Service bulletins for the 2010 Kia Forte
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.
87 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.
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| TSB-070 REV 1 | 2010-10-20. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM); ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. KIA: PCM UPGRADE FOR P0304 DUE TO VCM MOTOR VARIATION. PROCEDURE TO UPGRADE THE POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE (PCM) OF SOME VEHICLES. THIS REFLASH HAS ENHANCED VCM (VARIABLE CHARGE MOTION) ACTUATOR LOGIC TO IMPROVE A ROUGH IDLE CONDITION AT START UP OR A MIL ON AND STORED DTC P0304 SET AT START UP. *PE |
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| SC-081 | 2010-09-20. Service bulletin. AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE-INACTIVE; AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW. KIA: AIRBAG CONTROL UNIT (ACU) REPROGRAM. INFORMATION RELATING TO AN UPGRADE OF THE FUNCTIONING OF THE LOGIC IN THE AIR BAG CONTROL UNIT IN SOME VEHICLES TO INCREASE THE RANGE OF IMPACTS IN WHICH THE SIDE AND CURTAIN AIRBAGS WILL DEPLOY. PROVIDES INFORMATION ON HOW TO REPROGRAM THE ACU. *PE |
| TSB-057 | 2010-08-19. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY. KIA: SUNROOF NOISE REPAIR (SA 030). PROVIDES INFORMATION RELATING TO SOME FORTE KOUP (TD) VEHICLES BUILT THAT MAY HAVE ABNORMAL NOISE FROM THE SUNROOF DUE TO INTERFERENCE BETWEEN SUNROOF RAIL AND ROOF PANEL WHILE DRIVING ON UNEVEN ROADS OR WHEN CORNERING. *PE |
| TSB-026 | 2010-04-26. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION; POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT. KIA: DRIVESHAFT HOUSING AND TRANSAXLE OIL SEAL INSPECTION AND REPLACEMENT (SA011). SOME VEHICLES (6 SPEED MANUAL TRANSAXLES) MAY HAVE INTERFERENCE WITH THE INNER TRI-POD HOUSING CONTACTING WITH THE AXLE SEAL CAGE. *PE |
| TSB-017 | 2010-04-26. Service bulletin. FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:FILLER PIPE AND CAP. KIA: FUEL CAP REPLACEMENT. AN IMPROVED FUEL CAP WITH A LARGER HANDLE DESIGN FOR IMPROVED FEEL DURING TIGHTENING AND A FULL THREAD STOP WHICH PRODUCES ONE CLICK DURING TIGHTENING INSTEAD OF THE SEVERAL CLICKS HEARD ON THE PREVIOUS FUEL CAP DESIGN. *PE |
| TSB-030 | 2010-04-26. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM). KIA: PCM UPGRADE-SHIFT HESITATION AND SHIFT DELAY IMPROVEMENT WITH 2.0L AND 4 SPEED A/T (SA020). SOME VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE SLIGHT SHIFT HESITATION AND/OR TRANSAXLE SHIFT DELAY. THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE (TCM) IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE PCM AND SHOULD BE NOTED AS THE TCM IS REFERENCED. *PE |
| TSB-020 | 2010-04-26. Service bulletin. STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM; STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM; STEERING. KIA: ON SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH THE OPTIONAL MDPS (MOTOR DRIVEN POWER STEERING) AN UPGRADE WILL BE PROVIDED ON INFORMATION RELATED TO AN MDPS ECU SOFTWARE. JUST AFTER STARTING THE ENGINE, ON SOME OCCASIONS THE EPS LIGHT MAY ILLUMINATE ON AFFECTED VEHICLES DUE TO A DTC C2412. *PE |
| TSB-059 | 2010-04-26. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. KIA: SERVICE ACTION: PCM UPGRADE DTC P0304 CYLINDER MIS FIRE WITH 2.0L ENGINE AND A/T LOGIC (SA0250 SOME VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE A MIL ON WITH DTC P0304 STORED IN MEMORY. IN MOST CASES THE DTC IS SET ONLY DURING A COLD START AND NORMALLY THE CUSTOMER DOES NOT NOTICE ANY ENGINE STUMBLE, ROUGHNESS OR PERFORMANCE ISSUES. *PE |
| TSB-049 | 2010-04-19. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:FAN; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. KIA MOTORS: ENGINE COMPARTMENT JUNCTION BOX RELAY REPLACEMENT. SOME VEHICLES MANUFACTURED 7/16-8/20, 2009 MAY EXPERIENCE CONCERNS OF INOPERATIVE A/C BLOWER, HIGH/LOW COOLING FANS OR ENGINE STARTER MOTOR. THE CONCERN MAY BE CAUSED BY POOR CONTACTS INSIDE THE FOUR (4) RELAYS LOCATED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT JUNCTION BOX. *PE |
| TB-SC-078 | 2010-04-14. Service bulletin. SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY; SEAT BELTS:FRONT. KIA: IN SOME VEHICLES, THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE MAY NOT RECOGNIZE THAT THE SEATBELT IS BUCKLED. THIS MAY RESULT IN THE INTERMITTENT ILLUMINATION OF THE SEAT BELT WARNING LIGHT AND SOUNDING OF THE SEATBELT WARNING CHIME, EVEN WITH THE DRIVER'S SEAT BELT PROPERLY BUCKLED. *PE |
| TSB-046 | 2009-09-25. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. KIA MOTORS: RELATING TO OIL CONTROL VALVE (OCV) USED IN CONSTANT VARIABLE VALVE TIMING (CVVT). IF AT ANY TIME OCV IS SUSPECTED AS A CAUSE OF ROUGH IDLING, POOR ACCELERTION, CAMSHAFT TIMING MISALIGNMENT RELATED TROUBLE CODES, MISFIRE RELATED TROUBLE CODES ETC., ON THE VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH THE CVVT SYSTEM, BE SURE TO PERFORM THE OCV INSPECTION PROCEDURE BELOW BEFORE REPLACEMENT. NO MODEL YEARS SPECIFIED. *PE |
| TSB-022 | 2009-09-18. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS. KIA: LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY LABEL REQUIREMENTS AND INSTRUCTIONS TO COMPLY WITH FMVSS 110. PROVIDING INFORMATION FOR THE NEW REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY (LCC) WHEN CERTAIN ACCESSORIES ARE ADDED TO A COMPLETED VEHICLE PRI0R TO FIRST RETAIL SALE. *PE |
The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.