{"nhtsa_id":10222829,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2022-11-02","date":"2022-10-06","document_id":"SC238_TSB_R2","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","mfr_system":null,"summary":"VOLUNTARY SERVICE CAMPAIGN: BRAKE TUBE/ LINE INSPECTION/REPLACEMENT & ANTI-CORROSION MATERIAL APPLICATION (SC238) - This bulletin has been revised to include additional information. New/revised sections of this bulletin are indicated by a black bar in the margin area. This bulletin provides information to inspect and, if necessary, replace the brake tube(s)/line(s) for leakage and also apply additional anti-corrosion material to the underbody components on certain 2014-2017MY Forte and Forte Koup (YD) vehicles produced from November 7, 2012 through April 19, 2017 and originally sold or currently registered in one of the 28 states where heavy amounts of road salt are used. The 28 states where heavy amounts of road salt are used are: AK, CT, DC, DE, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SD, UT, VT, WI and WV. Brake line corrosion can occur due to a combination of environment conditions and lack of proper underbody maintenance. Brake line corrosion can occur on vehicles in states where heavy amounts of road salt are used if the materials used for ice/snow removal are not regularly flushed from the underbody of the vehicle. If this condition occurs, customers may experience low brake fluid level that can result in gradually increasing soft brake pedal feel and/or Brake Fluid Warning Light illumination.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2022/MC-10222829-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2022/MC-10222829-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10222829","components":[{"id":"brakes","name":"Brakes","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"KIA","model":"FORTE","year_from":2014,"year_to":2017,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2014_kia_forte","2015_kia_forte","2016_kia_forte","2017_kia_forte"]},{"make":"KIA","model":"FORTE KOUP","year_from":2014,"year_to":2015,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2014_kia_forte","2015_kia_forte"]},{"make":"KIA","model":"FORTE KOUP","year_from":2016,"year_to":2017,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2016_kia_forte-koup","2017_kia_forte-koup"]}],"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":[]}