Kia Optima 2016 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin TSBFUE032 · NHTSA communication 10088765 · issued Nov 25, 2015
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Fuel System, Other
component
2016
model years
1
vehicle entries
Official summary
Service action: inaccurate reading from fuel gauge (sa 212) - this bulletin provides the procedure to inspect fuel gauge level indicator on some 2016my optima (jfa) vehicles, produced from september 22, 2015 through october 22, 2015 which may exhibit an inaccurate fuel gauge reading on the instrument cluster. To correct and/or prevent this condition kia is requesting the completion of this service action on all affected vehicles in dealer stock. Before conducting the procedure, verify the vehicle is included in the list of affected vins.
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.