{"nhtsa_id":10162046,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2019-07-04","date":"2019-06-14","document_id":"TSBELE181","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS","mfr_system":null,"summary":"TSB: TF/TF-HEV HEADLAMP INSPECTION AND/OR REPLACEMENT - This bulletin provides the procedure to inspect and/or replace the headlamp assembly on some 2011-2013 MY Optima (TF, TF-HEV) vehicles produced from August 12, 2010 to December 12, 2013. The internal reflective chrome film in the low beam headlamp housing may deteriorate over time, resulting in gradual dimming of the low beam headlamp(s). Follow the headlamp assembly inspection and/or replacement outlined in this bulletin.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2019/MC-10162046-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2019/MC-10162046-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10162046","components":[{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null},{"id":"lighting","name":"Lighting","parent":null},{"id":"headlight","name":"Headlights","parent":"lighting"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"KIA","model":"OPTIMA","year_from":2011,"year_to":2013,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2011_kia_optima","2012_kia_optima","2013_kia_optima"]},{"make":"KIA","model":"OPTIMA HYBRID","year_from":2011,"year_to":2013,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2011_kia_optima","2012_kia_optima","2013_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":[]}