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Kia Soul 2010technical service bulletin

Bulletin TSB-071 · NHTSA communication 10033973 · issued Jun 1, 2010

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine and Engine Cooling
component
2010
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Kia: dtc p0128 and thermostat inspection and/or replacement. Some vehicles may exhibit the mil (malfunction indicator lamp) illumination with dtc p0128 stored in memory. During this time period manufacturing equipment may have affected the performance of the thermostat. *pe

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.