# Service bulletin TSB\-023

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: 10031946
- Published by NHTSA: 2010\-02\-02
- Manufacturer's number: TSB\-023
- Manufacturer's date: 2009\-08\-01
- NHTSA component: POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

## NHTSA's summary

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

## 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 SPORTAGE

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [018](/bulletins/10021561.md), 2007-05-15, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION ADAPTIVE VALUE RESET/RELEARN. \*KB

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