# Service bulletin 091

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: 10037692
- Published by NHTSA: 2011\-06\-03
- Manufacturer's number: 091
- Manufacturer's date: 2011\-02\-01
- Replaces: 091 REV1
- NHTSA component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

## NHTSA's summary

KIA: A MALFUNCTION LIGHT IS ON WITH POSSIBLE MISFIRE CODES PRESENT. IT IS A SOFTWARE PROBLEM. 2011 SPORTAGE. \*RM UPDATED ON 06/08/2011

## 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

## Vehicles listed

- 2011 KIA SPORTAGE

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [2021040](/recalls/tc/2021040.md), 2021-02-01: Engine
- [2019153](/recalls/tc/2019153.md), 2019-03-21: Engine
- [2019099](/recalls/tc/2019099.md), 2019-02-27: Engine
- [19V101000](/recalls/nhtsa/19V101000.md), 2019-02-15: ENGINE
- [18V907000](/recalls/nhtsa/18V907000.md), 2018-12-19: ENGINE; FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
- [2017199](/recalls/tc/2017199.md), 2017-04-07: Engine
- [17V224000](/recalls/nhtsa/17V224000.md), 2017-03-31: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [PI2103\_OWNR\_501](/bulletins/11029973.md), 2026-03-12, Other: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; ENGINE. PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT CAMPAIGN: OWNER RENOTIFICATION \(PI2103 FLIGHT \#501\) \- This document is the owner renotification advising that Kia is conducting an important Product Improvement Campaign to perform a software update on 2011\-2013 MY Kia Sportage vehicles equipped with 2.4\-liter MPI engines to protect the engine from excessive connecting rod bearing damage. The update will be done free of charge and will only involve the addition of newly developed computer software for the Engine Control Unit \(“ECU”\).
- [PI2103\_OWNR\_401](/bulletins/11020587.md), 2025-07-09, Other: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; ENGINE. PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT CAMPAIGN: OWNER RENOTIFICATION \(PI203\) \- This document is the owner renotification advising that Kia is conducting a Product Improvement Campaign to perform a software update on 2011\-2013 MY Kia Sportage vehicles equipped with 2.4\-liter MPI engines to protect the engine from excessive connecting rod bearing damage. The update will be done free of charge and will only involve the addition of newly developed computer software for the Engine Control Unit \(“ECU”\).
- [TSB\_ENG222\_R8](/bulletins/11017109.md), 2025-04-18, Service bulletin: ENGINE. TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN: EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION NU/GAMMA/THETA/KAPPA ENGINES \- This bulletin has been revised to include additional information. New/revised sections of this bulletin are indicated by a black bar in the margin area. This bulletin provides information on diagnosing and/or repairing some 2011\-2024MY vehicles \(refer to the table on pages 9 and 10 for applicable models and engine\), which may exhibit a symptom of excessive oil consumption.
- [TSB\_ENG222\_R7](/bulletins/11014912.md), 2025-03-04, Service bulletin: ENGINE. TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN: EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION NU/GAMMA/THETA/KAPPA ENGINES \- This bulletin has been revised to include additional information. New/revised sections of this bulletin are indicated by a black bar in the margin area. This bulletin provides information on diagnosing and/or repairing some 2011\-2024MY vehicles \(refer to the tables on pages 8\-9 for applicable models and engine\), which may exhibit a symptom of excessive oil consumption.
- [PI2103\_OWNR301](/bulletins/11010696.md), 2024-11-20, Other: ENGINE. PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT CAMPAIGN: OWNER RENOTIFICATION \(PI2103\) \- This document is the owner renotification advising that Kia is conducting an important Product Improvement Campaign to perform a software update on 2011\-2013 MY Kia Sportage vehicles equipped with 2.4\-liter MPI engines to protect the engine from excessive connecting rod bearing damage. The update will be done free of charge and will only involve the addition of newly developed computer software for the Engine Control Unit \(“ECU”\).
- [PI2103YZ\_TSB\_R1](/bulletins/11010512.md), 2024-11-13, Service bulletin: ENGINE. TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN: PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT CAMPAIGN: SUBSEQUENT REPAIR ACTION: ENGINE REPLACEMENT INSTRUCTIONS FOR DTC P1326 \(PI2103Y/Z\) \- This bulletin has been revised to include additional information. New/revised sections of this bulletin are indicated by a black bar in the margin area. This bulletin provides information related to the Technical Service Bulletin previously published in \(PI2103\) titled “Knock Sensor Detection System \- ECU Logic Improvement” for certain 2011\-2013MY Sportage \(SL\)vehicles equipped with Theta 2.4L MPI engine, produced from May 6, 2010 through October 7, 2013. Specifically, this bulletin provides instructions on which procedures to follow if, after installation of the KSDS, any one of the subject vehicles below return to the dealer with Diagnostic Trouble Code \(DTC\) P1326 \(Knock Signal Range/Performance\).
- [PI1803YZ\_TSB\_R7](/bulletins/10252086.md), 2024-04-03, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN: PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT CAMPAIGN: ENGINE REPLACEMENT INSTRUCTIONS FOR DTC P1326 \(PI1803Y/Z\) \- This bulletin has been revised to include additional information. New/revised sections of this bulletin are indicated by a black bar in the margin area. This bulletin provides information related to the Technical Service Bulletin previously published PI1803 titled "Knock Sensor Detection System \- ECU Logic Improvement" equipped w/THETA II engine. Specifically, this bulletin provides instructions on which procedures to follow if, after installation of the KSDS, any one of the subject vehicles below returns to the dealer with Diagnostic Trouble Code \(DTC\) P1326 \(Knock Signal Range/Performance\).
- [PI2103\_OWNR\_201](/bulletins/10251443.md), 2024-04-03, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT CAMPAIGN: OWNER RENOTIFICATION \(PI2103\) \- This document is the owner renotification advising that Kia is conducting a Product Improvement Campaign to perform a software update on 2011\-2013 MY Kia Sportage vehicles equipped with 2.4\-liter engines to protect the engine from excessive connecting rod bearing damage. The update will be done free of charge and will only involve the addition of newly developed computer software for the Engine Control Unit \("ECU"\).
- [PI2103\_TSB\_R1](/bulletins/10238216.md), 2023-07-05, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT CAMPAIGN: THETA 2.4L MPI \- KNOCK SENSOR DETECTION SYSTEM \(KSDS\) ECU LOGIC IMPROVEMENT \(PI2103\) \- This bulletin has been revised to include additional information. New/revised sections of this bulletin are indicated by a black bar in the margin area. This bulletin provides information related to a software update to the Engine Control Unit \(ECU\) to install the Knock Sensor Detection System \(KSDS\) in order to protect the engine from excessive connecting rod bearing damage. This update is for certain 2011 and 2013MY Sportage \(SL\) vehicles equipped with Theta 2.4L MPI engines, produced from May 6, 2010 through October 7, 2013.
- [PI2103YZ\_TSB](/bulletins/10237606.md), 2023-07-05, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. SUBSEQUENT REPAIR ACTION: ENGINE REPLACEMENT INSTRUCTIONS FOR DTC P1326 \(PI2103Y/Z\) \- This bulletin provides information related to the Technical Service Bulletin previously published in \(PI2103\) titled \&\#34;Knock Sensor Detection System \- ECU Logic Improvement\&\#34; for certain 2011\-2013MY Sportage \(SL\) vehicles equipped with Theta 2.4L MPI engine, produced from May 6, 2010 through October 7, 2013. Specifically, this bulletin provides instructions on which procedures to follow if, after installation of the KSDS, any one of the subject vehicles below return to the dealer with Diagnostic Trouble Code \(DTC\) P1326 \(Knock Signal Range/Performance\).

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