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Service bulletin TSB_ELE242

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 id10195051
Published by NHTSA2021-06-15
Manufacturer's numberTSB_ELE242
Manufacturer's date2021-06-03
NHTSA componentELECTRICAL SYSTEM; EXTERIOR LIGHTING

NHTSA's summary

TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN: HEADLAMP SOFT CONNECTION INSPECTION - This bulletin provides information to inspect and ensure proper internal connections of the headlamp on some 2021MY K5 (DL3a) vehicles produced from March 27, 2020 through April 14, 2021 and some 2020-2021MY Telluride (ON) vehicles produced from January 9, 2019 through April 12, 2021, which may exhibit inoperative/intermittently inoperative LED low beam or Daytime Running Lights (DRL) on K5, or low/sub-low beam on Telluride.

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, Lighting

Vehicles listed
KIA K52021
KIA TELLURIDE2020, 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
20263272026-07-03. Electrical
20243232024-06-06. Electrical
24V1480002024-02-26. EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
20203512020-07-30. Lights And Instruments
20V4360002020-07-28. FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL; EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING

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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