# Service bulletin VSC148OWNER

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: 10109846
- Published by NHTSA: 2017\-08\-02
- Manufacturer's number: VSC148OWNER
- Manufacturer's date: 2017\-05\-12
- NHTSA component: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:WHEEL SPEED SENSOR/TONE RING; WHEELS; SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK:WHEEL SPEED SENSOR

## NHTSA's summary

SC148OWNER \- OWNER NOTIFICATION LETTER \-Notifying owners that Kia is conducting a Voluntary Service Campaign to inspect, clean, and seal, or if necessary, replace the rear wheel speed sensor housing covers on certain 2011\-2015 MY Sorento 2\-Wheel Drive \(2WD\) vehicles originally purchased and/or currently registered in the coastal states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Texas.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2017/MC-10109846-9999.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2017/MC-10109846-0001.pdf)

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it.

## Components

Brakes, Wheels, Anti\-lock brakes, Wheel speed sensor

## Vehicles listed

- 2011 to 2015 KIA SORENTO

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [23V652000](/recalls/nhtsa/23V652000.md), 2023-09-25: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
- [21V331000](/recalls/nhtsa/21V331000.md), 2021-05-10: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
- [20V519000](/recalls/nhtsa/20V519000.md), 2020-08-27: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [VSC148TSB](/bulletins/10109848.md), 2017-08-02, Service bulletin: WHEELS; ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL:AUTOMATIC \(ASC\); SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:WHEEL SPEED SENSOR/TONE RING. TSB: REAR WHEEL SPEED SENSOR HOUSING COVER INSPECTION AND/OR REPLACEMENT \(SC148\) \- VOLUNTARY SERVICE CAMPAIGN \- This bulletin provides the procedure on how to inspect, clean and seal or, if necessary, replace the rear wheel speed sensor \(WSS\) housing covers on certain 2011\-2015MY 2WD Sorento \(XMa\) vehicles, produced from October 24, 2009 through April 30, 2014, originally retailed and/or currently registered in the coastal states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Texas. If the rear wheel hub comes into contact with a significant amount of seawater, the water can enter the rear wheel speed sensor housing covers and may interrupt the rear wheel speed sensor signal and illuminate the Anti\-Lock Braking System \(?ABS?\) and/or Electronic Stability Control \(?ESC?\) warning lights in the instrument cluster.
- [VSC148DPSM](/bulletins/10109845.md), 2017-08-02, Service bulletin: WHEELS; SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK:WHEEL SPEED SENSOR; SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:WHEEL SPEED SENSOR/TONE RING. SC148DPSM \- DEALER PARTS \& SERVICE MANAGER NOTIFICATION LETTER \- Notifies dealer principals of a Voluntary Service Campaign to inspect, clean, and seal, or if necessary, replace the rear wheel speed sensor housing covers on certain 2011 \- 2015 MY Sorento 2\-Wheel Drive vehicles originally purchased and/or currently registered in the coastal states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Texas.
- [VSC148DP](/bulletins/10109844.md), 2017-08-02, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK:WHEEL SPEED SENSOR; WHEELS; SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:WHEEL SPEED SENSOR/TONE RING. SC148DP \- DEALER PRINCIPAL NOTIFICATION LETTER \- Notifies dealer principals of a Voluntary Service Campaign to inspect, clean, and seal, or if necessary, replace the rear wheel speed sensor housing covers on certain 2011 \- 2015 MY Sorento 2\-Wheel Drive vehicles originally purchased and/or currently registered in the coastal states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Texas.

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