Service bulletin TSB_ELE239

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	10198190
Published by NHTSA	2021-06-25
Manufacturer's number	TSB_ELE239
Manufacturer's date	2021-06-21
NHTSA component	ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; POWER TRAIN

NHTSA's summary

TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN: SERVICE ACTION: ECM OBD CODE DISPLAY LOGIC IMPROVEMENT (SA474) - This bulletin provides the procedure to update the software logic of the Engine Control Module (ECM) system on some 2019MY Stinger (CK) vehicles equipped with the 2.0L T-GDI engine and 8AT transmission, 2020MY Soul (SK3) vehicles with 2.0L MPI engine and 6MT transmission, and 2020MY Sportage (QL) vehicles with 2.4L GDI engine and 6AT transmission, in order to improve OBD authentication code display logic.

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

Electrical system, Transmission and driveline

Vehicles listed
KIA SOUL	2020
KIA SPORTAGE	2020
KIA STINGER	2019

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
2022689	2022-12-06. Electrical
2021123	2021-03-08. Electrical

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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