{"nhtsa_id":10145191,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2018-10-09","date":"2018-09-26","document_id":"WTY011_DPSM","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","mfr_system":null,"summary":"WARRANTY EXTENSION PROGRAM (WTY011) - DEALER PARTS & SERVICE MANAGER LETTER - Kia Motors America, Inc. is extending the warranty coverage, to all owners, for the brake pedal stopper pad on all 2012-2013 MY Optima (QF) vehicles, manufactured at KMMG, from 5-years/60,000-miles to 15-years/unlimited-miles, starting from the date of first service. The material of the brake pedal stopper pad, which is located between the stop lamp switch and the brake pedal arm, may deteriorate over time allowing the stop lamp switch plunger to remain extended when the brake pedal is released. A deteriorated pad can result in the continuous illumination of the stop lamps.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10145191-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10145191-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10145191","components":[{"id":"brakes","name":"Brakes","parent":null},{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"KIA","model":"OPTIMA","year_from":2012,"year_to":2013,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2012_kia_optima","2013_kia_optima"]}],"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":[]}