Kia Forte 2012–2020 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin TSB_BOD208 · NHTSA communication 10177046 · issued Jun 17, 2020
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Latches/locks/linkages
component
2012–2020
model years
14
vehicle entries
Official summary
TSB - This bulletin provides the procedure to perform a partial repair on the trunk latch base sub assembly on the certain Forte, Rio and Optima vehicles, which may exhibit a difficult-to-close/latch concern with the trunk lid.
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.