Friday, August 7, 2026
RecallGazette

Vehicle problems, recalls & safety intelligence

Kia Niro 2018–2019technical service bulletin

Bulletin TSBELE185 · NHTSA communication 10164379 · issued Aug 5, 2019

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2018–2019
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

TSBELE185: SERVICE ACTION: DE HEV BMS DTC (P1B77) JUDGEMENT LOGIC IMPROVEMENT (SA393) - This bulletin provides the procedure to improve the logic of the Body Control Module (BCM) on some Niro (DE HEV) vehicles, produced from July 9, 2018 through January 28, 2019, which may experience a BMS MIL ON DTC P1B77.

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.