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Kia Forte 2019–2020technical service bulletin

Bulletin TSB_FUE047 · NHTSA communication 10179236 · issued Aug 14, 2020

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment Adaptive/mobility
component
2019–2020
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN NU 2.0L MPI MIL ON DTC P010100 AND/OR P010600 AND/OR P006800 LOGIC IMPROVEMENT - This bulletin provides the procedure to improve the logic of the Engine Control Module (ECM) software and clean the Electronic Throttle Control (ETC) on some 2019-2020MY Forte (BDm) vehicles equipped with NU 2.0L MPI Atkinson engine, which may exhibit a MIL with DTC P0101, and/or P0106 and/or P0068.

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.