{"nhtsa_id":10109730,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-08-02","date":"2014-02-13","document_id":"TSB-ENG140R1","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ENGINE","mfr_system":null,"summary":"TSB: 3.5 L MPI - COLD ENGINE START-UP CHATTER - This bulletin provides information related to some 2011-2013MY Sorento (XMa) vehicles, equipped with the 3.5 L engine and produced from October 26, 2009 to July 14, 2012, which may exhibit a concern related to unusually loud engine chatter during initial start-up after sitting for several hours.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2014/MC-10109730-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2014/MC-10109730-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10109730","components":[{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"KIA","model":"SORENTO","year_from":2011,"year_to":2013,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2011_kia_sorento","2012_kia_sorento","2013_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":[]}