Kia Stinger 2018 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin TSBTRA077 · NHTSA communication 10142247 · issued May 2, 2018
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2018
model years
1
vehicle entries
Official summary
TSB - SERVICE ACTION: 2.0T FAST STATIC GEAR SHIFT LOGIC IMPROVEMENT (SA341) - This bulletin provides the procedure to improve the logic of the Transmission Control Unit (TCU) on some 2018MY Stinger (CK) 2.0T vehicles, produced from September 29, 2017 through February 7, 2018. These vehicles may experience improper 1st gear engagement when moving the shifter in a fast or abrupt manner from ?Park? to ?Drive? while in Sports Mode.
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.