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March 27, 2015 Service bulletin

Pitstop: intermittent ‘no start’ in cold temperatures with “check bsd system” message on cluster

Kia technical service bulletin PS392 for 2014-2015 Kia Optima.

Bulletin number
PS392
Component
Engine
Summary
Pitstop: intermittent ‘no start’ in cold temperatures with “check bsd system” message on cluster - on some optima (qf) vehicles, a customer may experience an intermittent ‘no start’ concern, on cold start-up and in cooler temperatures. This concern may also be accompanied by a complaint of the “check bsd system” message (a) appearing on the instrument cluster (for vehicles equipped with blind spot detection (bsd) system) along with a lack of park (p) indication in the cluster (b). This concern may be related to an internal connection/contact concern in the inhibitor switch (c) and will be difficult to duplicate in a warm shop environment.

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