Kia K4 2025 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin TSB_ENG258 · NHTSA communication 11023283 · issued Sep 13, 2025
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine
component
2025
model years
1
vehicle entries
Official summary
TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN: SERVICE ACTION: ECM JUDGEMENT LOGIC IMPROVEMENT FOR DTC P218100 (SA621) - This bulletin provides information to upgrade the Engine Control Module (ECM) system software on certain 2025MY K4 (CL4m) vehicles produced from July 03, 2024 through April 28, 2025 equipped with an Nu 2.0L MPI engine. The vehicles affected may exhibit a MIL ‘ON’ with DTC P218100 stored under certain driving conditions such as high-load, high-speed driving in low temperature environments. There are no drivability or other symptoms associated with this condition. High-load control logic helps t
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.