Service bulletins for the 2020 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.
100 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.
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| SC199_TSB | 2021-01-06. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; POWER TRAIN. SC199_TSB: VOLUNTARY EMMISSIONS SERVICE CAMPAIGN - IVT SOFTWARE LOGIC IMPROVEMENT AND/OR IVT REPLACEMENT (SC199) - (This bulletin was previously referred as 'SA424' or 'ELE 200'.) This bulletin provides the procedure to update the Transmission Control Module (TCM) software logic and, if necessary, replace the Intelligent Variable Transmission (IVT) on certain 2019-2021MY vehicles listed in the chart below. The affected vehicles may exhibit the illumination of MIL with the DTC(s) listed below in addition to a lack of acceleration or delay in accelerating due to transmission slippage. |
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| TSB_ELE200_CLSD | 2021-01-06. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:ENGINE CONTROL MODULE (ECU/ECM). TSB_ELE200_CLOSED: Technical Service Bulletin superseded by SC199_TSB |
| TSB_FUE047 | 2020-09-03. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY; EQUIPMENT; ENGINE. TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN NU 2.0L MPI MIL ON DTC P010100 AND/OR P010600 AND/OR P006800 LOGIC IMPROVEMENT - This bulletin provides the procedure to improve the logic of the Engine Control Module (ECM) software and clean the Electronic Throttle Control (ETC) on some 2019-2020MY Forte (BDm) vehicles equipped with NU 2.0L MPI Atkinson engine, which may exhibit a MIL with DTC P0101, and/or P0106 and/or P0068. |
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