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Kia Forte 2018technical service bulletin

Bulletin PS511 · NHTSA communication 10119115 · issued Sep 5, 2017

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2018
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

PITSTOP - BLUETOOTH® INFORMATION AND TROUBLESHOOTING - This Pitstop contains information on pairing a device on 2018 MY vehicles; the differences in pairing instructions if it is the 1st phone or a 2nd phone that needs to be paired; and how to diagnose and troubleshoot customer Bluetooth complaints.:

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.