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Service bulletin KT-2008082201

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.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10026726
Published by NHTSA2008-12-09
Manufacturer's numberKT-2008082201
Manufacturer's date2008-08-28
NHTSA componentEXTERIOR LIGHTING:TAIL LIGHTS; EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS; PARKING BRAKE:INDICATOR LIGHT

NHTSA's summary

KIA: ALL MODELS. ARTICLE PROVIDES INFORMATION RELATING TO THE IMPROVED DURABILITY OF BULB LIFE FOR REAR COMBINATION BULB; REAR STOP LAMP/TAIL LAMP BULB UTILIZED ON MULTIPLE KIA MODELS. *PE

The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

Components

Brakes, Lighting, Brake lights, Parking brake, Tail lights

Vehicles listed
KIA AMANTI2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
KIA CARNIVAL1998 to 1999
KIA KIA1994 to 2003
KIA LD SPECTRA2004 to 2005
KIA OPTIMA2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
KIA RIO2000
KIA RIO2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
KIA RIO CINCO2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
KIA RONDO2007, 2008
KIA SEDONA2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
KIA SEDONA EX2002, 2003, 2004 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
KIA SEPHIA1986
KIA SEPHIA1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
KIA SEPHIA2002 to 2003
KIA SORENTO2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
KIA SPECTRA2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
KIA SPORTAGE1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
KIA SPORTAGE2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
13V1140002013-04-01. EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH
09V1300002009-04-17. EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH
05V3180002005-07-08. PARKING BRAKE

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
KT-20080822022008-11-08. Service bulletin. KIA: PARKING LAMPS ON AND BATTERY DISCHARGE INTERMITTENTLY OVERNIGHT. *PE