# Service bulletin 038

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: 10023626
- Published by NHTSA: 2008\-01\-16
- Manufacturer's number: 038
- Manufacturer's date: 2007\-11\-01
- NHTSA component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE

## NHTSA's summary

THIS BULLETIN PROVIDES INFORMATION RELATING TO AN ENGINE HESITATION OR THE ILLUMINATION OF THE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP \(MIL\) FOR P0123 \(THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR / SWITCH \(A\) CIRCUIT HIGH INPUT\). \*NJ

## 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

Engine

## Trouble codes named

P0123

## Vehicles listed

- 2001 to 2006 KIA OPTIMA
- 2005 to 2007 KIA SPORTAGE

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- [TSB\-044](/bulletins/10033464.md), 2010-08-18, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. KIA: ECM UPGRADE WITH TP SENSOR REPLACEMENT\-MIL ON WITH DTC P2135/P0638. INFORMATION RELATED TO ECM SOFTWARE AND TP SENSOR UPGRADE ON SOME VEHICLES WITH 2.7L ENGINES WHICH MAY EXPERIENCE A MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP \(MIL\) ILLUMINATED WITH THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL \(ETC\) SYSTEM RELATED DTC P2135 OR P0638 OR P2A00 OR P2A03. \*PE
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- [93](/bulletins/10020044.md), 2006-07-14, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL. THE ENGINE HESITATES AT TIMES AND/OR MAF SENSOR CODES ARE STORED. THIS CONDITION MAY AFFECT VEHICLES PRODUCED THROUGH 4\-21\-2005. INSPECT THE MAF SENSOR HOSE CLAMPS FOR PROPER TYPE, AND TORQUE VALUE. \*TT
- [011](/bulletins/10019639.md), 2006-04-12, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL. CANISTER CLOSE VALVE INSPECTION/REPLACEMENT. MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LIGHT \(MIL\) RELATED TO THE CANISTER CLOSE VALVE AND/OR EVAPORATIVE SYSTEM. \*TT
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