# Service bulletin TSB\-BOD104

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.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10109648
- Published by NHTSA: 2017\-08\-02
- Manufacturer's number: TSB\-BOD104
- Manufacturer's date: 2014\-05\-09
- NHTSA component: SEATS

## NHTSA's summary

TSB: DRIVER?S SIDE SEAT CUSHION COVER DETACHING \- This bulletin provides information about some 2012\~2013MY Optima \(QF\) models, produced from August 9, 2011 through April 11, 2013, which may experience a loose or disengaged driver?s side seat outer trim cover.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2014/MC-10109648-9999.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2014/MC-10109648-0001.pdf)

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## Components

Seats

## Vehicles listed

- 2012 to 2013 KIA OPTIMA

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [PS224R1](/bulletins/10090599.md), 2017-02-06, Service bulletin: SEATS. PITSTOP: VENTILATED SEAT OPERATION \- SOME VEHICLES ARE EQUIPPED WITH VENTILATED FRONT SEATS TO IMPROVE OCCUPANT COMFORT BY DRAWING INTERIOR VEHICLE AIR TEMPERATURE THROUGH THE SEATING SURFACES. THE CUSTOMER PERCEPTION MAY BE THAT THE SEAT IS AIR CONDITIONED AND THE SEAT IS NOT GETTING COLD ENOUGH HOWEVER THE ACTUAL DESIGN INTENT IS TO DRAW AMBIENT AIR THROUGH THE SEAT WITH A SEPARATE BLOWER MOTOR ATTACHED TO THE SEAT ASSEMBLY.

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