{"nhtsa_id":10145192,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2018-10-09","date":"2018-09-28","document_id":"WTY011_OWNER","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","mfr_system":null,"summary":"WARRANTY EXTENSION PROGRAM (WTY011) - OWNER LETTER - Dear Kia Optima Owner: Kia Motors America, Inc. takes pride in providing you with high quality and dependable vehicles. In order to maintain these standards, Kia is extending the New Vehicle Limited Warranty coverage, to all owners, for the brake stopper pad on certain 2012-2013 MY Kia Optima vehicles 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-10145192-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10145192-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10145192","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":[]}