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Kia Borrego 2009technical service bulletin

Bulletin TSB-027 · NHTSA communication 10033484 · issued Dec 1, 2009

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2009
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Kia: service action: tcm upgrade-shift delay and shift quality enhancements (sa 016). Information related to tcm software upgrade of some 2009 vehicles with 3.8l engines produced from job #1 to january 15, 2009. *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.