# Service bulletin TSB\_CHA020\_CLSD

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: 10194706
- Published by NHTSA: 2021\-06\-02
- Manufacturer's number: TSB\_CHA020\_CLSD
- Manufacturer's date: 2021\-05\-07
- NHTSA component: STEERING; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

## NHTSA's summary

TSB\_CHA020\_CLOSED: TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN CLOSED

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2021/MC-10194706-0001.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2021/MC-10194706-9999.pdf)

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## Components

Electrical system, Steering

## Vehicles listed

- 2010 KIA FORTE

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [2013324](/recalls/tc/2013324.md), 2013-09-25: Electrical

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [PI2102\_OWNR\_501](/bulletins/11029972.md), 2026-03-12, Other: ENGINE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT CAMPAIGN: OWNER RENOTIFICATION \(PI2102 FLIGHT \#501\) \- This document is the owner renotification advising that Kia is conducting an important Product Improvement Campaign to perform a software update on 2010\-2011 MY Kia Forte and Forte Koup vehicles equipped with 2.4\-liter MPI engines to protect the engine from excessive connecting rod bearing damage. The update will be done free of charge and will only involve the addition of newly developed computer software for the Engine Control Unit \(“ECU”\).
- [PI2102\_OWNR\_401](/bulletins/11020586.md), 2025-07-09, Other: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; ENGINE. PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT CAMPAIGN: OWNER RENOTIFICATION \(PI2102\) \- This document is the owner renotification advising that Kia is conducting a Product Improvement Campaign to perform a software update on 2010\-2011 MY Kia Forte and Forte Koup vehicles equipped with 2.4\-liter MPI engines to protect the engine from excessive connecting rod bearing damage. The update will be done free of charge and will only involve the addition of newly developed computer software for the Engine Control Unit \(“ECU”\).
- [TSB\_CHA084\_R8](/bulletins/10202226.md), 2021-10-22, Service bulletin: STEERING. TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN: PARTIAL REPAIR OF C\-MDPS MOTOR, ECU, WORM GEAR AND/OR STEERING COLUMN HOUSING \- 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 Motor Driven Power Steering \(MDPS\) Motor, Electronic Control Unit \(ECU\), Steering Column Housing, or Worm Gear Assembly. When the steering wheel is rotated a scraping noise can be heard originating from the lower bearing on the Worm Gear Assembly on some 2010MY\~ Kia models listed on page 8, equipped with a Column Motor Driven Power Steering \(C\-MDPS\) unit. On some vehicles when the steering wheel is rotated a scraping noise can be heard originating from the lower bearing on the Worm Gear Assembly and does not affect the steering effort.
- [TSB\_ENG057R1\_CLS](/bulletins/10195110.md), 2021-06-05, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; POWER TRAIN. TSB\_ENG057\_R1\_CLOSED: TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN CLOSED
- [TSB\_TRA030\_CLSD](/bulletins/10194672.md), 2021-06-02, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; POWER TRAIN. TSB\_TRA030\_CLOSED: TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN CLOSED
- [TSB\_ENG058\_CLSD](/bulletins/10194568.md), 2021-06-02, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING; POWER TRAIN. TSB\_ENG058\_CLOSED: TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN CLOSED
- [TSB\_GEN031\_CLSD](/bulletins/10194567.md), 2021-06-02, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. TSB\_GEN031\_CLOSED: TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN CLOSED
- [TSB\_ENG059\_CLSD](/bulletins/10194566.md), 2021-06-02, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; POWER TRAIN. TSB\_ENG059\_CLOSED: TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN CLOSED
- [TSB\_ENG051R1\_CLS](/bulletins/10194556.md), 2021-06-02, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL. TSB\_ENG051\_R1\_CLOSED: TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN CLOSED
- [TSB\_BOD049\_CLSD](/bulletins/10194553.md), 2021-06-02, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; VISIBILITY; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. TSB\_BOD049\_CLOSED: TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN CLOSED

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