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Kia Sportage 2017technical service bulletin

Bulletin PS526 · NHTSA communication 10128609 · issued Jan 22, 2018

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2017
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

PITSTOP - BROKEN CHARACTERS AND SYMBOLS ON BASE AUDIO - This Pitstop contains information to repair vehicles in which the following customer concern occurs on a 2017MY Sportage (QL) with Base Audio (Audio 3.0 B): * ?When turning on the vehicle, the car radio shows broken characters and symbols near the station numbers?. * ?Intermittently at start up, the screen will display unidentifiable symbols.?

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.