{"nhtsa_id":10109832,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-08-02","date":"2017-04-12","document_id":"TSB-BOD166","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR","mfr_system":null,"summary":"TSB: SERVICE ACTION: FRONT DOOR OUTSIDE HANDLE REPLACEMENT (SA283) - This bulletin provides the procedure to replace the left and right front outside door handle assemblies on some 2016MY Sorento (UMa) vehicles, produced from November 17, 2014 to January 25, 2016, which may experience a high effort / sticking feeling to open the front doors. Follow the procedure outlined in this bulletin to replace both front outside door handle assemblies. Before conducting the procedure, verify that the vehicle is included in the list of affected VINs.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2017/MC-10109832-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2017/MC-10109832-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10109832","components":[{"id":"structure-body","name":"Body and frame","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"KIA","model":"SORENTO","year_from":2016,"year_to":2016,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2016_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":[]}