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Kia Carnival 2023technical service bulletin

Bulletin TSB_ELE289 · NHTSA communication 10232940 · issued Mar 9, 2023

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2023
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN: SERVICE ACTION: TIGHTENING OF IGNITION GROUND BOLTS (SA531) -This bulletin provides information to tighten the two (2) ignition ground bracket bolts on certain 2023MY Carnival (KA4) vehicles produced from November 8, 2022 through November 11, 2022, which may not have been properly torqued during assembly and cause the vehicle to exhibit an intermittent engine hesitation and/or poor starting condition.

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.