Kia Forte 2011–2022 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin TSB_CS2312 · NHTSA communication 11026825 · issued Dec 18, 2025
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Structure
component
2011–2022
model years
60
vehicle entries
Official summary
TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN: CUSTOMER SATISFACTION: THEFT DETERRENT IGNITION CYLINDER PROTECTOR AND DECAL INSTALLATION (CS2312) - This bulletin provides information to install a Theft Deterrent Ignition Cylinder Protector on certain 2010-2022MY Kia vehicles outlined on page 19, which may not have been equipped with an immobilizer and whose Integrated Body Control Unit (IBU) / Body Control Module (BCM) did receive the Anti-Theft Software Logic upgrade under CS2301/02/03/04/05/06/07/08/09 TSBs. In an effort to help prevent thefts of Kia vehicles, a protective cover will be permanently affixed to
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
- 2014 Kia Forte Koup
- 2015 Kia Forte Koup
- 2016 Kia Forte Koup
- 2017 Kia Forte Koup
- 2021 Kia K5
- 2022 Kia K5
- 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
- 2011 Kia Sedona
- 2012 Kia Sedona
- 2014 Kia Sedona
- 2015 Kia Sedona
- 2016 Kia Sedona
- 2017 Kia Sedona
- 2018 Kia Sedona
- 2019 Kia Sedona
- 2020 Kia Sedona
- 2021 Kia Sedona
- 2021 Kia Seltos
- 2022 Kia Seltos
- 2011 Kia Sorento
- 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
- 2022 Kia Sorento
- 2020 Kia Soul
- 2021 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.