# Service bulletin TSB\_BOD203

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: 10170772
- Published by NHTSA: 2020\-02\-04
- Manufacturer's number: TSB\_BOD203
- Manufacturer's date: 2020\-01\-23
- NHTSA component: VISIBILITY/WIPER

## NHTSA's summary

TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN: SERVICE ACTION: RE\-TIGHTENING WIPER ARM NUTS \(SA412\) \- This bulletin provides the procedure to re\-tighten the wiper arm nuts to the torque specification on some 2020MY Soul \(SK3\) vehicles produced from November 4, 2019 through December 12, 2019, which may not have been properly torqued during assembly.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2020/MC-10170772-0001.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2020/MC-10170772-9999.pdf)

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

## Components

Glass, wipers and mirrors, Wipers and washers

## Vehicles listed

- 2020 KIA SOUL

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [TSB\_CLI049\_R2](/bulletins/11036628.md), 2026-09-02, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; VISIBILITY/WIPER. TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN: PARTIAL REPAIR – ELECTRICAL A/C COMPRESSOR \- 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 regarding the partial repair of the Air Conditioning \(A/C\) compressor assembly on some 2011MY\~ Optima Hybrid \(TF HEV, JF HEV/PHEV\), 2015MY\~ Soul EV \(PS EV\), 2017MY\~ Niro \(DE HEV/PHEV/EV\), 2022MY\~ EV6 \(CV\), 2021MY\~ Sorento \(MQ4 HEV/PHEV\), 2023MY\~ Sportage \(NQ5 HEV/PHEV\), and 2023MY\~ Niro \(SG2 EV/HEV/PHEV\) vehicles.

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