{"nhtsa_id":10109733,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-08-02","date":"2014-02-04","document_id":"TT046","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:SEAT HEATER/COOLER","mfr_system":null,"summary":"TECH TIP: Passenger seat not as warm as the driver?s seat - There will be a difference in temperature between the RH and LH cushions. The same heaters are used in the cushions of both seats, but the RH cushion has a body sensor mat applied over the heater, resulting in less heat reaching the front passenger.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2014/MC-10109733-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2014/MC-10109733-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10109733","components":[{"id":"seats","name":"Seats","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":[]}