Kia Forte 2017–2018 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin SC203_OWNR · NHTSA communication 10202786 · issued Oct 26, 2021
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2017–2018
model years
2
vehicle entries
Official summary
SC203_OWNR: OWNER NOTIFICATION - This document is the owner notification advising that Kia America, Inc. is conducting a Voluntary Emissions Service Campaign to update the software programming on your vehicle's Engine Control Module. Kia has become aware that certain 2017-2018 MY Forte vehicles equipped with the 2.0L Multi-Port Injection (MPI) engine may have had a software update that turned off certain fuel system monitoring functions.
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.