Service bulletin TSBENG154R1

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	10183436
Published by NHTSA	2020-12-03
Manufacturer's number	TSBENG154R1
Manufacturer's date	2016-04-07
NHTSA component	EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING; EQUIPMENT

NHTSA's summary

TSB - VCM LOGIC IMPROVEMENT - DTC P200A00 (SA 220) - 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 ECM software upgrade and inspection of the VCM motor of some 2016MY Sorento (UMa) vehicles, produced from November 17, 2014 through December 21, 2015, which may experience a malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) illuminated with the Electronic Control Module (ECM) system-related DTC; P200A00.

The document

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it. NHTSA files a document at one of these two addresses; we have not asked NHTSA which.

Components

Engine, Equipment and accessories

Trouble codes named

P200A

Vehicles listed
KIA SORENTO	2016

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
2019143	2019-03-18. Engine
18V907000	2018-12-19. ENGINE; FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

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