{"nhtsa_id":10089622,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-01-26","date":"2015-07-21","document_id":"PS419","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"POWER TRAIN; SUSPENSION","mfr_system":null,"summary":"PITSTOP: NOISE FROM REAR ON HARD ACCELERATION OR WHEN TURNING - WHEN DIAGNOSING AN UNUSUAL NOISE FROM THE REAR OF A 2016MY SORENTO (UMA), EQUIPPED WITH ALL-WHEEL-DRIVE (AWD) AND BUILT PRIOR TO JUNE 18TH, 2015, INSPECT THE REAR PROPELLER SHAFT FOR EVIDENCE OF CONTACT WITH THE HEAT SHIELD DURING HARD ACCELERATION FROM A STOP, OR WHILE TURNING. IF CONTACT IS FOUND (SEE IMAGES), REFER TO THE PROCEDURE OUTLINED BELOW TO RESOLVE THE CONCERN.","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10089622","components":[{"id":"suspension","name":"Suspension","parent":null},{"id":"powertrain","name":"Transmission and driveline","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":[]}