{"nhtsa_id":10109784,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-08-02","date":"2014-10-13","document_id":"TSB-CLI017R4","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER","mfr_system":null,"summary":"TSB: EV AND HYBRID A/C SYSTEM SERVICING REQUIREMENTS - The Soul Electric Vehicle (EV) and the Optima Hybrid use an A/C compressor that is driven by a high-voltage electric motor rather than by a belt. Both the motor and compressor are in one housing with a mix of refrigerant and oil flowing through both sections. Because the oil flows through the motor windings, it must have a high electrical resistivity (low conductivity).","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2014/MC-10109784-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2014/MC-10109784-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10109784","components":[{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null},{"id":"equipment","name":"Equipment and accessories","parent":null},{"id":"hvac","name":"Heating and air conditioning","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"KIA","model":"OPTIMA HYBRID","year_from":2011,"year_to":2015,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2011_kia_optima","2012_kia_optima","2013_kia_optima","2014_kia_optima","2015_kia_optima"]},{"make":"KIA","model":"SOUL EV","year_from":2015,"year_to":2015,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2015_kia_soul"]}],"as_of":"2026-10-19","note":"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.","attribution":[]}