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Kia Telluride 2021technical service bulletin

Bulletin TSB_BOD213 · NHTSA communication 10181999 · issued Oct 26, 2020

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2021
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN: SERVICE ACTION: DOOR BELT LINE MOLDING INSPECTION AND REPLACEMENT (SA445) - This bulletin provides the procedure to inspect and replace the front door(s) belt line molding on some 2021MY Telluride (ON) vehicles produced from September 14, 2020 through September 18, 2020, which may have had the incorrect color molding installed during assembly and do not match the rear door belt line moldings.

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.