Service bulletin SC135DEALERP

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	10090969
Published by NHTSA	2017-02-08
Manufacturer's number	SC135DEALERP
Manufacturer's date	2016-09-15
NHTSA component	EQUIPMENT; ENGINE

NHTSA's summary

DEALER PRINCIPAL MEMO (SC135) - ATTENTION: ALL DEALER PRINCIPALS, KIA MOTORS AMERICA, INC. IS CONDUCTING A VOLUNTARY EMISSIONS SERVICE CAMPAIGN / WARRANTY EXTENSION PROGRAM TO INSPECT THE EVAPORATIVE CANISTER. KIA HAS DETERMINED THAT THE FOLLOWING KIA VEHICLES ORIGINALLY SOLD OR CURRENTLY REGISTERED IN STATES WHERE HEAVY AMOUNTS OF ROAD SALT ARE USED, MAY EXHIBIT AN EVAPORATIVE CANISTER LEAK DUE TO PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO ROAD SALT

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

Engine, Equipment and accessories

Vehicles listed
KIA OPTIMA	2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
KIA OPTIMA HYBRID	2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
KIA RONDO	2009, 2010
KIA SEDONA	2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
2021424	2021-07-09. Engine
2021040	2021-02-01. Engine
2020597	2020-12-04. Engine
20V750000	2020-12-02. ENGINE
2019153	2019-03-21. Engine
2019143	2019-03-18. Engine
18V907000	2018-12-19. ENGINE; FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
2017199	2017-04-07. Engine
17V224000	2017-03-31. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE

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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