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Kia Rio 2014–2015technical service bulletin

Bulletin TSBCLI042 · NHTSA communication 10130100 · issued Feb 2, 2018

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2014–2015
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

TSB - BLOWER MOTOR AND RESISTOR REPLACEMENT - This bulletin provides the procedure to replace the blower motor and resistor on some 2014-2015MY Rio (UB) vehicles, produced from April 1, 2014 through August 31, 2014, which may experience an inoperative blower motor except at the highest speed.

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.