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Kia Optima 2016technical service bulletin

Bulletin DEALERPSMSC128 · NHTSA communication 10089483 · issued Mar 8, 2016

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine
component
2016
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Dealer parts and service manager memo (sc128) - kia motors america, inc. Is conducting a voluntary emissions recall campaign (sc128) on certain 2016 my kia optima vehicles equipped with either the 2.0 l turbo engine (ulev 50 state emissions), or the 2.4 l gdi (sulev california emissions) engine, and produced from job 1 through january 15. 2016. Some of the 2.0l turbo engine models were built with the air cleaner and evaporative canister for the 2.4l sulev model and some of the 2.4l sulev vehicles were built with the wrong air cleaner. Kia is recalling these vehicles to correct the misbuild by

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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.