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Kia EV6 2023technical service bulletin

Bulletin TSB_CLI054 · NHTSA communication 10242238 · issued Sep 5, 2023

Technical service bulletin
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Visibility
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2023
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3
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Official summary

TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN: AIR CONDITIONING REFRIGERANT COLLECTION AND RECHARGE (SA538) - This bulletin provides information to evacuate, vacuum, and recharge the air conditioning system on certain 2023MY EV6 (CV) vehicles produced from January 31, 2023 through June 02, 2023 and Niro P/HEV, EV (SG2 P/HEV, EV) vehicles produced from January 06, 2023 through June 02, 2023. During assembly, the affected vehicles may not have had the correct amount of R-1234yf refrigerant charged in the air conditioning system resulting in poor or inoperative air conditioning.

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.