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Kia Optima 2011–2013technical service bulletin

Bulletin WTY014_REIMB · NHTSA communication 10162054 · issued Jun 11, 2019

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2011–2013
model years
6
vehicle entries

Official summary

This document is a Reimbursement Request that was mailed with the customer letter advising them to submit the form if they had paid for repairs for this same matter prior to the warranty extension program launch.

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.