Kia Sportage 2017–2018 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin TSBTRA076 · NHTSA communication 10159250 · issued Apr 5, 2019
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2017–2018
model years
2
vehicle entries
Official summary
TSB: 2.4GDI TCU LOGIC IMPROVEMENT FOR SHIFT FLARE - This bulletin provides the procedure to improve the logic of the Transmission Control Unit (TCU) on some 2017-2018MY Sportage (QL) 2.4L vehicles, produced from December 10, 2015 through April 5, 2018, which may experience an intermittent shift flare concern.
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.