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Service bulletin TSB-083

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.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10041635
Published by NHTSA2011-10-12
Manufacturer's numberTSB-083
Manufacturer's date2011-08-01
NHTSA componentFUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE

NHTSA's summary

KIA: FOR GDI HIGH PRESSURE FUEL SYSTEM, SPECIAL SERVICE INFORMATION AND SPECIFICATIONS ARE PROVIDED. *PE

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, Fuel system

Vehicles listed
KIA FORTE2011
KIA OPTIMA2011
KIA RIO2011
KIA SEDONA2011
KIA SORENTO2011
KIA SOUL2011
KIA SPORTAGE2011

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
20236952023-12-22. Engine
23V8770002023-12-21. ENGINE
20210402021-02-01. Engine
20205972020-12-04. Engine
20V7500002020-12-02. ENGINE
20200752020-02-26. Fuel System
20V1010002020-02-21. FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:FUEL RAIL
20191532019-03-21. Engine
20190992019-02-27. Engine
19V1010002019-02-15. ENGINE

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

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