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Kia Rio 2019–2020technical service bulletin

Bulletin TSB_TRA097_R2 · NHTSA communication 10206882 · issued Jan 27, 2022

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2019–2020
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN: SERVICE ACTION: IVT/CVT SW LOGIC IMPROVEMENT AND/OR IVT/CVT REPLACEMENT (SA476) - This bulletin has been revised to include additional information. New/revised sections of this bulletin are indicated by a black bar in the margin area. This bulletin provides the procedure to improve the software logic of the IVT (Intelligent Variable Transmission)/CVT (Continuous Variable Transmission) on some 2020MY Rio (SC) vehicles produced from July 1, 2019 through August 10, 2020 equipped with IVT/CVT, which may exhibit an MIL with DTCs. The affected vehicles may exhibit the ill

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.