Kia Optima 2016–2020 — technical service bulletin

Bulletin SC205_OWNR · NHTSA communication 10217677 · issued Aug 4, 2022

Technical service bulletin

communication type

Engine and Engine Cooling

component

2016–2020

model years

vehicle entries

Official summary

VOLUNTARY EMISSIONS SERVICE CAMPAIGN: OWNER NOTIFICATION - This document is the owner notification advising that Kia is conducting a Voluntary Emissions Service Campaign to update the software programming on your vehicle's Engine Control Module (SC205).

Vehicles covered

2016 Kia Optima
2017 Kia Optima
2018 Kia Optima
2019 Kia Optima
2020 Kia Optima

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.