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Kia Sorento 2017–2018technical service bulletin

Bulletin PS543 · NHTSA communication 10130094 · issued Feb 6, 2018

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Forward Collision Avoidance
component
2017–2018
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

PITSTOP - AEB VARIANT CODING - This Pitstop provides information regarding the correct ?Variant Coding? settings for the Autonomous Emergency Braking (AEB) on some 2017-2018MY Sorento (UMa) vehicles.

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.