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Kia Forte 2010technical service bulletin

Bulletin SC-081 · NHTSA communication 10033813 · issued Apr 1, 2010

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

Official summary

Kia: airbag control unit (acu) reprogram. Information relating to an upgrade of the functioning of the logic in the air bag control unit in some vehicles to increase the range of impacts in which the side and curtain airbags will deploy. Provides information on how to reprogram the acu. *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.