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Kia Sorento 2017technical service bulletin

Bulletin TSB-CHA076 · NHTSA communication 10109803 · issued Jan 10, 2017

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Vehicle Speed Control
component
2017
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

TSB: SERVICE ACTION: HYDRAULIC ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT LOGIC IMPROVEMENT (SA269) - This bulletin provides the procedure to improve the logic of the Hydraulic Electronic Control Unit (HECU) on some Smart Cruise Control equipped 2017MY Sorento (UMa) vehicles, produced from April 5, 2016 to December 22, 2016, which may experience a deactivation of the Smart Cruise Control, followed by a malfunction indicator lamp and diagnostic trouble code (DTC) C238001 stored. To correct this concern, apply the improved logic to the HECU by using the KDS download, as described in this bulletin.

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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.