{"nhtsa_id":10109848,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-08-02","date":"2017-05-15","document_id":"VSC148TSB","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"WHEELS; ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL:AUTOMATIC (ASC); SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:WHEEL SPEED SENSOR/TONE RING","mfr_system":null,"summary":"TSB: REAR WHEEL SPEED SENSOR HOUSING COVER INSPECTION AND/OR REPLACEMENT (SC148) - VOLUNTARY SERVICE CAMPAIGN - This bulletin provides the procedure on how to inspect, clean and seal or, if necessary, replace the rear wheel speed sensor (WSS) housing covers on certain 2011-2015MY 2WD Sorento (XMa) vehicles, produced from October 24, 2009 through April 30, 2014, originally retailed and/or currently registered in the coastal states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Texas. If the rear wheel hub comes into contact with a significant amount of seawater, the water can enter the rear wheel speed sensor housing covers and may interrupt the rear wheel speed sensor signal and illuminate the Anti-Lock Braking System (?ABS?) and/or Electronic Stability Control (?ESC?) warning lights in the instrument cluster.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2017/MC-10109848-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2017/MC-10109848-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10109848","components":[{"id":"brakes","name":"Brakes","parent":null},{"id":"driver-assistance","name":"Driver assistance","parent":null},{"id":"wheels","name":"Wheels","parent":null},{"id":"abs","name":"Anti-lock brakes","parent":"brakes"},{"id":"wheel-speed-sensor","name":"Wheel speed sensor","parent":"brakes"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"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":[]}