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Service bulletin TSBELE161_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.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10165621
Published by NHTSA2019-10-04
Manufacturer's numberTSBELE161_R1
Manufacturer's date2019-09-16
NHTSA componentELECTRICAL SYSTEM; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:HOSES/LINES/PIPING/FITTINGS

NHTSA's summary

TSB: COMBINATION TSB / SERVICE ACTION: COOLANT LEAK – OBC INLET HOSE DETACHING (SA365) - This bulletin has been revised to include additional information.This bulletin provides the procedure to install an onboard charger (OBC) quick disconnect spacer on some 2018-2019MY Niro (DE PHEV) vehicles, produced from March 21, 2018 through August 22, 2018, which may experience the OBC coolant inlet hose detaching. If detached, the following Hybrid System/Refill Inverter Coolant Warning(s) and/or HV DTCs may set: P0A93, P0A3C, and/or P0A3E.

The document

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it. NHTSA files a document at one of these two addresses; we have not asked NHTSA which.

Components

Electrical system, Engine, Cooling system

Trouble codes named

P0A3C, P0A3E, P0A93

Vehicles listed
KIA NIRO PHEV2018 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
KIA NIRO PLUG-IN HYBRID2019 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)

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