Kia Niro 2018 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin TSBBOD195 · NHTSA communication 10165620 · issued Sep 12, 2019
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Structure
component
2018
model years
2
vehicle entries
Official summary
TSB: SERVICE ACTION: TAILGATE STRIKER AND OVER-SLAM ENHANCEMENT (SA399) - This bulletin provides the procedure to adjust the tailgate striker and over-slam bumpers to improve the closing of the tailgate on some 2018MY Niro (DE, DE PHEV) vehicles produced between July 24, 2017 through January 16, 2018.
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.