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Kia Soul 2020technical service bulletin

Bulletin PS605 · NHTSA communication 10159239 · issued Apr 24, 2019

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2020
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

PITSTOP: DIFFICULT TO SHIFT INTO 1ST GEAR - This Pitstop provides information regarding a possible difficult to shift into 1st gear concern on 2020MY Soul (SK3) vehicles equipped with manual transmissions. The possible root cause could be that the shift/control cable is out of adjustment.

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.