{"nhtsa_id":10160618,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2019-06-04","date":"2019-05-17","document_id":"TSBELE163","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING: REAR COMPARTMENT/TRUNK; LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","mfr_system":null,"summary":"TSB: PARASITIC DRAW INSPECTION AND REAR DOOR LATCH REPLACEMENT - This bulletin provides the procedure to inspect for a parasitic draw and, if necessary, replace one or both rear door latches on some of the following vehicles which may experience a discharged 12v battery.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2019/MC-10160618-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2019/MC-10160618-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10160618","components":[{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null},{"id":"latches-locks","name":"Latches and locks","parent":null},{"id":"wiring","name":"Wiring and fuses","parent":"electrical"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"KIA","model":"NIRO PHEV","year_from":2018,"year_to":2018,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2018_kia_niro"]},{"make":"KIA","model":"OPTIMA HYBRID","year_from":2017,"year_to":2018,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2017_kia_optima","2018_kia_optima"]},{"make":"KIA","model":"OPTIMA PHEV","year_from":2017,"year_to":2018,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2017_kia_optima","2018_kia_optima"]},{"make":"KIA","model":"SOUL EV","year_from":2015,"year_to":2018,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2015_kia_soul","2016_kia_soul","2017_kia_soul","2018_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":[]}