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Kia Forte 2010technical service bulletin

Bulletin TSB-020 · NHTSA communication 10032671 · issued Oct 1, 2009

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Steering
component
2010
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Kia: on some vehicles equipped with the optional mdps (motor driven power steering) an upgrade will be provided on information related to an mdps ecu software. Just after starting the engine, on some occasions the eps light may illuminate on affected vehicles due to a dtc c2412. *pe

Vehicles covered

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.