Kia Forte 2011–2022 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin CS2310_TSB · NHTSA communication 10239108 · issued Jul 6, 2023
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2011–2022
model years
48
vehicle entries
Official summary
TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN CUSTOMER SATISFACTION: KIA GENUINE REMOTE START CONTROL MODULE UPGRADE FOR ANTI-THEFT LOGIC COMPATIBILITY (CS2310) - This bulletin provides information to update the software logic in the Kia Genuine Remote Start Control Module on certain 2012-2022MY model vehicles listed on page 6. Vehicles equipped with a Kia Genuine Remote Start feature and have had the Anti-Theft software logic (CS230*) applied to the Integrated Body Control Unit (IBU) or Body Control Module (BCM) may experience five (5) inadvertent honks after starting the vehicle with the remote start feature.
Vehicles covered
- 2019 Kia Forte
- 2020 Kia Forte
- 2021 Kia Forte
- 2022 Kia Forte
- 2021 Kia K5
- 2022 Kia K5
- 2011 Kia Optima
- 2012 Kia Optima
- 2013 Kia Optima
- 2014 Kia Optima
- 2015 Kia Optima
- 2016 Kia Optima
- 2017 Kia Optima
- 2018 Kia Optima
- 2019 Kia Optima
- 2020 Kia Optima
- 2012 Kia Rio
- 2013 Kia Rio
- 2014 Kia Rio
- 2015 Kia Rio
- 2016 Kia Rio
- 2017 Kia Rio
- 2018 Kia Rio
- 2015 Kia Sedona
- 2016 Kia Sedona
- 2017 Kia Sedona
- 2018 Kia Sedona
- 2019 Kia Sedona
- 2020 Kia Sedona
- 2021 Kia Sedona
- 2021 Kia Seltos
- 2022 Kia Seltos
- 2016 Kia Sorento
- 2017 Kia Sorento
- 2018 Kia Sorento
- 2019 Kia Sorento
- 2020 Kia Sorento
- 2021 Kia Sorento
- 2022 Kia Sorento
- 2020 Kia Soul
- 2021 Kia Soul
- 2022 Kia Soul
- 2017 Kia Sportage
- 2018 Kia Sportage
- 2019 Kia Sportage
- 2020 Kia Sportage
- 2021 Kia Sportage
- 2022 Kia Sportage
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.