Kia Sorento 2011–2013 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin TSBELE179_R1 · NHTSA communication 10160758 · issued May 13, 2019
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Exterior Lighting
component
2011–2013
model years
3
vehicle entries
Official summary
TSB: HALOGEN LOW BEAM BULB CONNECTOR REPLACEMENT - This bulletin provides the procedure to replace the halogen low beam bulb connector on some 2011 - 2013MY Sorento (XMa) vehicles, produced from October 24, 2009 through January 31, 2013, which may experience an inoperable low beam bulb due to poor terminal contact at the low beam bulb connector.
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.