{"nhtsa_id":10089989,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-01-31","date":"2015-04-03","document_id":"PS396","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"EQUIPMENT; STRUCTURE","mfr_system":null,"summary":"PITSTOP: WATER LEAKING INTO TRUNK AND/OR REAR FLOORBOARD AREA - ON SOME 2014MY FORTE (YD) VEHICLES, PRODUCED PRIOR TO MAY 21, 2014, CUSTOMERS MAY COMPLAIN OF WATER LEAKING INTO THE TRUNK AND/OR REAR FLOORBOARD AREA, AFTER A RAINSTORM OR A CARWASH. THIS CONDITION MAY BE CAUSED BY IMPROPER SEALING BETWEEN THE OUTER TAIL LAMP (A) GASKET AND THE BODY OF THE VEHICLE. TO RESOLVE THIS CONCERN, REPLACE THE EXISTING GASKETS WITH THE IMPROVED PARTS ON BOTH OUTER TAIL LAMP ASSEMBLIES.","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10089989","components":[{"id":"structure-body","name":"Body and frame","parent":null},{"id":"equipment","name":"Equipment and accessories","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"KIA","model":"FORTE","year_from":2014,"year_to":2014,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2014_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":[]}