Kia Forte 2010 — technical 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.