Service bulletin TSB-058

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)
Type	Service bulletin
NHTSA id	10034248
Published by NHTSA	2010-10-30
Manufacturer's number	TSB-058
Manufacturer's date	2010-04-01
NHTSA component	EXTERIOR LIGHTING

NHTSA's summary

KIA: EXTERIOR BULB REPLACEMENT. PROVIDES INFORMATION RELATING TO VEHICLES BUILT THAT MAY EXPERIENCE REDUCED LIFE FOR SOME OF THE EXTERIOR BULBS. EVEN THOUGH A CUSTOMER'S INITIAL CONCERN IS ONLY IN REGARDS TO A SINGLE BULB, ITS RECOMMENDED THAT REPLACING ALL EIGHT (8) BULBS SIMULTANEOUSLY PER INSTRUCTIONS. *PE

The document

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Components

Lighting

Vehicles listed
KIA SORENTO	2011

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
13V114000	2013-04-01. EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH

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

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