Kia Rio 2014–2017 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin TSB_FUE043 · NHTSA communication 10169713 · issued Dec 20, 2019
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Fuel System, Gasoline
component
2014–2017
model years
4
vehicle entries
Official summary
TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN: FUEL SMELL ECU LOGIC IMPROVEMENT AND CHARCOAL CANISTER REPLACEMENT - This bulletin provides the procedure to improve the logic of the Engine Control Unit (ECU) and replace the evaporative system charcoal canister on some 2014-2017MY Rio (UB) vehicles with Gamma 1.6 GDI engines, produced from September 17, 2013 through March 31, 2017, which may exhibit fuel smell due to insufficient fuel purge under certain driving conditions.
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.