{"nhtsa_id":10219691,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2022-09-17","date":"2022-09-07","document_id":"SC239_TSB","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"POWER TRAIN; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","mfr_system":null,"summary":"VOLUNTARY EMISSIONS SERVICE CAMPAIGN: CENTER MUFFLER INSPECTION AND REPLACEMENT (SC239) - This bulletin provides information to inspect and, if necessary, replace the center muffler assembly on certain 2023MY Sportage (NQ5a) vehicles equipped with a Theta 2.5L GDI engine, produced from April 23, 2022 to April 29, 2022. Some of affected vehicles may have been equipped with a center muffler that does not meet U.S. EPA regulations. This out of specification center muffler may cause the vehicle to release air pollutants which exceed Federal and California emissions standards.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2022/MC-10219691-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2022/MC-10219691-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10219691","components":[{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null},{"id":"powertrain","name":"Transmission and driveline","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"KIA","model":"SPORTAGE","year_from":2023,"year_to":2023,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2023_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":[]}