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September 1, 2009 Service bulletin

Kia: in some vehicles, the driver's side seat belt buckle may not recognize that the seatbelt is buckled

Kia technical service bulletin TB-SC-078 for 2010 Kia Forte.

Bulletin number
TB-SC-078
Component
Seat belts: front
Summary
Kia: in some vehicles, the driver's side seat belt buckle may not recognize that the seatbelt is buckled. This may result in the intermittent illumination of the seat belt warning light and sounding of the seatbelt warning chime, even with the driver's seat belt properly buckled.

Owners of these vehicles have filed 9 complaints in the seat belts category.

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