# Service bulletin TSB\-025

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: 10032792
- Published by NHTSA: 2010\-05\-24
- Manufacturer's number: TSB\-025
- Manufacturer's date: 2009\-10\-01
- NHTSA component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE \(TCM/PCM/TECM\)

## NHTSA's summary

KIA: INFORMATION RELATED TO THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE \(TCM\) UPGRADE FOR CERTAIN MODELS. VEHICLES WITH 3.3L 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

## 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

Electrical system, Transmission and driveline, Automatic transmission, Software, Transmission control module

## Vehicles listed

- 2008 to 2009 KIA SORENTO

## 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\-077](/bulletins/10034496.md), 2010-11-20, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. KIA: PROVIDES THE PROCEDURE TO UPGRADE THE ENGINE CONTROL MODULE \(ECM\) ON SOME VEHICLES WHICH MAY EXPERIENCE IDLE IRREGULARITY WITH BRAKE PEDAL APPLIED/DEPRESSED. \*PE
- [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
- [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
- [KT\-2009042201](/bulletins/10030292.md), 2009-09-18, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. KIA: ON SOME VEHICLES WITH 2.7L ENGINES, THE ECM SOFTWARE AND TP SENSOR UPGRADE 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
- [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

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