{"nhtsa_id":10158144,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2019-04-13","date":"2019-03-21","document_id":"CS1604OWNR_ADDL1","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM; STEERING","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Dear Kia Optima Owner: Kia Motors America, Inc. would like to thank you for your purchase of a Kia Optima vehicle. Because Kia values you as our customer, we are conducting a Customer Satisfaction/Warranty Extension Program regarding the Motor Driven Power Steering (MDPS) unit in all 2011-2013 MY and some 2014 MY Optima vehicles.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2019/MC-10158144-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2019/MC-10158144-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10158144","components":[{"id":"steering","name":"Steering","parent":null},{"id":"power-steering","name":"Power steering","parent":"steering"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"KIA","model":"OPTIMA","year_from":2011,"year_to":2014,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2011_kia_optima","2012_kia_optima","2013_kia_optima","2014_kia_optima"]},{"make":"KIA","model":"OPTIMA HYBRID","year_from":2011,"year_to":2014,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2011_kia_optima","2012_kia_optima","2013_kia_optima","2014_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":[]}