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Kia K5 2021–2022technical service bulletin

Bulletin TSB_TRA100 · NHTSA communication 10206957 · issued Jan 19, 2022

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2021–2022
model years
4
vehicle entries

Official summary

TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN: 8 SPEED WET DUAL CLUTCH TRANSMISSION (WDCT) JUDDER EVALUATION - This bulletin provides information to inspect for judder in the 8-speed Wet Dual Clutch Transmission (WDCT) and possibly replace the Dual Clutch Assembly on some 2021MY~ K5 GT (DL3a) vehicles produced from November 16, 2020 and later and Sorento EX trim and above (MQ4a) non-hybrid vehicles, produced from October 26, 2020 and later, which may exhibit clutch judder. If the vehicle body vibrates without the steering wheel shuddering when performing the creep driving test (driving the vehicle up to 3mph), t

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.