Service bulletin TSBENG204_R1

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The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
Type	Service bulletin
NHTSA id	10160766
Published by NHTSA	2019-06-04
Manufacturer's number	TSBENG204_R1
Manufacturer's date	2019-05-24
NHTSA component	ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

NHTSA's summary

TSB: SERVICE ACTION: ECU LOGIC IMPROVEMENT FOR P0300, P0301, P0302, P0303, P0304 AND/OR P219C00, P219D00, P219E00, P219F00 (SA378) - This bulletin has been revised to include additional information. This bulletin provides the procedure to improve the logic of the Engine Control Unit (ECU) on some 2019MY Forte (BDm) vehicles, equipped with a NU 2.0MPI Atkinson engine and produced from July 9, 2018 through March 11, 2019, which may experience a malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) ON with DTC P0300, P0301, P0302, P0303, P0304 and/or P219C00. P219D00, P219E00, P219F00.

The document

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Components

Engine

Trouble codes named

P0300, P0301, P0302, P0303, P0304, P219C, P219D, P219E, P219F

Vehicles listed
KIA FORTE	2019

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

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