Kia Sportage 2017 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin TSB-CLI035 · NHTSA communication 10109825 · issued Mar 6, 2017
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2017
model years
1
vehicle entries
Official summary
TSB: A/C EVAPORATOR CORE REPLACEMENT - This bulletin provides information about the A/C evaporator core replacement on certain 2017MY Sportage (QL) vehicles, produced between December 10, 2015 and December 12, 2016, which may exhibit poor A/C performance due to a refrigerant leak caused by a defective tube weld at the A/C evaporator core.
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.