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Kia Sportage 2011–2016technical service bulletin

Bulletin SC184_STICKER · NHTSA communication 10173503 · issued Mar 19, 2020

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Fuel System, Gasoline
component
2011–2016
model years
6
vehicle entries

Official summary

VOLUNTARY EMISSIONS SERVICE CAMPAIGN (SC184): EVAPORATIVE CANISTER - COMPLETION STICKER - To be filled out and provided to the customers whose vehicles are registered in one of the S.177 States ( Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington).

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.