{"nhtsa_id":10168842,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2019-12-09","date":"2019-11-06","document_id":"PI1806_DP","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE","mfr_system":null,"summary":"DEALER PRINCIPAL NOTICE: PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT CAMPAIGN (PI1806_DP): This document is notification to the dealer principal advising of the Product Improvement Campaign on some 2020 MY Sportage vehicles equipped with 2.4-liter Gasoline Direct Injection (GDI) and 2.0-liter Turbocharged GDI (T-GDI) engines, produced from December 27, 2018 through September 18, 2019, to perform a software update to the Engine Control Unit (ECU) to protect the engine from excessive connecting rod bearing damage.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2019/MC-10168842-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2019/MC-10168842-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10168842","components":[{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null},{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null},{"id":"software","name":"Software","parent":"electrical"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"KIA","model":"SPORTAGE","year_from":2020,"year_to":2020,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2020_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":[]}