Kia Forte 2021 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin TSB_ELE225 · NHTSA communication 10185029 · issued Dec 23, 2020
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Exterior Lighting
component
2021
model years
1
vehicle entries
Official summary
TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN: SERVICE ACTION: LED HEADLAMP REPLACEMENT (SA455) - This bulletin provides the procedure to replace the LED headlamp(s) on certain 2021MY Kia Forte (BDm) vehicles produced from October 28, 2020 through November 24, 2020. The LED headlamps installed on certain 2021MY Forte (BDm) vehicles may be assembled with the inappropriate LED Drive Module (LDM) and may turn ON the indicator lamp in the instrument cluster via IBU. The condition has no effect on normal operation for the low or high beams.
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.