Kia Sorento 2016–2018 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin SC260_DP · NHTSA communication 10234609 · issued Apr 12, 2023
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Fuel System, Gasoline
component
2016–2018
model years
3
vehicle entries
Official summary
VOLUNTARY EMISSIONS SERVICE CAMPAIGN: DEALER PRINCIPAL MEMO - This document is the announcement to the dealer principals that Kia is conducting a Voluntary Emissions Service Campaign on certain 2016-2018 MY Kia Sorento vehicles equipped with 2.0L Turbo GDI engines manufactured from October 29, 2014 to November 29, 2017 to improve the emission logic in the Electronic Control Module ("'ECM') to ensure compliance with emissions regulations. This condition may cause the vehicle to release air pollutants that exceed Federal and California standards.
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.