Kia Forte 2011–2024 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin TSB_ENG222_R8 · NHTSA communication 11017109 · issued Apr 3, 2025
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine
component
2011–2024
model years
60
vehicle entries
Official summary
TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN: EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION NU/GAMMA/THETA/KAPPA ENGINES - 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 information on diagnosing and/or repairing some 2011-2024MY vehicles (refer to the table on pages 9 and 10 for applicable models and engine), which may exhibit a symptom of excessive oil consumption.
Vehicles covered
- 2014 Kia Forte
- 2015 Kia Forte
- 2016 Kia Forte
- 2017 Kia Forte
- 2018 Kia Forte
- 2019 Kia Forte
- 2020 Kia Forte
- 2021 Kia Forte
- 2022 Kia Forte
- 2023 Kia Forte
- 2024 Kia Forte
- 2022 Kia K5
- 2017 Kia Niro
- 2018 Kia Niro
- 2019 Kia Niro
- 2020 Kia Niro
- 2011 Kia Optima
- 2012 Kia Optima
- 2013 Kia Optima
- 2014 Kia Optima
- 2015 Kia Optima
- 2016 Kia Optima
- 2017 Kia Optima
- 2018 Kia Optima
- 2019 Kia Optima
- 2020 Kia Optima
- 2012 Kia Rio
- 2013 Kia Rio
- 2014 Kia Rio
- 2015 Kia Rio
- 2016 Kia Rio
- 2017 Kia Rio
- 2018 Kia Rio
- 2019 Kia Rio
- 2020 Kia Rio
- 2021 Kia Rio
- 2021 Kia Seltos
- 2012 Kia Sorento
- 2013 Kia Sorento
- 2014 Kia Sorento
- 2015 Kia Sorento
- 2016 Kia Sorento
- 2017 Kia Sorento
- 2018 Kia Sorento
- 2019 Kia Sorento
- 2020 Kia Sorento
- 2021 Kia Sorento Hybrid
- 2012 Kia Soul
- 2013 Kia Soul
- 2014 Kia Soul
- 2015 Kia Soul
- 2016 Kia Soul
- 2017 Kia Soul
- 2018 Kia Soul
- 2019 Kia Soul
- 2020 Kia Soul
- 2021 Kia Soul
- 2022 Kia Soul
- 2023 Kia Soul
- 2024 Kia Soul
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.