{"nhtsa_id":10031946,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2010-02-02","date":"2009-08-01","document_id":"TSB-023","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION","mfr_system":null,"summary":"KIA: VEHICLES WITH 4WD SYSTEM MAY EXHIBIT A DRONING NOISE ORIGINATING FROM THE 4WD COUPLING WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 12-37MPH. THE CAUSE OF THIS CONDITION MAY BE THE INTERNAL PART OF THE 4WD COUPLING ASSEMBLY IS BINDING DUE TO A POSSIBLE DAMAGED ROLLER BEARING. *PE","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10031946","components":[{"id":"powertrain","name":"Transmission and driveline","parent":null},{"id":"automatic-transmission","name":"Automatic transmission","parent":"powertrain"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"KIA","model":"SPORTAGE","year_from":2005,"year_to":2007,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2005_kia_sportage","2006_kia_sportage","2007_kia_sportage"]}],"as_of":"2026-10-19","note":"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.","attribution":[]}