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Kia K5 2021technical service bulletin

Bulletin TSB_GEN094 · NHTSA communication 10182034 · issued Oct 2, 2020

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2021
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN: SERVICE ACTION: A/C DISCHARGE HOSE AND SUNVISOR CLIP CONFIRMATION (SA441) - This bulletin provides the procedure to inspect and adjust the clearance between the A/C discharge hose and the A/C compressor pulley, if there is evidence of A/C compressor pulley to discharge hose damage, then replacement of the discharge hose is required, and then inspect the sunvisor(s) operation and appearance as listed in the table below on some 2021MY K5 (DL3A) vehicles produced between March 27, 2020 through July 14, 2020.

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.