# Service bulletin TSB\_BOD348

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: 11027679
- Published by NHTSA: 2026\-01\-16
- Manufacturer's number: TSB\_BOD348
- Manufacturer's date: 2026\-01\-16
- Campaign id or software version: SA636
- NHTSA component: STRUCTURE:BODY
- Manufacturer's system: BOD

## NHTSA's summary

TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN: SERVICE ACTION: FRONT PASSENGER WALK\-IN SEAT SWITCH INSPECTION, REPAIR \& REPLACEMENT \(SA636\) \- This bulletin provides information to inspect the front passenger walk\-in seat switch on certain 2025–2026MY EV9 \(MV1a\) vehicles produced from May 16, 2024 through August 21, 2025. On some vehicles, the switch may not be mounted flush to the backrest cushion. This condition does not affect the functionality of the switch and is a cosmetic issue only.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2026/MC-11027679-0001.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2026/MC-11027679-9999.pdf)

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

## Components

Body and frame

## Vehicles listed

- 2025 to 2026 KIA EV9

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [TSB\_BOD343](/bulletins/11023105.md), 2025-09-12, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY. TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN: SERVICE ACTION: OUTSIDE DOOR HANDLE COVER SCREW REPLACEMENT \(SA627\) \- This bulletin provides instructions to replace the outside door handle cover screws on certain 2025MY EV9 \(MVa\) vehicles, produced from May 30, 2024 through November 19, 2024, which may result in rust or corrosion marks under door handle, particularly in vehicles located in rainy and snowy climates.
- [TSB\_BOD341](/bulletins/11021136.md), 2025-08-01, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY. TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN: CONSOLE ARMREST LOWER COVER AND BUMPER REPLACEMENT \- This bulletin provides information to replace the console armrest lower cover and bumpers on some 2024\-2025MY EV9 \(MV1\) vehicles produced from July 27, 2023 through April 26, 2024. The affected vehicles may exhibit console armrest wobbling and/or rattling when closed. One or both bumpers can be missing, broken, and/or shifted out of place creating a gap between the console armrest and the console assembly which causes the console armrest to wobble and/or rattle while closed.

JSON: [/v1/bulletins/11027679](/v1/bulletins/11027679)

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