Kia Forte 2017 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin TSB-BOD156 · NHTSA communication 10109768 · issued Nov 10, 2016
Technical service bulletin
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2017
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Official summary
TSB: SERVICE ACTION: REAR DOOR WITH HIGH EFFORT TO OPEN/CLOSE (SA254) - This bulletin provides the procedure to lubricate the rear door checkers on some 2017MY Forte (YDm) vehicles, produced from September 7, 2016 to October 6, 2016, which may experience a high effort to open or close the rear doors.
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.