Kia Forte 2010 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin TB-SC-078 · NHTSA communication 10032572 · issued Sep 1, 2009
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Seat Belts
component
2010
model years
1
vehicle entries
Official summary
Kia: in some vehicles, the driver's side seat belt buckle may not recognize that the seatbelt is buckled. This may result in the intermittent illumination of the seat belt warning light and sounding of the seatbelt warning chime, even with the driver's seat belt properly buckled. *pe
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.