Kia Forte 2012–2015 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin WTY017_DP · NHTSA communication 10182036 · issued Oct 14, 2020
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Air Bags
component
2012–2015
model years
6
vehicle entries
Official summary
WARRANTY EXTENSION - NOTICE TO DEALER PRINCIPALS - This document is notice to the dealer principals of the warranty extension on the driver's front airbag clock spring assembly on 2012-2013 MY Rio and 2014-2015 MY Forte and Forte Koup vehicles to fifteen (15) years with unlimited mileage, starting from the date the vehicles were first put into service.
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.