Kia bulletin TSB_BOD341
What it saysThis bulletin provides information to replace the console armrest lower cover and bumpers on some 2024-2025MY EV9 (MV1) vehicles produced from July 27, 2023 through April 26, 2024. NHTSA’s full summary ↓
Kia filed this with NHTSA as a service bulletin dated Jul 31, 2025, received Aug 1, 2025, about the structure. It names 2 model years (2024–2025). A service bulletin is not a safety recall: it is the manufacturer telling its dealers how to diagnose or repair a condition, and whether the work is paid for depends on the warranty in force. Quoting the number at a service desk can save a diagnosis.
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What the bulletin says
Source: NHTSA's summary of the manufacturer's communicationWhat it applies to, as the document itself states it — the build window in the manufacturer’s own words, read by machine from the PDF NHTSA serves. The build date is on the certification label in the driver’s door jamb; the dealer settles a borderline vehicle by its VIN.
TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN: CONSOLE ARMREST LOWER COVER AND BUMPER REPLACEMENT - This bulletin provides information to replace the console armrest lower cover and bumpers on some 2024-2025MY EV9 (MV1) vehicles produced from July 27, 2023 through April 26, 2024. The affected vehicles may exhibit console armrest wobbling and/or rattling when closed. One or both bumpers can be missing, broken, and/or shifted out of place creating a gap between the console armrest and the console assembly which causes the console armrest to wobble and/or rattle while closed.
Document filed under this number
| Document | Kind | Dated | NHTSA id | At NHTSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TSB_BOD341 | Service bulletin | Jul 31, 2025 | 11021136 | PDF, 315 KB |
The summary is NHTSA’s abstract of the document, as filed under 49 CFR 579.5. One communication is usually filed as several documents — the bulletin, a dealer notice, an owner letter — and the number on any of them finds this page. A PDF link is shown only once NHTSA’s own server has been seen to serve that document; the rest are checked over the following nights. Quote the number at a service desk; it is what the dealer’s system is keyed on.
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Model years it names
Source: as the manufacturer filed themA vehicle page’s bulletin list shows the newest few communications filed against that model year; the count there is every one.
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What owners reported
Source: NHTSA complaint databaseOwners of the 2 model years this bulletin names have filed 233 complaints with NHTSA since 2015.
A complaint is one owner’s account, not a defect finding, and a bulletin is not a recall. Nothing here says this bulletin was issued because of these complaints, or that the repair it describes fixed them. Complaint files on this site begin in 2015.
More bulletins about the structure
Source: same model, same component group3 other manufacturer communications filed against the Kia EV9 under the same component group (structure), newest first.
| Number | Kind | Dated | NHTSA’s summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| TSB_BOD336 | Service bulletin | Jun 4, 2026 | TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN: KEY AND CYLINDER SET REPLACEMENT - This bulletin provides information to replace the driver’s door lock and trun… |
| SA636 | Service bulletin | Jan 16, 2026 | TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN: SERVICE ACTION: FRONT PASSENGER WALK-IN SEAT SWITCH INSPECTION, REPAIR & REPLACEMENT (SA636) - This bulletin pro… |
| SA627 | Service bulletin | Sep 12, 2025 | TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN: SERVICE ACTION: OUTSIDE DOOR HANDLE COVER SCREW REPLACEMENT (SA627) - This bulletin provides instructions to rep… |
Quote the number at the service desk. It is what the dealer’s system is keyed on.
Every manufacturer communication NHTSA holds for Kia, by the number printed on the letter.
Common questions
Source: NHTSA, 49 CFR 579.5Is Kia TSB_BOD341 a recall?
No. A service bulletin is a manufacturer communication filed with NHTSA under 49 CFR 579.5; a safety recall carries an NHTSA campaign number (two digits, a letter, six digits) and a federal duty to repair for free. Check the vehicle’s recalls by VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls, or on its page here.
Is the TSB_BOD341 repair free?
Not automatically. A service bulletin describes how to diagnose or repair a condition; who pays depends on the warranty in force, any extension, and the dealer. Quoting the number can save a diagnosis either way. Every Kia warranty extension on file lists the ones Kia has filed.
Which vehicles does TSB_BOD341 cover?
The manufacturer filed it against 2 model years: 2025 Kia EV9, 2024 Kia EV9. Whether one particular vehicle is affected is a matter of its VIN and its build, not its model year alone. The document itself sets the build window: 2024-2025MY EV9 (MV1): built 27 Jul 2023 – 26 Apr 2024; EV9 (MV1): built 27 Jul 2023 – 26 Apr 2024 — the build date is on the certification label in the driver’s door jamb.