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Kia Forte 2010technical service bulletin

Bulletin TSB-017 · NHTSA communication 10032673 · issued Oct 1, 2009

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Fuel System, Gasoline
component
2010
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Kia: fuel cap replacement. An improved fuel cap with a larger handle design for improved feel during tightening and a full thread stop which produces one click during tightening instead of the several clicks heard on the previous fuel cap design. *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.