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Service bulletin TSB-CHA045

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 id10109754
Published by NHTSA2017-08-02
Manufacturer's numberTSB-CHA045
Manufacturer's date2014-09-10
NHTSA componentSERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC:PADS; SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS

NHTSA's summary

TSB: GROANING NOISE FROM BRAKE SYSTEM (SA169) - This bulletin provides information related to the replacement of the front brake pads on some 2013MY Sportage (SL) vehicles, produced from November 1, 2012 through December 8, 2012, which may exhibit a loud groaning noise coming from the front brake pads.

The document

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it. NHTSA files a document at one of these two addresses; we have not asked NHTSA which.

Components

Brakes, Brake pads

Vehicles listed
KIA SPORTAGE2013

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