# Service bulletin PS590

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: 10154661
- Published by NHTSA: 2019\-03\-18
- Manufacturer's number: PS590
- Manufacturer's date: 2019\-02\-15
- NHTSA component: VISIBILITY; VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER

## NHTSA's summary

PITSTOP: BLOCKED WINDSHIELD WASHER NOZZLES ON VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH WASHER HEATERS \- This Pitstop provides information regarding blocked windshield wiper nozzles on some 2016MY\~ Sorento \(UMa\) and 2017MY\~ Sportage \(QL\) vehicles equipped with windshield washer heaters \(A\). Mixing tap water \(?\) and concentrated windshield washer fluid can cause corrosion of the heater element due to the mineral content of tap water.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2019/MC-10154661-0001.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2019/MC-10154661-9999.pdf)

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it.

## Components

Glass, wipers and mirrors, Wipers and washers

## Vehicles listed

- 2016 to 2019 KIA SORENTO
- 2017 to 2019 KIA SPORTAGE

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [WTY031\_TSB\_R2](/bulletins/11033996.md), 2026-06-18, Warranty extension: EXTERIOR LIGHTING; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; VISIBILITY/WIPER. TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN: WARRANTY EXTENSION CAMPAIGN: MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH REPAIR \(WTY031\) \- 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 provides information associated with the ‘Multifunction Switch Warranty Extension Program’ \(WTY031\) to repair the multifunction switch knob on 2016\-2018MY Sorento \(UMa\) vehicles, produced at Kia Georgia from October 27, 2014 through March 7, 2018, which may exhibit an intermittent headlamp flickering. The vehicle’s warranty for this issue will be extended from 5 years/60,000 miles to 15 years/150,000 miles, whichever comes first, starting from the date the vehicle was first put into service.
- [WTY031\_OWNR302](/bulletins/11010704.md), 2024-11-21, Warranty extension: EXTERIOR LIGHTING; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; VISIBILITY/WIPER. WARRANTY EXTENSION CAMPAIGN: OWNER RENOTIFICATION \(WTY031\) \- This document is the owner renotification advising that Kia is extending the New Vehicle Limited Warranty coverage, to all owners, for the multi\-function switch assembly on 2016\-2017 MY Sorento vehicles from 5 years / 60,000 miles to 15 years / 150,000 miles, whichever comes first, starting from the date the vehicle was first put into service. The contact points in the multi\-function switch in your vehicle may become worn, and it could result in intermittent headlamp flickering.

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