Kia Rio 2010 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin TSB-022 · NHTSA communication 10034251 · issued Apr 1, 2010
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Suspension
component
2010
model years
1
vehicle entries
Official summary
Kia: stabilizer bar link upper mounting nut retorqueing. Provides information relating to some vehicles. On some affected vehicles the right and left stabilizer bar link upper mounting nut(s) may have been insufficiently torqued, permitting some metal to metal movement and a squeaking noise. *pe
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.