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Kia Sportage 2011technical service bulletin

Bulletin SB-086 · NHTSA communication 10037661 · issued Dec 1, 2010

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine and Engine Cooling
component
2011
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Kia: malfunction light is on without any driveable symptoms. There may be five possible trouble codes stored. *rm

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.