{"nhtsa_id":10152908,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2019-02-19","date":"2019-01-25","document_id":"DC_20190125","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","mfr_system":null,"summary":"RECENT KIA MEDIA REPORTS, January 25, 2019 Update - Dear Kia Retailer, At Kia, safety is a top priority and we wrote to you last August and again last October to provide you with updates regarding news reports about non-collision fires in Kia vehicles and the status of Kia?s cooperative work with NHTSA.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2019/MC-10152908-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2019/MC-10152908-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10152908","components":[{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"KIA","model":"OPTIMA","year_from":2011,"year_to":2017,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2011_kia_optima","2012_kia_optima","2013_kia_optima","2014_kia_optima","2015_kia_optima","2016_kia_optima","2017_kia_optima"]},{"make":"KIA","model":"SORENTO","year_from":2012,"year_to":2017,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2012_kia_sorento","2013_kia_sorento","2014_kia_sorento","2015_kia_sorento","2016_kia_sorento","2017_kia_sorento"]},{"make":"KIA","model":"SPORTAGE","year_from":2011,"year_to":2018,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2011_kia_sportage","2012_kia_sportage","2013_kia_sportage","2014_kia_sportage","2015_kia_sportage","2016_kia_sportage","2017_kia_sportage","2018_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":[]}