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Kia Sorento 2016technical service bulletin

Bulletin TSBSC118 · NHTSA communication 10089985 · issued Apr 15, 2015

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2016
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Tsb: voluntary service campaign: pcm logic reprogramming (sc118) - this bulletin provides the procedure to reprogram the power control module (pcm) logic for the advanced smart cruise control (ascc) in certain 2016my sorento (uma) sx limited (sxl) vehicles equipped with a 3.3l v6 engine, technology package and produced from october 27, 2014 through march 26, 2015. The vehicles in question may experience difficulty in maintaining the speed set by the cruise control system when driven on an incline of 6% or greater. To resolve this concern, kia has decided to reprogram the powertrain control mod

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.