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Kia Carnival 2025technical service bulletin

Bulletin TSB_ELE368 · NHTSA communication 11013032 · issued Jan 23, 2025

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2025
model years
5
vehicle entries

Official summary

TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN: SERVICE ACTION: KIA CONNECT ACTIVATION FAILURE (SA600) - This bulletin provides information to access the ‘Dealer Mode’ function and perform a ‘Reset Network’ on certain 2025MY Multiple Model vehicles listed on page 7 equipped with a Connected Car Navigation Cockpit (ccNC) head unit to address customer concerns related to activation of Kia Connect due to missing modem data caused by a data transmission error.

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.