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Hyundai Sonata Plug-In Hybrid 2016technical service bulletin

Bulletin TZ5 DCS · NHTSA communication 10075996 · issued Feb 15, 2016

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2016
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Service Campaign TZ5 2016 Sonata Plug-In Hybrid Distance to Empty Logic Update (TSB# 16-01-005) Hyundai Motor America is re-launching Service Campaign TZ5 to update the BCM & HCU software on certain 2016 Sonata Plug-In Hybrid vehicles. Service Campaign TZ5 provides a procedure to update the ECM software.

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.