Kia Forte 2017 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin TSBBOD181 · NHTSA communication 10128616 · issued Jan 16, 2018
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Exterior Lighting
component
2017
model years
1
vehicle entries
Official summary
TSB - SERVICE ACTION: OUTSIDE REAR COMBINATION LAMP WATER INTRUSION (SA327) - This bulletin provides the procedure to replace the outside rear combination lamp pads on some 2017MY Forte (YDm) vehicles, produced from May 23, 2016 to August 15, 2017, which may exhibit evidence of water intrusion in the outside rear combination lamps.
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.