# Service bulletin 018

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10021561
- Published by NHTSA: 2007\-05\-15
- Manufacturer's number: 018
- Manufacturer's date: 2007\-01\-01
- NHTSA component: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

## NHTSA's summary

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION ADAPTIVE VALUE RESET/RELEARN. \*KB

## The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

## Components

Transmission and driveline, Automatic transmission

## Vehicles listed

- 2005 to 2007 KIA AMANTI
- 2005 to 2007 KIA OPTIMA
- 2006 to 2007 KIA RIO
- 2005 to 2007 KIA SEDONA
- 2005 to 2007 KIA SORENTO
- 2004 to 2007 KIA SPECTRA
- 2005 to 2007 KIA SPORTAGE
- UNKNOWN UNKNOWN

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [11V153000](/recalls/nhtsa/11V153000.md), 2011-03-09: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [034](/bulletins/10037693.md), 2011-06-03, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. KIA: THERE MAY BE ERRATIC SHIFTING, SHIFT SHOCK, AND A MALFUNCTION LIGHT ON WITH STORED TROUBLE CODES. THIS IS CAUSED BY A PROBLEM WITHIN THE TRANSFER MOTOR. \*RM
- [TSB\-061 REV 1](/bulletins/10034637.md), 2010-12-14, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE \(TCM/PCM/TECM\). KIA: PROVIDES INFORMATION RELATED TO THE ECM SOFTWARE UPGRADE OF SOME VEHICLES WITH 3.8L AND 2.7L ENGINES WHICH MAY EXPERIENCE A MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP ILLUMINATED WITH THE PCM \(POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE\) SYSTEM RELATED DTC\(S\). \*PE
- [TSB\-021](/bulletins/10032617.md), 2010-04-20, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE. KIA MOTORS: SOME VEHICLES WITH A 3.8L ENGINE MAY EXPERIENCE A BUMPING SYMPTOM DURING ENGAGEMENT OF THE DAMPER CLUTCH \(TORQUE CONVERTER LOCK UP CLUTCH\), AND A BUCKING SYMPTOM WHEN THE DAMPER CLUTCH IS FULLY ENGAGED. \*PE UPDATED 8/16/10. \*PE
- [TSB\-023](/bulletins/10031946.md), 2010-02-02, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. KIA: VEHICLES WITH 4WD SYSTEM MAY EXHIBIT A DRONING NOISE ORIGINATING FROM THE 4WD COUPLING WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 12\-37MPH. THE CAUSE OF THIS CONDITION MAY BE THE INTERNAL PART OF THE 4WD COUPLING ASSEMBLY IS BINDING DUE TO A POSSIBLE DAMAGED ROLLER BEARING. \*PE
- [021](/bulletins/10024989.md), 2008-06-17, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE \(TCM/PCM/TECM\). 2007\-2008MY SORENTO \(BL\) TCM REPROGRAM. \*NJ
- [039](/bulletins/10024833.md), 2008-05-31, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE \(TCM/PCM/TECM\). 2007MY AMANTI \(GH\) PCM UPGRADE \- MIL ON WITH P0110. \*NJ
- [036](/bulletins/10023624.md), 2008-01-15, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE \(TCM/PCM/TECM\). POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE \(PCM\) UPGRADE FOR 2007 SORENTO \(BL\) 3.8L MODELS \(P0110 REPROGRAM\). \*NJ
- [031](/bulletins/10023623.md), 2008-01-15, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE \(TCM/PCM/TECM\). 2006.5 MY OPTIMA \(MG\) 2.4L CALIBRATION VERIFICATION NUMBER/POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE REPROGRAM. \*NJ
- [01011901](/bulletins/10023005.md), 2007-10-11, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION \(PRNDL\). OPTIMA \(MG\) SHIFT CABLE DETACHMENT. \*NJ
- [104](/bulletins/10023004.md), 2007-10-10, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE \(TCM/PCM/TECM\). CAN RESISTOR REPLACEMENT FOR 06\-07MY SPECTRA VEHICLES. \*NJ

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