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Kia Forte 2010technical service bulletin

Bulletin TSB-070 REV 1 · NHTSA communication 10034148 · issued Jun 1, 2010

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2010
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Kia: pcm upgrade for p0304 due to vcm motor variation. Procedure to upgrade the powertrain control module (pcm) of some vehicles. This reflash has enhanced vcm (variable charge motion) actuator logic to improve a rough idle condition at start up or a mil on and stored dtc p0304 set at start up. *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.