{"nhtsa_id":10126934,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2018-01-16","date":"2017-12-15","document_id":"TSBTRA072A","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"WHEELS; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","mfr_system":null,"summary":"TSB - SERVICE ACTION: INHIBITOR SWITCH REPLACEMENT (SA317A) - This bulletin provides the procedure to replace the inhibitor switch on some 2017MY Optima (JFa) and Sorento (UMa), produced from August 29, 2016 through June 15, 2017, and some 2017MY Optima Hybrid (HEV) and Optima Plug-in Hybrid (PHEV) vehicles, produced from June 27, 2016 through April 4, 2017, and equipped with a front wheel drive 6-speed transmission, which may experience the concerns listed below. These concerns may be due to the inhibitor switch not allowing the correct gear position signal to be sent to various control units.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2017/MC-10126934-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2017/MC-10126934-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10126934","components":[{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null},{"id":"wheels","name":"Wheels","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"KIA","model":"OPTIMA","year_from":2017,"year_to":2017,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2017_kia_optima"]},{"make":"KIA","model":"OPTIMA HYBRID","year_from":2017,"year_to":2017,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2017_kia_optima"]},{"make":"KIA","model":"SORENTO","year_from":2017,"year_to":2017,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2017_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":[]}