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Service bulletins for the 2021 Kia K5

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.

134 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.

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Only bulletins with component: Steering are shown. Show all

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PS7502023-10-01. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN; STEERING; SUSPENSION. PITSTOP: AWD SYSTEM CONCERN DUE TO TIRE CIRCUMFERENCE - This Pitstop provides information regarding potential concerns with the All-Wheel-Drive (AWD) system due to tire sizes of differing circumference. Some customers may complain of a chatter sensation felt in the drivetrain of the vehicle and/or the failure of drivetrain component(s). A difference in tire size (width, aspect ratio, construction, rim diameter etc.) may be the cause.
CS2301_OWNR2023-02-02. Service bulletin. STEERING; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. CUSTOMER SATISFACTION CAMPAIGN: OWNER NOTIFICATION - This document is the owner notification advising that Kia has now developed a software upgrade that can be installed on your vehicle to restrict the operation of the vehicle's ignition system should the locked vehicle be the subject of a break-in and theft attempt without the key. This software upgrade will be available free of charge for eighteen (18) months from the date of this letter. When the software upgrade is completed, Kia will also provide you with window stickers that can be applied to your vehicle to discourage a break-in.
TSB_CHA1112021-10-22. Service bulletin. STEERING. TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN: REPLACEMENT OF MOBIS C-MDPS SMALL BEARING - This bulletin provides the procedure to replace the small bearing of the Column Motor Driven Power Steering (C-MDPS) unit on the vehicles listed below, which may exhibit an abnormal noise when steering left and right. This may be caused by foreign substances in the MDPS worm shaft small bearing. On some vehicles when the steering wheel is rotated a scraping noise can be heard originating from the lower bearing on the Worm Gear Small Bearing and does not affect the steering effort.
TSB_CHA1062021-08-25. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT; STEERING; EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY. TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN: PARTIAL REPAIR OF THE DUAL PINION MOTOR DRIVER POWER STEERING SYSTEM - This bulletin provides information regarding the availability of partial repair (depending on faulty components) of the Dual Pinion Motor Driven Power Steering (DP-MDPS) system on some 2016-2021MY~ Kia vehicles (refer to the table below) in order to enhance customer satisfaction by promoting a cost-effective repair/replacement of a faulty related part, instead of replacement of the complete DP-MDPS assembly.

The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.