Kia Optima 2011–2014 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin PI1803_OWN#2_OPT · NHTSA communication 10159232 · issued Apr 3, 2019
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2011–2014
model years
4
vehicle entries
Official summary
OWNER LETTER: Dear Kia Optima Owner: Kia Motors America, Inc. is conducting an important Product Improvement Campaign to perform a software update on all 2011-2013 MY Optima vehicles equipped with 2.4L Gasoline Direct Injection ("Ã Â GDI"Ã Â ) and 2.0L Turbocharged GDI ("Ã Â T-GDI"Ã Â ) engines, and some 2014 MY Optima vehicles equipped with 2.4L GDI and 2.0L T-GDI engines to protect the engine from excessive connecting rod bearing damage. The update will be done free of charge and will only involve the addition of newly developed computer software for the Engine Control Unit ("Ã Â ECU"Ã Â ).
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.