{"nhtsa_id":10188137,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2021-03-04","date":"2021-02-24","document_id":"PS686","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","mfr_system":null,"summary":"PITSTOP/TECHNICAL OPERATIONS - SMOKE MACHINE NOT TO BE USED FOR EMISSIONS TESTING WITH HEV/PHEV MODELS - This Pitstop provides information to properly test the evaporative emissions system in all Kia 2011MY~ Hybrid (HEV) and Plug-In Hybrid (PHEV) model vehicles. A smoke machine should NEVER be used when testing the evaporative system in a HEV/PHEV model vehicle.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2021/MC-10188137-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2021/MC-10188137-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10188137","components":[{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"KIA","model":"NIRO","year_from":2017,"year_to":2021,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2017_kia_niro","2018_kia_niro","2019_kia_niro","2020_kia_niro","2021_kia_niro"]},{"make":"KIA","model":"NIRO PHEV","year_from":2018,"year_to":2018,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2018_kia_niro"]},{"make":"KIA","model":"NIRO PHEV","year_from":2020,"year_to":2020,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2020_kia_niro"]},{"make":"KIA","model":"NIRO PLUG-IN HYBRID","year_from":2019,"year_to":2019,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2019_kia_niro"]},{"make":"KIA","model":"OPTIMA HYBRID","year_from":2011,"year_to":2020,"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","2019_kia_optima","2020_kia_optima"]},{"make":"KIA","model":"OPTIMA PHEV","year_from":2017,"year_to":2020,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2017_kia_optima","2018_kia_optima","2019_kia_optima","2020_kia_optima"]},{"make":"KIA","model":"SORENTO HYBRID","year_from":2021,"year_to":2021,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2021_kia_sorento"]}],"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":[]}