Kia Niro 2011–2020 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin TSB_CLI049 · NHTSA communication 10176918 · issued Jun 3, 2020
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2011–2020
model years
29
vehicle entries
Official summary
TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN: PARTIAL REPAIR - ELECTRICAL A/C COMPRESSOR - This bulletin provides information regarding partial repair of the Air Conditioning (A/C) compressor assembly on some 2011MY~ Optima (TF HEV, JF HEV/PHEV/EV), Soul (PS EV) and Niro (DE HEV/PHEV/EV) vehicles.
Vehicles covered
- 2017 Kia Niro
- 2018 Kia Niro
- 2019 Kia Niro
- 2020 Kia Niro
- 2019 Kia Niro EV
- 2020 Kia Niro EV
- 2018 Kia Niro PHEV
- 2020 Kia Niro PHEV
- 2019 Kia Niro Plug-In Hybrid
- 2011 Kia Optima Hybrid
- 2012 Kia Optima Hybrid
- 2013 Kia Optima Hybrid
- 2014 Kia Optima Hybrid
- 2015 Kia Optima Hybrid
- 2016 Kia Optima Hybrid
- 2017 Kia Optima Hybrid
- 2018 Kia Optima Hybrid
- 2019 Kia Optima Hybrid
- 2020 Kia Optima Hybrid
- 2017 Kia Optima PHEV
- 2018 Kia Optima PHEV
- 2019 Kia Optima PHEV
- 2020 Kia Optima PHEV
- 2015 Kia Soul EV
- 2016 Kia Soul EV
- 2017 Kia Soul EV
- 2018 Kia Soul EV
- 2019 Kia Soul EV
- 2020 Kia Soul EV
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.