Kia K5 2020–2021 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin TSB_ELE242 · NHTSA communication 10195051 · issued Jun 3, 2021
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Exterior Lighting
component
2020–2021
model years
3
vehicle entries
Official summary
TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN: HEADLAMP SOFT CONNECTION INSPECTION - This bulletin provides information to inspect and ensure proper internal connections of the headlamp on some 2021MY K5 (DL3a) vehicles produced from March 27, 2020 through April 14, 2021 and some 2020-2021MY Telluride (ON) vehicles produced from January 9, 2019 through April 12, 2021, which may exhibit inoperative/intermittently inoperative LED low beam or Daytime Running Lights (DRL) on K5, or low/sub-low beam on Telluride.
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.