# Service bulletin PI1806\_OWNR

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: 10168844
- Published by NHTSA: 2019\-12\-09
- Manufacturer's number: PI1806\_OWNR
- Manufacturer's date: 2019\-11\-08
- NHTSA component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

## NHTSA's summary

OWNER LETTER: PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT CAMPAIGN \(PI1806\_OWNR\): This document is the notification letter to 2020 MY Sportage owners advising of the Product Improvement Campaign on some 2020 MY Sportage vehicles equipped with 2.4L Gasoline Direct Injection \(GDI\) and 2.0L Turbocharged \(GDI\) 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 \("ECU"\).

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2019/MC-10168844-0001.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2019/MC-10168844-9999.pdf)

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it.

## Components

Electrical system, Engine, Software

## Vehicles listed

- 2020 KIA SPORTAGE

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [PI1806\_TSB\_R1](/bulletins/10168847.md), 2019-12-09, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. TSB: PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT CAMPAIGN: KNOCK SENSOR DETECTION SYSTEM \(KSDS\) LOGIC IMPROVEMENT \(PI1806\_R1\) \- 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 for some 2020MY Sportage \(QL\) produced from December 27, 2018 through September 18, 2019 equipped with 2.4L GDI and 2.0L T\-GDI engines.
- [PI1806\_TSB](/bulletins/10168846.md), 2019-12-09, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. TSB: PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT CAMPAIGN: KNOCK SENSOR DETECTION SYSTEM \(KSDS\) LOGIC IMPROVEMENT \(PI1806\) \- 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 for some 2020MY Sportage \(QL\) produced from December 27, 2018 through September 18, 2019 equipped with 2.4L GDI and 2.0L T\-GDI engines.
- [PI1806\_QA](/bulletins/10168845.md), 2019-12-09, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. Q AND A: PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT CAMPAIGN \(PI1806\): This document is the Question and Answer sheet containing frequently asked questions regarding this particular campaign, PI1806.
- [PI1806\_DSM](/bulletins/10168843.md), 2019-12-09, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. DEALER SERVICE MANAGER NOTICE: PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT CAMPAIGN \(PI1806\): This document is the Service Manager Notification advising that Kia is conducting a Product Improvement Campaign on some 2020 MY Sportage vehicles equipped with 2.4\-liter Gasoline Direct Injection \(GDI\) and 2.0\-liter Turbocharged GDI \(T\-GDI\) engines, produced from December 27, 2018 through September 18, 2019, to perform a software update to the Engine Control Unit \(ECU\) to protect the engine from excessive connecting rod bearing damage.
- [PI1806\_DP](/bulletins/10168842.md), 2019-12-09, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. DEALER PRINCIPAL NOTICE: PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT CAMPAIGN \(PI1806\_DP\): This document is notification to the dealer principal advising of the Product Improvement Campaign on some 2020 MY Sportage vehicles equipped with 2.4\-liter Gasoline Direct Injection \(GDI\) and 2.0\-liter Turbocharged GDI \(T\-GDI\) engines, produced from December 27, 2018 through September 18, 2019, to perform a software update to the Engine Control Unit \(ECU\) to protect the engine from excessive connecting rod bearing damage.

JSON: [/v1/bulletins/10168844](/v1/bulletins/10168844)

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