlay connectivity issue with Apple phones running iOS14 software version.
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.