{"nhtsa_id":10159240,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2019-04-30","date":"2019-04-05","document_id":"TSBELE159","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; EQUIPMENT","mfr_system":null,"summary":"TSB: STEERING WHEEL MOUNTED AUDIO CONTROL MALFUNCTION - This bulletin provides the procedure to inspect and, if necessary, replace the clock spring assembly on some 2014-2018MY Forte (YD/YDm) vehicles, produced from February 20, 2013 through June 30, 2018, which may experience intermittent malfunctioning steering wheel audio controls due to a clock spring connector pin deformation, with no related DTCs for this concern. Note: this does not impair the clock spring airbag function. Follow the procedure in this bulletin to inspect the clock spring female connector and, if necessary, replace the clock spring assembly.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2019/MC-10159240-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2019/MC-10159240-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10159240","components":[{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null},{"id":"equipment","name":"Equipment and accessories","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"KIA","model":"FORTE","year_from":2014,"year_to":2018,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2014_kia_forte","2015_kia_forte","2016_kia_forte","2017_kia_forte","2018_kia_forte"]}],"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":[]}