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Kia Stinger 2018technical service bulletin

Bulletin TSBELE142 · NHTSA communication 10128620 · issued Jan 24, 2018

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Exterior Lighting
component
2018
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

TSB - SERVICE ACTION: HEADLAMP ?WELCOME BLINK? OPERATION ? ICU LOGIC IMPROVEMENT (SA331) - This bulletin provides the procedure to improve the logic of the Integrated Central Control Unit (ICU) on some 2018MY Stinger (CK) vehicles, produced from September 21, 2017 through December 15, 2017, which in very rare circumstances may experience inoperative ?welcome blink? of the headlamps.

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.