{"nhtsa_id":10202226,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2021-10-22","date":"2021-10-05","document_id":"TSB_CHA084_R8","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"STEERING","mfr_system":null,"summary":"TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN: PARTIAL REPAIR OF C-MDPS MOTOR, ECU, WORM GEAR AND/OR STEERING COLUMN HOUSING - This bulletin has been revised to include additional information. New/revised sections of this bulletin are indicated by a black bar in the margin area. This bulletin provides information regarding the partial repair of the Motor Driven Power Steering (MDPS) Motor, Electronic Control Unit (ECU), Steering Column Housing, or Worm Gear Assembly. When the steering wheel is rotated a scraping noise can be heard originating from the lower bearing on the Worm Gear Assembly on some 2010MY~ Kia models listed on page 8, equipped with a Column Motor Driven Power Steering (C-MDPS) unit. On some vehicles when the steering wheel is rotated a scraping noise can be heard originating from the lower bearing on the Worm Gear Assembly and does not affect the steering effort.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2021/MC-10202226-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2021/MC-10202226-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10202226","components":[{"id":"steering","name":"Steering","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"KIA","model":"CADENZA","year_from":2014,"year_to":2020,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2014_kia_cadenza","2015_kia_cadenza","2016_kia_cadenza","2017_kia_cadenza","2018_kia_cadenza","2019_kia_cadenza","2020_kia_cadenza"]},{"make":"KIA","model":"CADENZA","year_from":2021,"year_to":2021,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"KIA","model":"FORTE","year_from":2010,"year_to":2021,"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","2020_kia_forte","2021_kia_forte"]},{"make":"KIA","model":"FORTE KOUP","year_from":2010,"year_to":2015,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2010_kia_forte","2011_kia_forte","2012_kia_forte","2013_kia_forte","2014_kia_forte","2015_kia_forte"]},{"make":"KIA","model":"FORTE KOUP","year_from":2016,"year_to":2016,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2016_kia_forte-koup"]},{"make":"KIA","model":"NIRO","year_from":2017,"year_to":2022,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2017_kia_niro","2018_kia_niro","2019_kia_niro","2020_kia_niro","2021_kia_niro","2022_kia_niro"]},{"make":"KIA","model":"NIRO EV","year_from":2019,"year_to":2020,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2019_kia_niro","2020_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","year_from":2011,"year_to":2020,"match":"exact","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 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":"RIO","year_from":2012,"year_to":2022,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2012_kia_rio","2013_kia_rio","2014_kia_rio","2015_kia_rio","2016_kia_rio","2017_kia_rio","2018_kia_rio","2019_kia_rio","2020_kia_rio","2021_kia_rio","2022_kia_rio"]},{"make":"KIA","model":"SORENTO","year_from":2011,"year_to":2022,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2011_kia_sorento","2012_kia_sorento","2013_kia_sorento","2014_kia_sorento","2015_kia_sorento","2016_kia_sorento","2017_kia_sorento","2018_kia_sorento","2019_kia_sorento","2020_kia_sorento","2021_kia_sorento","2022_kia_sorento"]},{"make":"KIA","model":"SOUL","year_from":2010,"year_to":2021,"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","2020_kia_soul","2021_kia_soul"]},{"make":"KIA","model":"SOUL EV","year_from":2015,"year_to":2020,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2015_kia_soul","2016_kia_soul","2017_kia_soul","2018_kia_soul","2019_kia_soul","2020_kia_soul"]},{"make":"KIA","model":"SPORTAGE","year_from":2011,"year_to":2022,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2011_kia_sportage","2012_kia_sportage","2013_kia_sportage","2014_kia_sportage","2015_kia_sportage","2016_kia_sportage","2017_kia_sportage","2018_kia_sportage","2019_kia_sportage","2020_kia_sportage","2021_kia_sportage","2022_kia_sportage"]},{"make":"KIA","model":"redundant NIRO","year_from":2018,"year_to":2018,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]}],"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":[]}