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Kia Sorento 2016–2018technical service bulletin

Bulletin SC260_OWNR · NHTSA communication 10234611 · issued Apr 14, 2023

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Fuel System, Gasoline
component
2016–2018
model years
3
vehicle entries

Official summary

VOLUNTARY EMISSIONS SERVICE CAMPAIGN: OWNER NOTIFICATION - This document is the owner notification advising that Kia is conducting a Voluntary Emissions Service Campaign on certain 2016-2018 MY Kia Sorento vehicles equipped with 2.0L Turbo GDI engines manufactured from October 29, 2014 to November 29, 2017 to improve the emission logic in the Electronic Control Module ('ECM') to ensure compliance with emissions regulations. This condition may cause the vehicle to release air pollutants that exceed Federal and California standards.

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.