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Kia Carnival 2022–2024technical service bulletin

Bulletin PI2301_TSB_R2 · NHTSA communication 10244288 · issued Oct 12, 2023

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Structure
component
2022–2024
model years
3
vehicle entries

Official summary

PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT CAMPAIGN: INSTALLATION OF STEEL REINFORCEMENT PLATES FOR 2ND ROW SEAT OUTER RAILS (PI2301) - This bulletin has been revised to include additional information. New/revised sections of this bulletin are indicated by a black bar in the margin area. This bulletin provides information to install steel reinforcement plates on the second-row seat outer rails in certain 2022-2024MY Carnival (KA4) vehicles (excluding SX-Prestige with the second-row lounge seats) produced from January 4, 2021 through August 21, 2023. This campaign is to reinforce the mounting points of the 2nd-row se

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.