{"nhtsa_id":10091950,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-02-16","date":"2016-03-25","document_id":"TSB BOD131_SA219","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"SEATS; EQUIPMENT; LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES","mfr_system":null,"summary":"THIS BULLETIN DESCRIBES THE PROCEDURE TO REPLACE THE REAR SEAT LATCH MANUAL RELEASE CABLE ON SOME 2016 MY OPTIMA (JFA) VEHICLES, PRODUCED FROM AUGUST 28, 2015 TO DECEMBER 15, 2015, WHICH MAY EXPERIENCE DETERIORATION OF THE PLASTIC HANDLE ON THE REAR SEAT RELEASE LATCH. FOLLOW THE PROCEDURE OUTLINED IN THIS BULLETIN TO INSPECT AND, IF NECESSARY, REPLACE THE AFFECTED SEAT RELEASE LATCH ASSEMBLY WITH AN IMPROVED PART.","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10091950","components":[{"id":"equipment","name":"Equipment and accessories","parent":null},{"id":"latches-locks","name":"Latches and locks","parent":null},{"id":"seats","name":"Seats","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"KIA","model":"OPTIMA","year_from":2016,"year_to":2016,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2016_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":[]}