{"nhtsa_id":10116120,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-08-25","date":"2017-06-09","document_id":"TSBENG169R1","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION","mfr_system":null,"summary":"TSB: COMBINATION TSB / SERVICE ACTION: SHIFT QUALITY IMPROVEMENT (SA295A) - This bulletin provides the procedure to improve the logic of the Electronic Control Unit (ECU) and the Transmission Control Unit (TCU) on some 2016MY Sorento (UMa) 2.4L vehicles, produced from November 3, 2014 through April 18, 2016, which may experience a shift quality concern, such as a harsh downshift, upshift, and/or shift delay. To correct this concern, apply the improved logic to the ECU and TCU using KDS download as described in this bulletin.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2017/MC-10116120-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2017/MC-10116120-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10116120","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":2016,"year_to":2016,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2016_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":[]}