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Kia Rio 2010–2011technical service bulletin

Bulletin TSB-032 · NHTSA communication 10034510 · issued Jul 1, 2010

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2010–2011
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

Kia: pcm upgrade for transmission logic to improve fuel efficiency/cruise control. Provides the procedure to upgrade the powertrain control module (pcm) of some model vehicles with automatic transaxle. *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.