Kia Forte 2019–2021 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin SC199_DP · NHTSA communication 10185015 · issued Dec 2, 2020
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2019–2021
model years
5
vehicle entries
Official summary
SC199 - Dealer Principal Notice: Notification to Dealer Principals advising them of a Voluntary Emissions Service Campaign to improve the Transmission Control Module (TCM) logic and, if necessary, replace the Intelligent Variable Transmission (IVT) on some 2019-2020 Forte; 2020-2021 Soul, and 2021 Seltos 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.