{"nhtsa_id":10089304,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-01-23","date":"2016-06-22","document_id":"TSBBOD137","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE; EQUIPMENT","mfr_system":null,"summary":"SERVICE ACTION: TAIL GATE LATCH REPAIR (SA234) - THIS BULLETIN PROVIDES THE PROCEDURE FOR INSTALLING UPDATED COMPONENTS WITHIN THE REAR LATCH, ON SOME MANUAL TAIL GATE-EQUIPPED 2016MY SORENTO (UMA) VEHICLES, PRODUCED FROM NOVEMBER 17, 2014 TO NOVEMBER 30, 2015 THAT MAY EXHIBIT A CONCERN OF NOT OPENING FROM THE OUTSIDE. KIA IS REQUESTING THE COMPLETION OF THIS SERVICE ACTION ON ALL AFFECTED VEHICLES.","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10089304","components":[{"id":"structure-body","name":"Body and frame","parent":null},{"id":"equipment","name":"Equipment and accessories","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"KIA","model":"SORENTO","year_from":2016,"year_to":2016,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2016_kia_sorento"]}],"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":[]}