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Service bulletins for the 2011 Kia Sorento

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.

202 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.

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Only bulletins with component: Shocks and struts are shown. Show all

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TSB-CHA0412017-08-02. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION; SUSPENSION:FRONT:MACPHERSON STRUT. TSB: FRONT STRUT AND DUST COVER REPLACEMENT - This bulletin provides the procedure for replacing the front struts and dust covers on some 2011-2013MY Sorento (XM) vehicles, produced from October 26, 2009 through January 21, 2013, which may exhibit a condition related to oil leakage and/or noise emanating from the front struts.
PS2692017-02-03. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION:FRONT:MACPHERSON STRUT. PITSTOP: GRINDING OR CREAKING NOISE WHEN TURNING - THIS ARTICLE PROVIDES INFORMATION REGARDING A POTENTIAL GRINDING OR CREAKING NOISE HEARD FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE WHEN TURNING THE WHEEL QUICKLY AT SLOW SPEEDS, ON SOME 2011 - 2013MY SORENTO (XMA), PRODUCED PRIOR TO AUGUST 28, 2012. THIS CONCERN MAY BE CAUSED BY CORROSION OF THE FRONT STRUT BEARING DUE TO WATER OR DEBRIS ENTRY AND IS MORE COMMONLY FOUND IN REGIONS WITH HIGHER SNOWFALL AND ROAD SALT USAGE.
TSBCHA0512017-01-30. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION:FRONT:MACPHERSON STRUT. TSB: COMBINED TSB / SERVICE ACTION: FRONT STRUT BEARING REPLACEMENT (SA178) - THIS BULLETIN PROVIDES THE PROCEDURE FOR REPLACING THE FRONT STRUT BEARINGS ON SOME 2011- 2013MY SORENTO (XMA) VEHICLES, PRODUCED FROM OCTOBER 26, 2009 THROUGH JANUARY 21, 2013, WHICH MAY EXHIBIT A CREAKING NOISE EMANATING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE WHEN TURNING THE WHEEL QUICKLY, AT SLOW SPEEDS. TO CORRECT THIS CONDITION, REPLACE THE FRONT STRUT BEARING BY FOLLOWING THE PROCEDURE OUTLINED IN THIS BULLETIN.
TSBCHA042CLOSED2017-01-30. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION:FRONT:MACPHERSON STRUT. TSB-CHA042 IS CLOSED AS OF 1/12/2015. REFER TO CHA051.
0422016-03-16. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT; SUSPENSION:FRONT:MACPHERSON STRUT. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE.
0412016-03-16. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT; SUSPENSION:FRONT:MACPHERSON STRUT. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE.

The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.