Kia Optima 2011–2015 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin PS414 · NHTSA communication 10092151 · issued Jun 19, 2015
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Suspension
component
2011–2015
model years
5
vehicle entries
Official summary
Pitstop: difficulty assembling strut bearing/insulator - on some optima vehicles, when replacing the strut insulator or strut bearing with new parts you may encounter difficulty installing the new strut bearing into place on the insulator. This condition is due to a change in the design of the strut bearing (a) which results in tighter tolerances between the bearing and insulator. Refer to the procedure below for more information.
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.