Service bulletins for the 2012 Kia Optima
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.
294 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.
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Only bulletins with component: Control arm are shown. Show all
| TSB-040 | 2013-11-20. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION:REAR; SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM. KIA: INFORMATION PROVIDED REGARDING SOME VEHICLES, IN STATES WHERE HEAVY AMOUNTS OF ROAD SALT IS USED FOR DE-ICING AND NEED TO HAVE BOTH REAR LOWER CONTROL ARMS REPLACED, THAT RESULTS IN CORROSION THAT CAUSES A KNOCKING OR CLUNKING NOISE. MODELS 2011-2012 OPTIMA. *PE |
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The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.