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Kia Forte 2010technical service bulletin

Bulletin TSB-026 · NHTSA communication 10032675 · issued Oct 1, 2009

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2010
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Kia: driveshaft housing and transaxle oil seal inspection and replacement (sa011). Some vehicles (6 speed manual transaxles) may have interference with the inner tri-pod housing contacting with the axle seal cage. *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.