Hyundai Santa FE 2011–2019 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin Campaign 953 Dea · NHTSA communication 10167765 · issued Oct 28, 2019
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2011–2019
model years
21
vehicle entries
Official summary
Hyundai has developed a new engine monitoring technology called a Knock Sensor Detection System (KSDS). The technology uses software innovations and leverages existing engine sensors to continuously monitor for symptoms that may precede an engine failure.
Vehicles covered
- 2019 Hyundai Santa FE
- 2013 Hyundai Santa FE Sport
- 2014 Hyundai Santa FE Sport
- 2015 Hyundai Santa FE Sport
- 2016 Hyundai Santa FE Sport
- 2017 Hyundai Santa FE Sport
- 2018 Hyundai Santa FE Sport
- 2011 Hyundai Sonata
- 2012 Hyundai Sonata
- 2013 Hyundai Sonata
- 2014 Hyundai Sonata
- 2015 Hyundai Sonata
- 2016 Hyundai Sonata
- 2017 Hyundai Sonata
- 2018 Hyundai Sonata
- 2019 Hyundai Sonata
- 2014 Hyundai Tucson
- 2015 Hyundai Tucson
- 2018 Hyundai Tucson
- 2019 Hyundai Tucson
- 2019 Hyundai Veloster
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.