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Service bulletin TSBTRA047_R2

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 id10130104
Published by NHTSA2018-03-13
Manufacturer's numberTSBTRA047_R2
Manufacturer's date2018-02-16
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT

NHTSA's summary

TSB - DRIVESHAFT SERVICEABILITY - This bulletin has been revised most recently to include additional information. This bulletin provides information regarding axle shaft serviceability for Kia vehicles equipped with a six-speed automatic transmission.

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

Transmission and driveline, Axle

Vehicles listed
KIA FORTE2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
KIA OPTIMA2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
KIA OPTIMA HYBRID2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
KIA RIO2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
KIA SEDONA
KIA SEDONA2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
KIA SORENTO2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
KIA SOUL2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
KIA SPORTAGE2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
16V7050002016-10-03. POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT
13V3560002013-08-13. POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
TSB-TRA060R12017-08-02. Service bulletin. TSB: SERVICE ACTION: AXLE DRIVESHAFT REPLACEMENT (SA241) - This bulletin provides information on some 2016MY Optima (JF) vehicles, produced in South Korea from March 24, 2016 to April 8, 2016, which may exhibit a noise originating from the axle driveshaft during acceleration.