Service bulletin TSBTRA044

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.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
Type	Service bulletin
NHTSA id	10090581
Published by NHTSA	2017-02-06
Manufacturer's number	TSBTRA044
Manufacturer's date	2012-11-14
NHTSA component	POWER TRAIN

NHTSA's summary

TSB: 6-SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSAXLE INHIBITOR SWITCH BRACKET INSTALLATION - THIS BULLETIN PROVIDES INFORMATION RELATING TO SOME SPORTAGE AND SEDONA VEHICLES, PRODUCED FROM APRIL 01, 2009 TO SEPTEMBER 16, 2011, WHICH MAY EXPERIENCE A NO-START CONDITION, UNEVEN ENGAGEMENT WHEN SHIFTING GEARS AND/OR P0705 STORED IN THE POWER-TRAIN CONTROL MODULE (PCM). TO CORRECT THIS CONCERN, INSTALL THE INHIBITOR SWITCH BRACKET ON THE INHIBITOR SWITCH BY FOLLOWING THE SERVICE PROCEDURE OUTLINED BELOW.

The document

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Components

Transmission and driveline

Trouble codes named

P0705

Vehicles listed
KIA SEDONA	2010, 2011, 2012
KIA SPORTAGE	2010, 2011, 2012

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

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