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Kia Forte 2018–2019technical service bulletin

Bulletin TSBCLI044 · NHTSA communication 10155382 · issued Mar 12, 2019

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2018–2019
model years
4
vehicle entries

Official summary

TSB: SERVICE ACTION: A/C REFRIGERANT OVERFILL (SA372) - This bulletin provides the procedure to recover and recharge the air conditioning system on certain 2019MY Niro Hybrid (DE HEV) and Niro Plug-in Hybrid (DE PHEV) vehicles, produced from July 9, 2018 through December 21, 2018, which may experience poor air conditioning performance due to a possible overfill of refrigerant. Follow the procedure in this bulletin to recover and recharge the air conditioning system with the proper amount. Kia is requesting the completion of this Service Action on all affected vehicles including dealer stock, p

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.