{"nhtsa_id":10089845,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-01-30","date":"2015-05-13","document_id":"PS404","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"EQUIPMENT; SERVICE BRAKES","mfr_system":null,"summary":"PITSTOP: HIGH-PITCHED SQUEAL NOISE BEFORE COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP - ON SOME VEHICLES, CUSTOMERS MAY COMPLAIN OF AN INTERMITTENT SQUEAL WHEN COMING TO A STOP. THIS CONCERN IS OFTEN DUE TO THE BRAKE PADS NOT FREELY FLOATING WITHIN THE CALIPER AND STICKING TO THE CALIPER BRACKET. THIS CONDITION MAY LEAD TO A VIBRATION AND NOISE WHICH IS HEARD DURING THE LAST PORTION OF BRAKE PEDAL TRAVEL, BEFORE COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP.","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10089845","components":[{"id":"brakes","name":"Brakes","parent":null},{"id":"equipment","name":"Equipment and accessories","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"KIA","model":"OPTIMA","year_from":2014,"year_to":2015,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2014_kia_optima","2015_kia_optima"]}],"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":[]}