Service bulletin 21-BR-001H

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)
Type	Service bulletin
NHTSA id	10189987
Published by NHTSA	2021-04-06
Manufacturer's number	21-BR-001H
Manufacturer's date	2021-03-10
NHTSA component	SERVICE BRAKES; EQUIPMENT

NHTSA's summary

This bulletin provides a front brake pad backing plate grease application procedure to address squealing during braking.

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

Brakes, Equipment and accessories

Vehicles listed
HYUNDAI KONA	2020, 2021

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
2020593	2020-12-02. Brakes
20V748000	2020-12-01. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:ELECTRIC:CONTROL MODULE:SOFTWARE
20V022000	2020-01-17. EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS

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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