Kia Rio 2001 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 046 · NHTSA communication 10015255 · issued Jun 1, 2005
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Wheels
component
2001
model years
1
vehicle entries
Official summary
Steel wheel replacement. Safety recall campaign. The steel wheels may have a manufacturing flaw that could cause the wheel to crack under long-term driving fatigue. *tt
Vehicles covered
What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.