Kia Sportage 2018 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin TSBENG180_R1 · NHTSA communication 10128584 · issued Jan 25, 2018
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2018
model years
1
vehicle entries
Official summary
TSB - SERVICE ACTION: 2.4L ENGINE START LOGIC IMPROVEMENT (SA320) - This bulletin has been revised to include additional information. This bulletin provides the procedure to improve the logic of the Electronic Control Unit (ECU) on some 2018MY Sportage (QL) vehicles, produced from April 3, 2017 to August 9, 2017, which may intermittently experience an extended cranking condition.
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.