{"nhtsa_id":10079900,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2016-09-13","date":"2016-04-28","document_id":"PS-449","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR; EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL","mfr_system":null,"summary":"PITSTOP: FRAMELESS WINDOW SHORT DROP FEATURE INOPERATIVE - SOME FORTE KOUP (YD) VEHICLES, PRODUCED BEFORE OCTOBER 1, 2014, MAY EXPERIENCE DIFFICULTY WHEN OPENING/CLOSING THE DOORS IN FREEZING TEMPERATURES, DUE TO THE OPERATION OF THE SHORT DROP FEATURE AS A RESULT OF FROST/ICE BUILD-UP BETWEEN THE WINDOW GLASS AND OUTSIDE BELT MOLDING.","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10079900","components":[{"id":"structure-body","name":"Body and frame","parent":null},{"id":"equipment","name":"Equipment and accessories","parent":null},{"id":"labels-manuals","name":"Labels and manuals","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"KIA","model":"FORTE","year_from":2014,"year_to":2015,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2014_kia_forte","2015_kia_forte"]}],"as_of":"2026-10-19","note":"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.","attribution":[]}