Hyundai Santa FE 2004 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 04010012 · NHTSA communication 10005647 · issued Feb 1, 2004
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine and Engine Cooling
component
2004
model years
2
vehicle entries
Official summary
3.5l cylinder block have an insufficient head gasket sealing surface between the #6 cylinder and the adjacent cooling passage. This may cause coolant to enter the crank case, and/or compression gases into the cooling system. This bulletin supersedes 04-01-001. *tt
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.