{"nhtsa_id":10090599,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-02-06","date":"2012-11-15","document_id":"PS224R1","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"SEATS","mfr_system":null,"summary":"PITSTOP: VENTILATED SEAT OPERATION - SOME VEHICLES ARE EQUIPPED WITH VENTILATED FRONT SEATS TO IMPROVE OCCUPANT COMFORT BY DRAWING INTERIOR VEHICLE AIR TEMPERATURE THROUGH THE SEATING SURFACES. THE CUSTOMER PERCEPTION MAY BE THAT THE SEAT IS AIR CONDITIONED AND THE SEAT IS NOT GETTING COLD ENOUGH HOWEVER THE ACTUAL DESIGN INTENT IS TO DRAW AMBIENT AIR THROUGH THE SEAT WITH A SEPARATE BLOWER MOTOR ATTACHED TO THE SEAT ASSEMBLY.","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10090599","components":[{"id":"seats","name":"Seats","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"KIA","model":"OPTIMA","year_from":2011,"year_to":2013,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2011_kia_optima","2012_kia_optima","2013_kia_optima"]},{"make":"KIA","model":"SORENTO","year_from":2011,"year_to":2013,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2011_kia_sorento","2012_kia_sorento","2013_kia_sorento"]},{"make":"KIA","model":"SPORTAGE","year_from":2011,"year_to":2013,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2011_kia_sportage","2012_kia_sportage","2013_kia_sportage"]}],"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":[]}