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October 28, 2016 Service bulletin

TCU upgrade ? driving performance improvement (SA251)

Kia technical service bulletin TSB-TRA064 for 2017 Kia Sorento.

Bulletin number
TSB-TRA064
Component
Power train
Summary
TSB: SERVICE ACTION: TCU UPGRADE ? DRIVING PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT (SA251) - This bulletin provides information related to the Transmission Control Unit (TCU) software upgrade for some 2017MY Sorento (UMa) 2.0T-GDI vehicles produced from April 7, 2016 to October 27, 2016 for a logic improvement. To apply the improved logic, the TCU should be reprogrammed using the GDS/KDS download, as described in this bulletin.

Owners of these vehicles have filed 37 complaints in the transmission category.

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