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Kia Stinger 2018technical service bulletin

Bulletin TSBBOD178 · NHTSA communication 10127025 · issued Dec 21, 2017

Technical service bulletin
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2018
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Official summary

TSB - SERVICE ACTION: RATTLE NOISE FROM TAILGATE (SA322) - This bulletin provides the procedure to adjust the overslam bumpers and install a guide bumper mounting kit on some 2018MY Stinger (CK) vehicles, produced from September 21, 2017 through November 14, 2017, which may exhibit a rattle noise while driving, especially over bumps.

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.