Kia Forte 2023 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin TSB_ELE312 · NHTSA communication 10243927 · issued Oct 9, 2023
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2023
model years
1
vehicle entries
Official summary
TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN: SERVICE ACTION: VOICE RECOGNITION DATABASE UNMATCHED SOFTWARE UPDATE (SA545) - This bulletin provides information to update the navigation and map software on certain 2023MY Forte (BDm) vehicles equipped with 5th Generation AVN wide head units, produced from August 21, 2023 through August 26, 2023. When pressing the Voice Recognition 'VR' button on the steering wheel, a pop-up message 'VR DB Unmatched Please check.' may be displayed on the AVN screen.
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.