Kia Forte 2019 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin TSBELE183 · NHTSA communication 10163450 · issued Jul 10, 2019
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2019
model years
1
vehicle entries
Official summary
TSB: SERVICE ACTION: IBU SMART TRUNK LOGIC IMPROVEMENT (SA390) - This bulletin provides the procedure to improve the logic of the Integrated Body Control Unit (IBU-BCM) on some 2019MY Forte (BDm) vehicles, produced from July 16, 2018 through June 3, 2019, which may exhibit improper function of the smart trunk operation and/or a parasitic battery draw.
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.