Kia Sorento 2016–2020 — technical service bulletin

Bulletin TSB_ELE205 · NHTSA communication 10179233 · issued Aug 12, 2020

Technical service bulletin

communication type

Equipment Adaptive/mobility

component

2016–2020

model years

vehicle entries

Official summary

TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN: REAR VIEW CAMERA REPLACEMENT - This bulletin provides the procedure to replace the rear view camera on some 2016-2020MY Sorento (UMa) produced from SOP through July 9, 2020, due to distortion and/or blue screen caused by moisture intrusion into the camera assembly.

Vehicles covered

2016 Kia Sorento
2017 Kia Sorento
2018 Kia Sorento
2019 Kia Sorento
2020 Kia Sorento

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.