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February 28, 2017 Service bulletin

SC141 - service campaign - application of additional anti-corrosion material

Kia technical service bulletin TSB-SC141R1 for 2011-2014 Kia Sorento, 2011-2014 Kia Optima and 2011-2014 Kia Sportage and others.

Bulletin number
TSB-SC141R1
Component
Structure: frame and members: underbody shields
Summary
TSB: SC141 - SERVICE CAMPAIGN - APPLICATION OF ADDITIONAL ANTI-CORROSION MATERIAL - To improve customer satisfaction, Kia is launching this service campaign to apply additional anti-corrosion material to the underbody components of certain 2011-2014MY Sorento, 2011-2014MY Optima and Optima Hybrid, 2011-2014MY Sportage, and 2010-2013MY Forte and Forte Koup vehicles originally sold or currently registered in one of the 28 states where heavy amounts of road salt are used. The 28 states where heavy amounts of road salt are used are: AK, CT, DC, DE, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SD, UT, VT, WI and WV.

Owners of these vehicles have filed 836 complaints in the body category.

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