Saturday, August 8, 2026
RecallGazette

Vehicle problems, recalls & safety intelligence

Kia Optima 2018technical service bulletin

Bulletin TSBBOD182_R1 · NHTSA communication 10128617 · issued Jan 11, 2018

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2018
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

TSB - SERVICE ACTION: FLOOR CONSOLE INNER PANEL INSPECTION & CORRECTION/REPLACEMENT (SA328) -This bulletin has been revised to include additional information. This bulletin provides the procedure to inspect and correct or replace the floor console inner side panels on some 2018MY Optima (JFa) vehicles, produced from August 1, 2017 through October 27, 2017, which may exhibit a peeling condition of the panel surface.

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.