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Kia Niro 2020technical service bulletin

Bulletin TSB_ENG224 · NHTSA communication 10186042 · issued Jan 12, 2021

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment Adaptive/mobility
component
2020
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN: SERVICE ACTION: ACTIVE AIR FLAP (AAF) MIL ON JUDGMENT LOGIC IMPROVEMENT (SA459) - This bulletin provides the procedure to improve the logic of the Active Air Flap (AAF) on some 2020MY Niro (DE P/HEV) vehicles produced from November 1, 2019 through November 30, 2020, which may exhibit a MIL ON with DTC(s) P059F and/or P05B2.

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.