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Kia Soul 2020technical service bulletin

Bulletin TSB_BOD203 · NHTSA communication 10170772 · issued Jan 23, 2020

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Visibility/wiper
component
2020
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN: SERVICE ACTION: RE-TIGHTENING WIPER ARM NUTS (SA412) - This bulletin provides the procedure to re-tighten the wiper arm nuts to the torque specification on some 2020MY Soul (SK3) vehicles produced from November 4, 2019 through December 12, 2019, which may not have been properly torqued during assembly.

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.