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Kia Sportage 2017technical service bulletin

Bulletin TSBBOD142 · NHTSA communication 10089415 · issued Jul 13, 2016

Technical service bulletin
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Official summary

Tsb: service action: rear door frame molding replacement (sa236) - this bulletin provides the procedure for replacing the rear door frame molding on certain sportage (ql) sx trim level vehicles produced from december 24, 2015 through january 26, 2016, due to the possibility of molding separation.

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.