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Kia Rio 2020technical service bulletin

Bulletin TSB_BOD209 · NHTSA communication 10177745 · issued Jul 6, 2020

Technical service bulletin
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Official summary

TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN: SERVICE ACTION: LEFT REAR DOOR CAVITY WAX APPLICATION (SA426) - This bulletin provides the procedure to inspect and if necessary, add rust inhibitor (wax) to the left rear door panel of some 2020MY Rio (SC) vehicles produced from April 01, 2020 through April 04, 2020 which may exhibit surface rust inside the door panel.

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.