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Kia Carnival 2022–2024technical service bulletin

Bulletin PI2301_DP · NHTSA communication 10240745 · issued Aug 8, 2023

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Seats
component
2022–2024
model years
3
vehicle entries

Official summary

PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT CAMPAIGN: DEALER PRINCIPAL MEMO - This document is the announcement to the dealer principals that Kia is conducting an important Product Improvement Campaign to install steel reinforcement plates on the second-row seat outer rails in certain 2022-2024 MY Kia Carnival LX/LXS/EX/SX vehicles equipped with sliding and removable second-row seats (excluding SX-Prestige).

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.