Kia Cadenza 2016–2025 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin TSB_ELE378 · NHTSA communication 11015973 · issued Mar 20, 2025
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2016–2025
model years
60
vehicle entries
Official summary
TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN: SERVICE ACTION: KIA CONNECT MODEM RESET (SA611) - This bulletin outlines the procedure for resetting the modem in certain 2016-2025MY Kia vehicles listed on page 3 that are equipped with Kia Connect Services. The affected vehicles may encounter the following issues: remote Start/Climate Control function not working, vehicle Status on the Kia Access App not updating, connected routing not functioning properly.
Vehicles covered
- 2020 Kia Cadenza
- 2022 Kia Carnival
- 2023 Kia Carnival
- 2024 Kia Carnival
- 2022 Kia EV6
- 2023 Kia EV6
- 2024 Kia EV6
- 2020 Kia Forte
- 2021 Kia Forte
- 2022 Kia Forte
- 2023 Kia Forte
- 2024 Kia Forte
- 2021 Kia K5
- 2022 Kia K5
- 2023 Kia K5
- 2024 Kia K5
- 2016 Kia K900
- 2017 Kia K900
- 2019 Kia K900
- 2020 Kia K900
- 2020 Kia Niro
- 2021 Kia Niro
- 2022 Kia Niro
- 2023 Kia Niro
- 2024 Kia Niro
- 2025 Kia Niro
- 2019 Kia Niro EV
- 2020 Kia Niro EV
- 2021 Kia Niro EV
- 2022 Kia Niro EV
- 2023 Kia Niro EV
- 2024 Kia Niro EV
- 2025 Kia Niro EV
- 2018 Kia Niro PHEV
- 2019 Kia Niro PHEV
- 2020 Kia Niro PHEV
- 2021 Kia Niro PHEV
- 2022 Kia Niro PHEV
- 2023 Kia Niro PHEV
- 2024 Kia Niro PHEV
- 2025 Kia Niro PHEV
- 2019 Kia Optima
- 2020 Kia Optima
- 2020 Kia Optima Hybrid
- 2017 Kia Optima PHEV
- 2018 Kia Optima PHEV
- 2019 Kia Optima PHEV
- 2020 Kia Optima PHEV
- 2021 Kia Rio
- 2022 Kia Rio
- 2023 Kia Rio
- 2021 Kia Seltos
- 2022 Kia Seltos
- 2023 Kia Seltos
- 2024 Kia Seltos
- 2025 Kia Seltos
- 2020 Kia Sorento
- 2021 Kia Sorento
- 2022 Kia Sorento
- 2023 Kia Sorento
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.