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Hyundai Elantra 2018technical service bulletin

Bulletin 24-01-016H · NHTSA communication 10251281 · issued Feb 12, 2024

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2018
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Certain Hyundai vehicles may not be equipped with an engine immobilizer. This bulletin provides the service procedure to upgrade the IBU/BCM (Integrated Body Control Unit/Body Control Module) to revise the OEM Hyundai burglar alarm system operation and ignition start logic.

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.