{"nhtsa_id":10090628,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-02-06","date":"2013-08-06","document_id":"TSBCHA040","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"SUSPENSION; SUSPENSION:REAR","mfr_system":null,"summary":"SERVICE ACTION: REAR LOWER CONTROL ARM REPLACEMENT PROCEDURE (SA150) - THIS BULLETIN PROVIDES THE PROCEDURE FOR REPLACING BOTH REAR LOWER CONTROL ARMS ON SOME OPTIMA (TF), OPTIMA (QF) AND OPTIMA HYBRID (TF HEV) VEHICLES PRODUCED FROM FEBRUARY 15, 2011 THROUGH APRIL 5, 2012, THAT ARE IN STATES WHERE HEAVY AMOUNTS OF ROAD SALT ARE USED FOR DE-ICING IN THE WINTER MONTHS.","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10090628","components":[{"id":"suspension","name":"Suspension","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"KIA","model":"OPTIMA","year_from":2012,"year_to":2012,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2012_kia_optima"]},{"make":"KIA","model":"OPTIMA HYBRID","year_from":2011,"year_to":2012,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2011_kia_optima","2012_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":[]}