Kia Optima 2019 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin TSBENG198 · NHTSA communication 10152916 · issued Jan 10, 2019
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine and Engine Cooling
component
2019
model years
1
vehicle entries
Official summary
TSB: SERVICE ACTION: 2.4L GDI ENGINE START LOGIC IMPROVEMENT (SA369) - This bulletin provides the procedure to improve the logic of the Engine Control Unit (ECU) on some 2019MY Optima (JFa) vehicles, produced from May 21, 2018 through January 4, 2019, which may experience an intermittent difficult-to-start concern during a cold start.
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.