Kia Optima 2004–2012 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin TSBSC122 · NHTSA communication 10089618 · issued Jul 16, 2015
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2004–2012
model years
24
vehicle entries
Official summary
"tsb: voluntary service campaign - application of additional anti-corrosion material (sc122) - to improve customer satisfaction, kia is launching this bulletin to apply additional anticorrosion protection to various vehicle underbody components of some 2010~2013my soul (am), 2004~2009my spectra (ld), 2006~2010my optima (mg), 2006~2011my rio (jb) and 2007~2010my rondo (un) vehicles. The affected vehicles were originally retailed or are currently registered in states where road salt is heavily used. The states are: ct, dc, de, ia, il, in, ma, md, me, mi, mn, mo, nh, nj, ny, oh, pa, ri, vt, wi, w
Vehicles covered
- 2006 Kia Optima
- 2007 Kia Optima
- 2008 Kia Optima
- 2009 Kia Optima
- 2010 Kia Optima
- 2006 Kia Rio
- 2007 Kia Rio
- 2008 Kia Rio
- 2009 Kia Rio
- 2010 Kia Rio
- 2011 Kia Rio
- 2007 Kia Rondo
- 2008 Kia Rondo
- 2009 Kia Rondo
- 2010 Kia Rondo
- 2010 Kia Soul
- 2011 Kia Soul
- 2012 Kia Soul
- 2004 Kia Spectra
- 2005 Kia Spectra
- 2006 Kia Spectra
- 2007 Kia Spectra
- 2008 Kia Spectra
- 2009 Kia Spectra
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.