Kia K5 2021 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin TSB_BOD215 · NHTSA communication 10196858 · issued Jun 9, 2021
Technical service bulletin
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Structure
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2021
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Official summary
TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN: SERVICE ACTION: PANORAMA SUNROOF INSPECTION AND REPAIR (SA481) - This bulletin provides the procedure to inspect and if necessary, repair a left front bolt of the Panorama Sunroof tracking system on some 2021MY K5 (DL3A) vehicles produced between March 16, 2021 through April 22, 2021, in which the bolt may not have been properly installed during vehicle assembly and cause a creek noise as the body flexes.
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.