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Kia Optima 2009–2015technical service bulletin

Bulletin TSBSC135 · NHTSA communication 10090943 · issued Sep 15, 2016

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2009–2015
model years
19
vehicle entries

Official summary

Tsb: voluntary emissions service campaign: evaporative canister inspection and/or replacement (sc135) - this bulletin provides information to inspect and/or replace the evaporative canister assembly on some optima (tf) vehicles, produced from september 2, 2010 through november 29, 2014, some optima hybrid (tf hev) vehicles, produced from february 15, 2011 through november 29, 2014, some rondo (un) vehicles, produced from april 1, 2009 through july 30, 2010, and some sedona (vq) vehicles, produced from april 1, 2009 through june 17, 2014. The subject vehicles originally sold or currently regist

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.