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Kia Sorento 2016technical service bulletin

Bulletin PS409 · NHTSA communication 10089843 · issued May 21, 2015

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2016
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

"pitstop: addition of piano black accents on sxl models - a running production change has been made to the 2016my sorento (uma), sxl trim only, to include piano black accents on the front driver and passenger seat backs and on the shift knob. This change has been implemented on vehicles produced on or after february 9th, 2015. Note: vehicles produced before this date will not include these changes and these vehicles should not be considered mis-builds . "

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.