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Kia Forte 2011technical service bulletin

Bulletin 055 · NHTSA communication 10057101 · issued Oct 1, 2014

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2011
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Kia : some vehicles experiencing no crank or start, mil lamp, harsh shifting, depressing the start/stop button twice. *lj

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.