{"nhtsa_id":10109668,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-08-02","date":"2014-06-25","document_id":"PS235R1","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH","mfr_system":null,"summary":"PITSTOP: HORN ANSWER BACK OR PARKING LAMPS INOP WHEN LOCKING DOORS WITH RKE/SMK FOB - When addressing a customer complaint related to an inoperative parking light confirmation flash, and/or audible answer back when locking the vehicle with the RKE/SMK fob, ensure each door lock position switch (viewable in BCM > Current Data) is displaying the appropriate status and the pad-lid switch (hood switch depressor) is in place on the hood.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2014/MC-10109668-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2014/MC-10109668-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10109668","components":[{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null},{"id":"latches-locks","name":"Latches and locks","parent":null},{"id":"door-latch","name":"Door latch","parent":"latches-locks"}],"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":2015,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2011_kia_sorento","2012_kia_sorento","2013_kia_sorento","2014_kia_sorento","2015_kia_sorento"]}],"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":[]}