April 2, 2015 Service bulletin

Steering feel improvement (SA188)

Kia technical service bulletin TSBCHA056 for 2014-2015 Kia Optima.

Bulletin number: TSBCHA056
Component: Electrical system: software
Summary: Tsb: service action: steering feel improvement (sa188) - this bulletin provides information related to an upgrade of the logic for the motor driven power steering (mpds) ecu of some 2014~2015my optima (qf) vehicles, produced from august 23, 2013 through july 24, 2014, to address some complaints that the steering pulls to one side. To install the new steering logic, reprogram the mdps system using the gds/kds download, as described in this bulletin. For confirmation that the latest reflash has been done to a vehicle you are working on, verify rom id using the tables in this tsb.

Owners of these vehicles have filed 195 complaints in the electrical category.

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