Service bulletin WTY017_DPSM

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The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
Type	Service bulletin
NHTSA id	10182038
Published by NHTSA	2020-11-04
Manufacturer's number	WTY017_DPSM
Manufacturer's date	2020-10-14
NHTSA component	EQUIPMENT; AIR BAGS

NHTSA's summary

WARRANTY EXTENSION - NOTICE TO DEALER PARTS AND SERVICE MANAGERS - This document is notice to the dealer parts and service managers of the warranty extension on the driver's front airbag clock spring assembly on 2012-2013 MY Rio and 2014-2015 MY Forte and Forte Koup vehicles to fifteen (15) years with unlimited mileage, starting from the date the vehicles were first put into service.

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

Air bags, Equipment and accessories

Vehicles listed
KIA FORTE	2014, 2015
KIA FORTE KOUP	2014, 2015 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
KIA RIO	2012, 2013

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

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