{"nhtsa_id":10147325,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2018-11-13","date":"2018-10-19","document_id":"PS067_R1","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ENGINE; EQUIPMENT","mfr_system":null,"summary":"PITSTOP: CYLINDER HEAD STEEL BALL INSPECTION AND INSTALLATION - This Pitstop provides information regarding the inspection and installation of the steel sealing ball on: * 3.3L & 3.8L Lambda engines for 2007-2008MY Sorento (BL), * 2.0L Nu engines for 2010-2019MY Soul (AM, PS), and * 1.8L & 2.0L Nu engines for 2010-2018MY Forte (TD, YD/YDm), 2019MY~ Forte (BDm). When replacing the cylinder heads on these engines, inspect the lubrication ports for installation of the steel sealing balls. Current replacement cylinder heads may not be equipped with the required steel balls. Identify and locate the nine (9) lubricant passages on 3.3L and 3.8L engines and three (3) on 1.8L and 2.0L engines and verify a steel ball is installed in each.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10147325-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10147325-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10147325","components":[{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null},{"id":"equipment","name":"Equipment and accessories","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"KIA","model":"FORTE","year_from":2010,"year_to":2019,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2010_kia_forte","2011_kia_forte","2012_kia_forte","2013_kia_forte","2014_kia_forte","2015_kia_forte","2016_kia_forte","2017_kia_forte","2018_kia_forte","2019_kia_forte"]},{"make":"KIA","model":"SORENTO","year_from":2007,"year_to":2008,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2007_kia_sorento","2008_kia_sorento"]},{"make":"KIA","model":"SOUL","year_from":2010,"year_to":2019,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2010_kia_soul","2011_kia_soul","2012_kia_soul","2013_kia_soul","2014_kia_soul","2015_kia_soul","2016_kia_soul","2017_kia_soul","2018_kia_soul","2019_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":[]}