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Kia Niro 2017–2018technical service bulletin

Bulletin PS501_R1 · NHTSA communication 10136617 · issued Apr 23, 2018

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Service Brakes
component
2017–2018
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

PITSTOP - INTEGRATED BRAKE ACTUATION UNIT (IBAU) VARIANT CODING - On 2017-2018MY Niro (DE P/HEV) vehicles, variant coding must be performed for the Integrated Brake Actuation Unit (IBAU) after replacement of the IBAU. Follow the procedure outlined in this publication to perform the variant coding.

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.