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Kia Telluride 2020technical service bulletin

Bulletin TSB_BOD196_R1 · NHTSA communication 10170771 · issued Jan 16, 2020

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Seats
component
2020
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN: SERVICE ACTION: 2ND ROW SEAT EASY ENTRY CABLE INSPECTION AND REPAIR (SA406) - This bulletin has been revised to include additional information. This bulletin provides information on how to inspect and repair the 2nd row easy entry cable on some 2020MY Telluride (ON) equipped with captain chairs or bench seat option, produced between June 03, 2019 through July 31, 2019, which may exhibit normal seat folding, but no forward sliding operation when pressing the easy entry button due to the seat release cable not properly secured to the retaining bracket. To repair this

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.