{"nhtsa_id":10159244,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2019-04-30","date":"2019-04-19","document_id":"TSBELE179","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; EXTERIOR LIGHTING","mfr_system":null,"summary":"TSB: HALOGEN LOW BEAM BULB CONNECTOR REPLACEMENT - This bulletin provides the procedure to replace the halogen low beam bulb connector on some 2011 - 2013MY Sorento (XMa) vehicles, produced from October 24, 2009 through January 31, 2013, which may experience an inoperable low beam bulb due to poor terminal contact at the low beam bulb connector. This condition on the affected headlamp does not affect the other low beam. In addition, the high beams continue to function at all times.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2019/MC-10159244-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2019/MC-10159244-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10159244","components":[{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null},{"id":"lighting","name":"Lighting","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"KIA","model":"SORENTO","year_from":2011,"year_to":2013,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2011_kia_sorento","2012_kia_sorento","2013_kia_sorento"]}],"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":[]}