Kia Rio 2012–2014 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin TSB-146 REV 1 · NHTSA communication 10058402 · issued Mar 1, 2015
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine
component
2012–2014
model years
6
vehicle entries
Official summary
Kia: electronic control module (ecm) software has been upgraded for certain vehicles experiencing malfunction indicator lamp (mil) that illuminates and ecm needs reprogramming with latest gds download. Model 2012-14 rio, 2012-14 soul. *pe
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.