{"nhtsa_id":10144237,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2018-09-10","date":"2018-08-13","document_id":"TSBTRA079","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"POWER TRAIN","mfr_system":null,"summary":"TSB: SERVICE ACTION: HCU/TCU LOGIC IMPROVEMENT FOR DTC P1744 (400 MESH EQUIPPED TRANS) (SA351) - This bulletin provides the procedure to improve the logic of the Hybrid Control Unit (HCU) and the Transmission Control Unit (TCU) on some 2013-2015MY Optima Hybrid (TF HEV) vehicles, produced from September 27, 2012 through September 5, 2014, which may experience a malfunction indicator lamp illumination with DTC P1744. To correct this concern, apply the improved logic to the HCU and TCU using the KDS ECU Upgrade function as described in this bulletin.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10144237-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10144237-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10144237","components":[{"id":"powertrain","name":"Transmission and driveline","parent":null}],"codes":["P1744"],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"KIA","model":"OPTIMA HYBRID","year_from":2013,"year_to":2015,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2013_kia_optima","2014_kia_optima","2015_kia_optima"]}],"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":[]}