Kia Sportage 2011–2014 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin SC141OWNERSL · NHTSA communication 10109815 · issued Jan 3, 2017
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Structure
component
2011–2014
model years
4
vehicle entries
Official summary
SERVICE CAMPAIGN: OWNER LETTER - Advises Owners of certain 2011-2014 MY Sportage vehicles currently registered in the states where heavy amounts of road salt are used of a service campaign to add additional anti-corrosion material to underbody components of vehicle.
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.