{"nhtsa_id":10245265,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2023-12-05","date":"2023-11-09","document_id":"TSB_TRA072_R5","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; POWER TRAIN","mfr_system":null,"summary":"TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN: SERVICE ACTION: INHIBITOR SWITCH REPLACEMENT (SA317B/C) - This bulletin has been revised to include additional information. New/revised sections of this bulletin are indicated by a black bar in the margin area. This bulletin provides the procedure to replace the inhibitor switch on some 2017MY Optima (JFa), Sorento (UMa), Optima Hybrid (HEV), Optima Plug-in Hybrid (PHEV), Sportage (QL), Forte (YD), and Sedona (YP), and some 2016-2017MY Optima (JF) vehicles, 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/2023/MC-10245265-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2023/MC-10245265-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10245265","components":[{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null},{"id":"powertrain","name":"Transmission and driveline","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"KIA","model":"FORTE","year_from":2017,"year_to":2017,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2017_kia_forte"]},{"make":"KIA","model":"OPTIMA","year_from":2016,"year_to":2017,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2016_kia_optima","2017_kia_optima"]},{"make":"KIA","model":"OPTIMA HYBRID","year_from":2017,"year_to":2017,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2017_kia_optima"]},{"make":"KIA","model":"OPTIMA PHEV","year_from":2017,"year_to":2017,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2017_kia_optima"]},{"make":"KIA","model":"SEDONA","year_from":2017,"year_to":2017,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2017_kia_sedona"]},{"make":"KIA","model":"SORENTO","year_from":2017,"year_to":2017,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2017_kia_sorento"]},{"make":"KIA","model":"SPORTAGE","year_from":2017,"year_to":2017,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2017_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":[]}