{"nhtsa_id":10145160,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2018-10-09","date":"2018-09-06","document_id":"VSC152_DP","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL","mfr_system":null,"summary":"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.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10145160-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10145160-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10145160","components":[{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null},{"id":"equipment","name":"Equipment and accessories","parent":null},{"id":"exhaust-emissions","name":"Exhaust and emissions","parent":null},{"id":"labels-manuals","name":"Labels and manuals","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"KIA","model":"OPTIMA","year_from":2015,"year_to":2015,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2015_kia_optima"]},{"make":"KIA","model":"OPTIMA PHEV","year_from":2016,"year_to":2017,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2016_kia_optima","2017_kia_optima"]},{"make":"KIA","model":"STINGER","year_from":2018,"year_to":2018,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2018_kia_stinger"]}],"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":[]}