{"nhtsa_id":10245168,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2023-12-05","date":"2023-11-02","document_id":"TSB_BOD212_R1","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"SEATS; STRUCTURE","mfr_system":null,"summary":"TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN: PARTIAL SEAT TRACK REPLACEMENT FOR INOPERATIVE FRONT SEAT - 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 repair an inoperative front seat mechanism on some 2019-2024MY Forte (BDm) vehicles produced from June 18, 2018 through Present and some 2018-2023MY Rio (SC) vehicles produced from January 2, 2017 through August 16, 2023. Symptoms of an inoperative front seat include the inability of the seat to move forward and backward, which may be caused by a pin getting stuck on a rail.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2023/MC-10245168-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2023/MC-10245168-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10245168","components":[{"id":"structure-body","name":"Body and frame","parent":null},{"id":"seats","name":"Seats","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"KIA","model":"FORTE","year_from":2019,"year_to":2024,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2019_kia_forte","2020_kia_forte","2021_kia_forte","2022_kia_forte","2023_kia_forte","2024_kia_forte"]},{"make":"KIA","model":"RIO","year_from":2018,"year_to":2023,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2018_kia_rio","2019_kia_rio","2020_kia_rio","2021_kia_rio","2022_kia_rio","2023_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":[]}