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Kia Sedona 2019–2021 — technical service bulletin

Bulletin SC365_TSB · NHTSA communication 11037385 · issued Sep 8, 2026

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2019–2021
model years
5
vehicle entries

Official summary

TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN: VOLUNTARY EMISSIONS SERVICE CAMPAIGN: This bulletin provides the procedure to update the emissions‑related logic of the Engine Control Unit (ECU) system software on certain 2019–2020MY Sorento (UMa) and 2019–2021MY Sedona (YP) vehicles equipped with the 3.3L GDI Lambda II engine, as listed in the table below. The subject vehicles may have been produced with engine calibrations that can cause the vehicle to release air pollutants that exceed Federal and California standards. These standards were established to protect the public’s health and welfare from the dangers

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.