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Kia EV9 2024–2025technical service bulletin

Bulletin TSB_ELE398 · NHTSA communication 11023280 · issued Sep 16, 2025

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2024–2025
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN: SERVICE ACTION: SBW GEAR SELECTION LOGIC IMPROVEMENT (SA626) - This bulletin provides information to upgrade the ‘E-SHIFTER’ system software on certain 2024-2025MY EV9 (MV1) vehicles produced from May 3, 2023, through January 6, 2025, which may exhibit an intermittent inability to select the Reverse (R) gear position. When this occurs, the vehicle returns to the Neutral (N) gear position and displays “N” in the instrument panel. The software update improves gear selection performance.

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.