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Service bulletin TSB_TRA111_R2

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)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id11010702
Published by NHTSA2024-11-21
Manufacturer's numberTSB_TRA111_R2
Manufacturer's date2024-11-14
NHTSA componentELECTRICAL SYSTEM; POWER TRAIN
Manufacturer's systemTRA

NHTSA's summary

TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN: 8-SPEED DUAL CLUTCH TRANSMISSION EOP SENSORLESS LOGIC IMPROVEMENT - 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 to improve the Electric Oil Pump ‘EOP’ operation logic of the automatic transmission ‘A/T’ on some 2021-2023MY Sorento (MQ4a) vehicles produced from September 9, 2020 through December 29, 2023 and 2021-2023MY K5 (DL3a) vehicles produced from March 24, 2020 to December 18, 2023, equipped with a 2.5L T-GDI Theta III engines and 8-Speed Dual Clutch Transmissions (DCT). The affected vehicles may exhibit abnormal/harsh shifting, gear slipping, no gear engagement in Drive ‘D’ and/or Reverse ‘R’ shift selection, accompanied by a Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) ‘ON’ illuminated on the instrument cluster with DTC(s) P1C2D03, P1C2D1C, and/or P1C2E92 stored.

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

Trouble codes named

P1C2D, P1C2E

Vehicles listed
KIA K52021, 2022, 2023
KIA SORENTO2021, 2022, 2023

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
25V6490002025-09-25. VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:FAN/MOTOR; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS
20225802022-10-12. Powertrain
22V7600002022-10-11. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

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

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
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