{"nhtsa_id":10109825,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-08-02","date":"2017-03-06","document_id":"TSB-CLI035","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER","mfr_system":null,"summary":"TSB: A/C EVAPORATOR CORE REPLACEMENT - This bulletin provides information about the A/C evaporator core replacement on certain 2017MY Sportage (QL) vehicles, produced between December 10, 2015 and December 12, 2016, which may exhibit poor A/C performance due to a refrigerant leak caused by a defective tube weld at the A/C evaporator core.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2017/MC-10109825-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2017/MC-10109825-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10109825","components":[{"id":"equipment","name":"Equipment and accessories","parent":null},{"id":"hvac","name":"Heating and air conditioning","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"KIA","model":"SPORTAGE","year_from":2017,"year_to":2017,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2017_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":[]}