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Kia Soul 2010technical service bulletin

Bulletin TSB-029 · NHTSA communication 10032674 · issued Oct 1, 2009

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2010
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Kia: soul manual transmission shift skirt (sa015). Some vehicles with manual transaxles may experience difficult to get into first (1st) gear when coming to a stop. To repair this concern replace the transaxle gear shifter lower skirt, complete shifter assembly replacement is not necessary. *pe

Vehicles covered

What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.