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Service bulletins for the 2018 Kia Stinger

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.

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

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TSB_ELE2552022-07-02. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL; STRUCTURE:BODY:BUMPERS; EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY. TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN: DYNAMIC BENDING LIGHT DTC B232509/B232609 - MOISTURE ABSORBENT & BRACKET REPLACEMENT - This bulletin provides information to repair an inoperative Dynamic Bending Light (DBL) by replacing the moisture absorbent and bracket on some 2018-2022MY Stinger (CK) vehicles produced from October 11, 2017 through April 27, 2022, which may exhibit a MIL 'ON' with DTC B232509 or B232609 (active or pending). This may be due to an expanded moisture absorbent causing the bracket to interfere with the DBL module. New parts are available to address this condition (see chart below for details).
TSBENG182_CLOSED2018-12-17. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS. TSB: SERVICE ACTION: EMISSIONS LABEL REPLACEMENT (ENG182/SA324) - CLOSED. REFER TO TSB SC152
VSC152_QA2018-10-09. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS - SC152 ? VEHICLE EMISSION CONTROL (VECI) LABEL REPLACEMENT VOLUNTARY EMISSIONS SERVICE CAMPAIGN
VSC152_OWNER_CK2018-10-09. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS. EMISSIONS SERVICE CAMPAIGN (SC152) - OWNER LETTER - Dear Kia Stinger Owner: Kia Motors America, Inc. is conducting a Voluntary Emissions Service Campaign to replace the Vehicle Emission Control Information (VECI) Label on some 2018 MY Kia Stinger vehicles.
VSC152_DSM2018-10-09. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL; EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS. EMISSIONS SERVICE CAMPAIGN (SC152) - DEALER PARTS AND SERVICE MANAGER LETTER - Kia Motors America, Inc. is conducting a Voluntary Emissions Service Campaign to replace the Vehicle Emission Control Information (VECI) Label on all 2015, 2016, and some 2017 MY Optima Hybrid vehicles produced from July 24, 2014 through June 12, 2017, and on some 2018 MY Stinger rear-wheel drive (RWD) and all-wheel drive (AWD) vehicles equipped with Theta 2.0-T engines, produced from September 29, 2017 through November 20, 2017. An incorrect VECI label was installed during the production of these vehicles. The VECI label is extremely important when performing maintenance, emissions inspection, or ordering engine and engine management related parts. It also contains the code that tells a testing facility which test to perform to ensure the vehicle is tested to the correct emission standard.
VSC152_DP2018-10-09. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL. EMISSIONS SERVICE CAMPAIGN (SC152) - DEALER PRINCIPAL LETTER - Kia Motors America, Inc. is conducting a Voluntary Emissions Service Campaign to replace the Vehicle Emission Control Information (VECI) Label on all 2015, 2016, and some 2017 MY Optima Hybrid vehicles produced from July 24, 2014 through June 12, 2017, and on some 2018 MY Stinger rear-wheel drive (RWD) and all-wheel drive (AWD) vehicles equipped with Theta 2.0-T engines, produced from September 29, 2017 through November 20, 2017. An incorrect VECI label was installed during the production of these vehicles. The VECI label is extremely important when performing maintenance, emissions inspection, or ordering engine and engine management related parts. It also contains the code that tells a testing facility which test to perform to ensure the vehicle is tested to the correct emission standard.
VSC166_TSB2018-08-06. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; ENGINE; EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL; POWER TRAIN. TSB - This document is the Technical Service Bulletin for the new Voluntary Service Campaign to provide information regarding a software update to the Engine Control Unit (ECU) to protect the engine from excessive connecting rod bearing damage.
VSC166_QA2018-08-06. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL. Q & A - This document is the Q & A for the Voluntary Service Campaign to repaint areas of the 2018 MY Sunset Yellow Stinger vehicles.
VSC166_OWNER2018-08-06. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL. OWNER - This document is the Owner Notificationfor the new Voluntary Service Campaign to provide information regarding the repaint of areas of the 2018 MY Sunset Yellow Stinger vehicles.
VSC166_DSM2018-08-06. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL. DEALER SERVICE MANAGER - This notice advised the service manager of the new Voluntary Service Campaign to repaint areas of the 2018 MY Sunset Yellow Stinger vehicles.
VSC166_DP2018-08-06. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL. DEALER PRINCIPAL NOTICE - This notice advised the dealer principal of the new Voluntary Service Campaign to repaint areas of the 2018 MY Sunset Yellow Stinger vehicles.
TSBENG1822018-01-16. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL. TSB - SERVICE ACTION: EMISSIONS LABEL REPLACEMENT (SA324) - This bulletin provides the procedure to replace the Emissions Label on some 2018MY Stinger (CK) vehicles equipped with Theta 2.0-T engines, produced from September 29, 2017 through November 20, 2017, which contains incorrect emissions information on both RWD and AWD models.

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