Service bulletin TSBBOD193

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The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
Type	Service bulletin
NHTSA id	10168848
Published by NHTSA	2019-12-09
Manufacturer's number	TSBBOD193
Manufacturer's date	2019-11-14
NHTSA component	EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY; EQUIPMENT

NHTSA's summary

TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN: CROSS BAR KEY COVER SERVICE PART/REPLACEMENT - This bulletin provides the procedure to replace the roof cross bar key covers on some 2020MY Telluride (ON) vehicles, which may exhibit the cross bar key cover(s) falling off or noise while driving. Follow the procedure outlined in this bulletin to replace the four (4) cross bar key covers.

The document

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Components

Equipment and accessories

Vehicles listed
KIA TELLURIDE	2020

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Recalls for the same vehicles and component
2022468	2022-08-16. Accessories

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