{"nhtsa_id":10151897,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2018-12-17","date":"2018-11-28","document_id":"PS581","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","mfr_system":null,"summary":"PITSTOP: HYBRID HV BATTERY SOC GAUGE (PS581) - This Pitstop provides information regarding the State of Charge (SOC) gauge on all Kia Hybrid P/HEV) vehicles. Normal operation of the HEV SOC gauge is between 40-60%. This is to allow for regeneration and degeneration of the HEV battery.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10151897-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10151897-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10151897","components":[{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"KIA","model":"NIRO","year_from":2017,"year_to":2018,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2017_kia_niro","2018_kia_niro"]},{"make":"KIA","model":"OPTIMA HYBRID","year_from":2011,"year_to":2018,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2011_kia_optima","2012_kia_optima","2013_kia_optima","2014_kia_optima","2015_kia_optima","2016_kia_optima","2017_kia_optima","2018_kia_optima"]}],"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":[]}