Kia Niro 2011–2022 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin TSB_ELE044_R2 · NHTSA communication 10200535 · issued Aug 19, 2021
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2011–2022
model years
35
vehicle entries
Official summary
TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN: HIGH-VOLTAGE BATTERY ORDERING AND RETURN PROCEDURE - This bulletin has been revised to include additional information. New/revised sections of this bulletin are indicated by a black bar in the margin area. This bulletin outlines the ordering and return procedure for high-voltage Lithium-ion batteries equipped on EV/hybrid vehicles (hereafter referred to as "high-voltage batteries" or HVBs).
Vehicles covered
- 2017 Kia Niro
- 2018 Kia Niro
- 2019 Kia Niro
- 2020 Kia Niro
- 2021 Kia Niro
- 2022 Kia Niro
- 2019 Kia Niro EV
- 2020 Kia Niro EV
- 2021 Kia Niro EV
- 2022 Kia Niro EV
- 2022 Kia Niro Hybrid
- 2018 Kia Niro PHEV
- 2020 Kia Niro PHEV
- 2022 Kia Niro PHEV
- 2019 Kia Niro Plug-In Hybrid
- 2011 Kia Optima Hybrid
- 2012 Kia Optima Hybrid
- 2013 Kia Optima Hybrid
- 2014 Kia Optima Hybrid
- 2015 Kia Optima Hybrid
- 2016 Kia Optima Hybrid
- 2017 Kia Optima Hybrid
- 2018 Kia Optima Hybrid
- 2019 Kia Optima Hybrid
- 2020 Kia Optima Hybrid
- 2018 Kia Optima PHEV
- 2019 Kia Optima PHEV
- 2020 Kia Optima PHEV
- 2021 Kia Sorento Hybrid
- 2022 Kia Sorento Hybrid
- 2015 Kia Soul EV
- 2016 Kia Soul EV
- 2017 Kia Soul EV
- 2018 Kia Soul EV
- 2019 Kia Soul EV
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.