{"nhtsa_id":10109631,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-08-02","date":"2014-04-15","document_id":"TSB-SST033","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH; STRUCTURE:BODY:HOOD","mfr_system":null,"summary":"TSB: SPECIAL SERVICE TOOL FOR HOOD RELEASE LEVER REMOVAL - This bulletin provides information related to the introduction of a new Special Service Tool (SST) (A) developed to prevent the hood release lever pivot point (B) from being damaged when removing the hood release lever. Follow the instructions included in this bulletin to properly remove the hood release lever using the new SST.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2014/MC-10109631-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2014/MC-10109631-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10109631","components":[{"id":"structure-body","name":"Body and frame","parent":null},{"id":"latches-locks","name":"Latches and locks","parent":null},{"id":"hood-latch","name":"Hood latch","parent":"latches-locks"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"KIA","model":"CADENZA","year_from":2014,"year_to":2014,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2014_kia_cadenza"]},{"make":"KIA","model":"OPTIMA","year_from":2011,"year_to":2014,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2011_kia_optima","2012_kia_optima","2013_kia_optima","2014_kia_optima"]},{"make":"KIA","model":"SORENTO","year_from":2011,"year_to":2014,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2011_kia_sorento","2012_kia_sorento","2013_kia_sorento","2014_kia_sorento"]},{"make":"KIA","model":"SOUL","year_from":2010,"year_to":2014,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2010_kia_soul","2011_kia_soul","2012_kia_soul","2013_kia_soul","2014_kia_soul"]},{"make":"KIA","model":"SPORTAGE","year_from":2011,"year_to":2014,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2011_kia_sportage","2012_kia_sportage","2013_kia_sportage","2014_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":[]}