Kia Cadenza 2020–2023 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin TSB_ELE314 · NHTSA communication 10243928 · issued Oct 5, 2023
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2020–2023
model years
41
vehicle entries
Official summary
TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN: UNEVEN/SLIPPERY ROAD WARNING DISPLAYED ON INSTRUMENT CLUSTER - This bulletin provides information to update the software on 5th Generation AVN wide on certain 2020-2023MY Kia vehicles (refer to model list on page 3) to remedy a warning sound accompanied by a 'Slippery road ahead. Drive carefully' or 'Uneven road ahead. Drive carefully' warning which is displayed on the instrument cluster. The current AVN software causes the warning sound and message to repeat approximately every ten (10) seconds, if the vehicle is not in motion, in 'PARK' or driving on even surfaces
Vehicles covered
- 2020 Kia Cadenza
- 2022 Kia Carnival
- 2023 Kia Carnival
- 2022 Kia EV6
- 2023 Kia EV6
- 2022 Kia Forte
- 2023 Kia Forte
- 2021 Kia K5
- 2022 Kia K5
- 2023 Kia K5
- 2020 Kia Niro EV
- 2021 Kia Niro EV
- 2022 Kia Niro EV
- 2023 Kia Niro EV
- 2020 Kia Niro PHEV
- 2021 Kia Niro PHEV
- 2022 Kia Niro PHEV
- 2023 Kia Niro PHEV
- 2021 Kia Seltos
- 2022 Kia Seltos
- 2023 Kia Seltos
- 2021 Kia Sorento
- 2022 Kia Sorento
- 2023 Kia Sorento
- 2021 Kia Sorento Hybrid
- 2022 Kia Sorento Hybrid
- 2023 Kia Sorento Hybrid
- 2022 Kia Sorento PHEV
- 2023 Kia Sorento PHEV
- 2020 Kia Soul
- 2021 Kia Soul
- 2022 Kia Soul
- 2023 Kia Soul
- 2023 Kia Sportage
- 2023 Kia Sportage Hybrid
- 2023 Kia Sportage PHEV
- 2022 Kia Stinger
- 2023 Kia Stinger
- 2020 Kia Telluride
- 2021 Kia Telluride
- 2022 Kia Telluride
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.