{"nhtsa_id":10183608,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2020-12-04","date":"2016-05-03","document_id":"TSB_CHA066","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"EQUIPMENT; SUSPENSION","mfr_system":null,"summary":"TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN: FRONT STABILIZER LINK REPLACEMENT - This bulletin provides the procedure to replace the front stabilizer links of some Optima (TF/QF), Optima Hybrid (TF HEV) and Rio (UB) vehicles, which may experience an abnormal noise emanating from the front of the vehicle when going over bumps or uneven pavement.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2016/MC-10183608-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2016/MC-10183608-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10183608","components":[{"id":"equipment","name":"Equipment and accessories","parent":null},{"id":"suspension","name":"Suspension","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"KIA","model":"OPTIMA","year_from":2011,"year_to":2013,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2011_kia_optima","2012_kia_optima","2013_kia_optima"]},{"make":"KIA","model":"OPTIMA HYBRID","year_from":2011,"year_to":2013,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2011_kia_optima","2012_kia_optima","2013_kia_optima"]},{"make":"KIA","model":"RIO","year_from":2012,"year_to":2013,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2012_kia_rio","2013_kia_rio"]}],"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":[]}