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Service bulletin PS336

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 id10060172
Published by NHTSA2016-03-16
Manufacturer's numberPS336
Manufacturer's date2014-08-01
NHTSA componentSUSPENSION:FRONT

NHTSA's summary

SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE.

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

Suspension

Vehicles listed
KIA FORTE2014

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

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
TSBENG157R12017-10-15. Service bulletin. TSB - COMBINATION TSB/SERVICE ACTION: ENGINE VIBRATION AT IDLE (SA312) - REVISED - This bulletin provides the procedure to replace the alternator pulley on some 2014-2016MY Forte (YD) vehicles with 1.8L and 2.0L Nu engines, produced from February 18, 2013 through July 18, 2016, which may experience an unusual engine vibration at idle that is sometimes more prevalent under certain electrical loads.
PS3362017-08-02. Service bulletin. PITSTOP: CLICKING NOISE FROM FRONT SUSPENSION - Some 2014MY Forte vehicles, manufactured prior to September 2013, may exhibit a clicking type noise from the front suspension when carrying a full load of passengers and turning the wheel in either direction at low speeds; such as in a parking lot situation or when pulling into steeply inclined driveway.
PS336R12017-02-08. Service bulletin. PITSTOP: CLICKING NOISE FROM FRONT SUSPENSION - SOME 2014-2016MY FORTE (YD) VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A CLICKING TYPE NOISE FROM THE FRONT SUSPENSION WHEN CARRYING A FULL LOAD OF PASSENGERS AND TURNING THE WHEEL IN EITHER DIRECTION AT LOW SPEEDS; SUCH AS IN A PARKING LOT SITUATION OR WHEN PULLING INTO STEEPLY INCLINED DRIVEWAY. TO CORRECT THIS CONDITION, PLACE THE VEHICLE ON THE LIFT, RAISE THE DUST COVER AND APPLY A GENEROUS AMOUNT OF SILICONE BASED LUBRICANT ONTO THE LEFT AND RIGHT STRUT CAPS, AS SHOWN BELOW.