# Service bulletin PS549\_R1

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: 10143394
- Published by NHTSA: 2018\-08\-06
- Manufacturer's number: PS549\_R1
- Manufacturer's date: 2018\-06\-26
- NHTSA component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY

## NHTSA's summary

PITSTOP \- BATTERY TESTING PROCEDURE \- This bulletin has been revised to include additional information. This Pitstop provides information regarding how to properly test the 12V battery on 18MY Stinger \(CK\) and Niro \(DE PHEV\) using the GR8 or the Kia Smart Battery Tester.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10143394-9999.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10143394-0001.pdf)

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## Components

Electrical system, 12\-volt battery

## Vehicles listed

- 2018 KIA NIRO
- 2018 KIA STINGER

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [TSBELE150](/bulletins/10143401.md), 2018-08-06, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY. TSB \- SERVICE ACTION: BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM LOGIC IMPROVEMENT \(SA350\) \- This bulletin provides the procedure to improve the logic of the Battery Management System \(BMS\) on some 2017\-2018MY Niro \(DE HEV\) vehicles, produced from November 1, 2016 through May 25, 2018, which will improve PRA diagnosis.
- [PS549](/bulletins/10133174.md), 2018-04-16, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY. PITSTOP \- BATTERY INSPECTION AND TESTING PROCEDURE USING GR8 \(PS549\) \- This Pitstop provides information regarding how to properly inspect and test the battery on 18MY Stinger \(CK\) using GR8.

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