Kia Optima Hybrid 2011–2016 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin TSBELE151 · NHTSA communication 10144232 · issued Aug 16, 2018
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2011–2016
model years
6
vehicle entries
Official summary
TSB: BMS LOGIC IMPROVEMENT AFTER HIGH VOLTAGE BATTERY REPLACEMENT - This bulletin provides the procedure to improve the logic of the Battery Management System (BMS) on some 2011-2016MY Optima Hybrid (TF HEV) vehicles, produced from February 15, 2011 through July 22, 2015, to match the new generation high voltage (HV) battery assemblies.
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.