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Kia Sportage 2018technical service bulletin

Bulletin TSBBOD174 · NHTSA communication 10126422 · issued Nov 2, 2017

Technical service bulletin
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Official summary

TSB - SERVICE ACTION: WINDSHIELD MOLDING REPAIR FOR WIND NOISE (SA311) - This bulletin provides the procedure for applying LOCTITE® between the front windshield molding lip and panoramic static roof glass on some 2018MY Sportage (QL) vehicles, equipped with a Panoramic Roof, produced from April 3, 2017 through August 28, 2017, which may experience wind noise while driving at higher freeway speeds.

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.