Kia EV6 2011–2027 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin TSB_CLI049_R2 · NHTSA communication 11036628 · issued Aug 28, 2026
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Visibility/wiper
component
2011–2027
model years
60
vehicle entries
Official summary
TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN: PARTIAL REPAIR – ELECTRICAL A/C COMPRESSOR - This bulletin has been revised to include additional information. New/revised sections of this bulletin are indicated by a black bar in the margin area. This bulletin provides information regarding the partial repair of the Air Conditioning (A/C) compressor assembly on some 2011MY~ Optima Hybrid (TF HEV, JF HEV/PHEV), 2015MY~ Soul EV (PS EV), 2017MY~ Niro (DE HEV/PHEV/EV), 2022MY~ EV6 (CV), 2021MY~ Sorento (MQ4 HEV/PHEV), 2023MY~ Sportage (NQ5 HEV/PHEV), and 2023MY~ Niro (SG2 EV/HEV/PHEV) vehicles.
Vehicles covered
- 2022 Kia EV6
- 2023 Kia EV6
- 2024 Kia EV6
- 2025 Kia EV6
- 2026 Kia EV6
- 2017 Kia Niro
- 2018 Kia Niro
- 2019 Kia Niro
- 2020 Kia Niro
- 2021 Kia Niro
- 2022 Kia Niro
- 2023 Kia Niro
- 2024 Kia Niro
- 2025 Kia Niro
- 2026 Kia Niro
- 2019 Kia Niro EV
- 2020 Kia Niro EV
- 2021 Kia Niro EV
- 2022 Kia Niro EV
- 2023 Kia Niro EV
- 2024 Kia Niro EV
- 2025 Kia Niro EV
- 2026 Kia Niro EV
- 2018 Kia Niro PHEV
- 2019 Kia Niro PHEV
- 2020 Kia Niro PHEV
- 2021 Kia Niro PHEV
- 2022 Kia Niro PHEV
- 2023 Kia Niro PHEV
- 2024 Kia Niro PHEV
- 2025 Kia Niro PHEV
- 2026 Kia Niro PHEV
- 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
- 2021 Kia Sorento
- 2021 Kia Sorento Hybrid
- 2022 Kia Sorento Hybrid
- 2023 Kia Sorento Hybrid
- 2024 Kia Sorento Hybrid
- 2025 Kia Sorento Hybrid
- 2026 Kia Sorento Hybrid
- 2022 Kia Sorento PHEV
- 2023 Kia Sorento PHEV
- 2024 Kia Sorento PHEV
- 2025 Kia Sorento PHEV
- 2026 Kia Sorento PHEV
- 2015 Kia Soul EV
- 2016 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.