Kia Soul 2019 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin TSBENG196 · NHTSA communication 10151910 · issued Nov 13, 2018
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2019
model years
1
vehicle entries
Official summary
TSB: SERVICE ACTION: 1.6GDI ECU LOGIC IMPROVEMENT FOR DTC P0128 (SA363) - This bulletin provides the procedure to improve the logic of the Engine Control Unit (ECU) on certain 2019MY Soul (PS) 1.6GDI vehicles, produced from April 2, 2018 through November 7, 2018, which may experience a malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) ON with DTC P0128. To correct this concern, apply the improved logic to the Engine system using the KDS ECU Upgrade function as described in this bulletin. For confirmation that the latest reflash has been applied to a vehicle you are working on, verify the ROM ID using the table
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.