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Kia TSB #TSB-119 REV-1
2012 Kia Optima
TSB Document:
Affected Component: ENGINE (PWS)
- Summary
- KIA: WHEN ENGINE IS AT 2000 RPM AND OPERATING TEMPERATURE, IT MAY EXPERIENCE, FROM THE BALANCE SHAFT MODULE (BSM), A WHISTLING NOISE. *PE
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