# Service bulletin TSB\-044

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: 10033464
- Published by NHTSA: 2010\-08\-18
- Manufacturer's number: TSB\-044
- Manufacturer's date: 2009\-11\-01
- NHTSA component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE

## NHTSA's summary

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

## 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, Engine, Software

## Trouble codes named

P0638, P2135, P2A00, P2A03

## Vehicles listed

- 2004 to 2009 KIA AMANTI
- 2001 to 2009 KIA OPTIMA
- 2007 to 2009 KIA RONDO
- 2002 to 2009 KIA SEDONA
- 2003 to 2009 KIA SORENTO

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [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\-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\-053](/bulletins/10033673.md), 2010-09-04, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. KIA: ECM UPGRADE\-DTC P0130 AND P0150 ON 2.7L ENGINE EQUIPPED. PROVIDES INFORMATION RELATED TO A ECM SOFTWARE UPGRADE OF SOME MODEL YEAR 2005\-2006 VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 2.7L ENGINES WHICH MAY EXPERIENCE A MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP ILLUMINATED WITH ECM \(ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE\) SYSTEM RELATED DTCS. \*PE
- [TSB\-025](/bulletins/10032792.md), 2010-05-24, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE \(TCM/PCM/TECM\). 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
- [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

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