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Service bulletins for the 2011 Kia Sorento

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.

202 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.

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TSB-0142011-05-16. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR. KIA: THERE MAY BE A CONDITION WHERE THE BATTERY LIGHT/CHARGING SYSTEM WILL BE ILLUMINATED. THERE COULD BE NO CHARGE AND THERE IS A PROCESS FOR REPLACING THE ALTERNATOR. *RM UPDATED ON 06/08/2011. *KB
TSB-0262010-12-14. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. KIA: PROVIDES INFORMATION RELATED TO A ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) SOFTWARE UPGRADE AVAILABLE FOR SOME VEHICLES WITH MANUAL TRANSMISSION. THIS SOFTWARE UPGRADE WILL COR4RECT A CONCERN WHICH MAY CAUSE THE HAC (HILL START ASSIST CONTROL) TO NOT OPERATE WHEN THE MANUAL TRANSMISSION LEVER IS PLACED INTO REVERSE. *PE
PS-1382010-10-27. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. KIA: PITSTOP-NO DRIVEABILITY COMPLAINTS. SOME VEHICLES WITH 3.5L PRODUCED PRIOR TO 4/8/10 MAY SET A P0300 DTC WITH NO INDICATION OF ENGINE ROUGHNESS OR MIS-FIRE. DURING VEHICLE INVESTIGATION AND TESTING THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR P/N 39310 3C400 PRODUCED ABNORMAL ELECTRICAL NOISE DURING HIGH RPM'S IN FEW CASES; SETTING THE DTC. *NO
TSB-0132010-10-08. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY:SOLENOID. KIA: SERVICE ACTION-STARTER SOLENOID WIRE CONTACT WITH COOLANT LINE BRACKET. PROVIDES INFORMATION RELATING TO SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 2.4L ENGINES. THERE MAY BE INTERMITTENT WIRE CONTACT ON THE STEEL COOLANT PIPE FLANGE, WHERE THE STARTER SOLENOID CIRCUIT IN THE WIRING HARNESS MAY CONTACT GROUND. *PE
SC-0792010-08-16. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS. KIA: IN SOME VEHICLES WITH 2.4L ENGINE PRODUCED 10/23/09-12/14/09 AND VEHICLES WITH 3.5L ENGINE PRODUCED 10/23/09-01/21/10, AN EMS CONNECTOR MAY NOT HAVE BEEN PROPERLY SNAPPED INTO PLACE. KIA HAS IDENTIFIED TWO FIELD VEHICLES WHICH DID NOT HAVE CONNECTORS PROPERLY SNAPPED AND WANTS TO ENSURE MAXIMUM CUSTOMER SATISFACTION WITH HIS NEW MODEL. *PE

The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.