{"nhtsa_id":10037693,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2011-06-03","date":"2011-01-01","document_id":"034","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION","mfr_system":null,"summary":"KIA: THERE MAY BE ERRATIC SHIFTING, SHIFT SHOCK, AND A MALFUNCTION LIGHT ON WITH STORED TROUBLE CODES. THIS IS CAUSED BY A PROBLEM WITHIN THE TRANSFER MOTOR. *RM","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10037693","components":[{"id":"powertrain","name":"Transmission and driveline","parent":null},{"id":"automatic-transmission","name":"Automatic transmission","parent":"powertrain"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"KIA","model":"SORENTO","year_from":2003,"year_to":2009,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2003_kia_sorento","2004_kia_sorento","2005_kia_sorento","2006_kia_sorento","2007_kia_sorento","2008_kia_sorento","2009_kia_sorento"]}],"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":[]}