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Kia Rio 2001technical 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.