# Service bulletin 011

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10001679
- Published by NHTSA: 2003\-06\-19
- Manufacturer's number: 011
- Manufacturer's date: 2003\-05\-01
- NHTSA component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE

## NHTSA's summary

CHARGING SYSTEM CHANGES TO IMPROVE ALTERNATOR OUTPUT IN HIGH AMBIENT TEMPERATURE SEVERE OPERATING CONDITIONS. \*TT

## The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

## Components

Engine

## Vehicles listed

- 2003 KIA OPTIMA

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [PS539](/bulletins/10133170.md), 2018-04-16, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. PITSTOP \- ENGINE COMPONENT RE\-USE GUIDELINES \- In general, parts and components removed during engine repairs should be considered serviceable, and should be thoroughly cleaned and transferred to the new engine.
- [TSB\-068](/bulletins/10034246.md), 2010-10-29, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. KIA: INTERMITTENT MIL ON WITH NO FAULT CODE STORED; INFORMATION ABOUT DTC P1330. PROVIDES INFORMATION RELATING TO CERTAIN VEHICLES. IN AFFECTED VEHICLES AN INTERMITTENT SHORT TO GROUND IN A CIRCUIT ONLY INTENDED FOR TESTING PURPOSES MAY CAUSE THE MIL TO ILLUMINATE AND A DTC P1330 \(SPARK TIMING ADJUST\) TO BE STORED. \*PE
- [TSB\-044](/bulletins/10033464.md), 2010-08-18, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. KIA: ECM UPGRADE WITH TP SENSOR REPLACEMENT\-MIL ON WITH DTC P2135/P0638. INFORMATION RELATED TO ECM SOFTWARE AND TP SENSOR UPGRADE ON SOME VEHICLES WITH 2.7L ENGINES WHICH MAY EXPERIENCE A MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP \(MIL\) ILLUMINATED WITH THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL \(ETC\) SYSTEM RELATED DTC P2135 OR P0638 OR P2A00 OR P2A03. \*PE
- [038](/bulletins/10023626.md), 2008-01-16, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. THIS BULLETIN PROVIDES INFORMATION RELATING TO AN ENGINE HESITATION OR THE ILLUMINATION OF THE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP \(MIL\) FOR P0123 \(THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR / SWITCH \(A\) CIRCUIT HIGH INPUT\). \*NJ
- [023](/bulletins/10017768.md), 2005-11-30, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. HESITATION FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AFTER AN INITIAL COLD START. ECM REPROGRAMMING/UPGRADE. \*TT
- [82](/bulletins/10015272.md), 2005-07-13, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS. IMPROVED TIMING BELTS FOR THE KIA RIO AND OPTIMA. \*TT
- [016](/bulletins/10009700.md), 2004-10-15, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. O2 SENSOR ENGINE CONTROL MODULE UPGRADE. \*TT
- [012](/bulletins/10002355.md), 2003-08-23, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. OPTIMA CHARGING SYSTEM \- V6 ENGINE. \*TT

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