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Kia Sportage 2002technical service bulletin

Bulletin 51 · NHTSA communication 629973 · issued Jan 1, 2002

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2002
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Subject regarding reports of diagnostic trouble codes p013a or p013 being stored. *tt

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.