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Kia Sorento 2016technical service bulletin

Bulletin TSB-BOD125R1 · NHTSA communication 10109880 · issued Feb 27, 2017

Technical service bulletin
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Official summary

TSB: PANORAMIC SUNROOF SLOW TO CLOSE AND/OR ABNORMAL NOISE WHEN CLOSING - This bulletin provides the procedure to repair a panoramic sunroof that exhibits a slow to close condition and/or abnormal noise when closing, on some 2016MY Sorento (UMa) vehicles produced from October 27, 2014 through January 23, 2016. Follow the procedure in this bulletin to clean, lubricate, and replace the rear tilt levers to correct the concern.

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.