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Kia Rio 2012technical service bulletin

Bulletin PS203 · NHTSA communication 10043655 · issued Jan 1, 2012

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Structure
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2012
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1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Kia: 5-door rear hatch outer door handle (manual release) repair. *kb

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.