Kia Optima Hybrid 2011–2016 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin SC208_OWNR · NHTSA communication 10200431 · issued Aug 18, 2021
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Fuel System, Gasoline
component
2011–2016
model years
6
vehicle entries
Official summary
SC208_OWNR: OWNER NOTIFICATION - This document is the owner notification advising that Kia is conducting a Voluntary Emissions Service Campaign to install an auxiliary evaporative canister in their vehicle to ensure the evaporative canister is not releasing excessive pollutants into the air on some 2011-2016 MY Kia Optima Hybrid vehicles.
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.