Saturday, August 8, 2026
RecallGazette

Vehicle problems, recalls & safety intelligence

Kia Carnival Hybrid 2025technical service bulletin

Bulletin TSB_ELE386 · NHTSA communication 11019906 · issued Jun 12, 2025

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2025
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN: SERVICE ACTION: MCU DTC LOGIC IMPROVEMENT (SA617) - This bulletin provides information to upgrade the Motor Control Unit ‘MCU’ system software on certain 2025MY Carnival HEV (KA4 HEV) vehicles produced from June 27, 2024, through March 19, 2025. The affected vehicles may exhibit an intermittent Malfunction Indicator Lamp ‘MIL’ illuminated on the instrument cluster with DTC P0C7300. The DTC is caused by a software logic error within the Integrated Thermal Management Module ‘ITM’, which controls the coolant flow rate according to the coolant temperature.

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.