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Kia Seltos 2021technical service bulletin

Bulletin TSB_ELE210 · NHTSA communication 10180657 · issued Sep 17, 2020

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2021
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN: SERVICE ACTION: ICU OPERATION LOGIC IMPROVEMENT (SA435) - This bulletin provides the procedure to improve the logic of the Integrated Central Control Unit (ICU) on some 2021MY Seltos (SP2) vehicles, produced from November 20, 2019 through August 13, 2020, which may exhibit a parasitic draw during long-term storage, while the ICU is in Transportation Mode.

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.