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Kia Forte 2010technical service bulletin

Bulletin TSB-070 · NHTSA communication 10034236 · issued May 1, 2010

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

Official summary

Kia: ecm upgrade for p0304 due to vcm motor variation. Provides the procedure to upgrade the powertrain control module (pcm) of some model year vehicles. 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.