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December 2, 2020 Service bulletin

SC199_TSB: voluntary emmissions service campaign

Kia technical service bulletin SC199_TSB for 2020-2021 Kia Soul, 2019-2020 Kia Forte and 2021 Kia Seltos.

Bulletin number
SC199_TSB
Component
Power train
Summary
SC199_TSB: VOLUNTARY EMMISSIONS SERVICE CAMPAIGN - IVT SOFTWARE LOGIC IMPROVEMENT AND/OR IVT REPLACEMENT (SC199) - (This bulletin was previously referred as 'SA424' or 'ELE 200'.) This bulletin provides the procedure to update the Transmission Control Module (TCM) software logic and, if necessary, replace the Intelligent Variable Transmission (IVT) on certain 2019-2021MY vehicles listed in the chart below. The affected vehicles may exhibit the illumination of MIL with the DTC(s) listed below in addition to a lack of acceleration or delay in accelerating due to transmission slippage.

Owners of these vehicles have filed 250 complaints in the transmission category.

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