Kia Motor Sorento 2007
Model Sorento made in 2007 by Kia Motor got 6 investigations as well as 8 service bulletins. Technical service bulletines regarding electrical system and engine and engine cooling. The car had one investigation (air bags).
Model 2007
Bulletins
Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
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ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - SOFTWARE | |||||
TSB-077 | 09/01/2010 | 10034496 | Kia: provides the procedure to upgrade the engine control module (ecm) on some vehicles which may experience idle irregularity with brake pedal applied/depressed. *pe | 11/19/2010 | |
TSB-044 | 11/01/2009 | 10033464 | Kia: ecm upgrade with tp sensor replacement-mil on with dtc p2135/p0638. information related to ecm software and tp sensor upgrade on some vehicles with 2.7l engines which may experience a malfunction indicator lamp (mil) illuminated with | 08/18/2010 | |
KT-2009042201 | 04/22/2009 | 10030292 | Kia: on some vehicles with 2.7l engines, the ecm software and tp sensor upgrade may experience a malfunction indicator lamp (mil) illuminated with the electronic throttle control (etc) system related dtc p2135 or p0638 or p2a00 or p2a03. | 09/18/2009 | |
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - ENGINE | |||||
TSB-077 | 09/01/2010 | 10034496 | Kia: provides the procedure to upgrade the engine control module (ecm) on some vehicles which may experience idle irregularity with brake pedal applied/depressed. *pe | 11/19/2010 | |
TSB-044 | 11/01/2009 | 10033464 | Kia: ecm upgrade with tp sensor replacement-mil on with dtc p2135/p0638. information related to ecm software and tp sensor upgrade on some vehicles with 2.7l engines which may experience a malfunction indicator lamp (mil) illuminated with | 08/18/2010 | |
EQUIPMENT - OTHER - LABELS | |||||
TSB-022 | 05/01/2009 | 10030290 | Kia: load carrying capacity label requirements and instructions to comply with fmvss 110. providing information for the new requirements related to load carrying capacity (lcc) when certain accessories are added to a completed vehicle pri0 | 09/18/2009 | |
POWER TRAIN - AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | |||||
TSB-021 | 10/01/2009 | 10032617 | Kia motors: some vehicles with a 3.8l engine may experience a bumping symptom during engagement of the damper clutch (torque converter lock up clutch), and a bucking symptom when the damper clutch is fully engaged. *pe | 04/19/2010 | |
POWER TRAIN - DRIVELINE | |||||
TSB-021 | 10/01/2009 | 10032617 | Kia motors: some vehicles with a 3.8l engine may experience a bumping symptom during engagement of the damper clutch (torque converter lock up clutch), and a bucking symptom when the damper clutch is fully engaged. *pe | 04/19/2010 |
Investigations
NHTSA ID | Manufacturer | Date open | Date close | Subject | Recall campaign | |
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AIR BAGS | ||||||
PE09034 | HYUNDAI-KIA AMERICA TECHNICAL CENTER INC | 07/17/2009 | 11/30/2009 | AIR BAG OCS | ||
Kia reports that for vehicles built prior to the software update of 11/27/2007, the vehicles can improperly classify an adult as a child restraint seat and thus illuminate the airbag off warning light and suppress the frontal passenger airbag.on may 12, 2009, kia launched a technical service bulletin (sb076) campaign to re-flash all vehicles built prior to the 11/27/2007 production date.kia also believes that intermittent occupant movement and out of position seating contributed to the high number of complaints.905 of the 947 complaints and 1,014 of the 1,107 warranty claims were associated with the 57,228 vehicles built prior to the 11/27/2007 production date.there was one frontal passenger airbag non-deployment crash that resulted in one minor injury of a belted adult passenger occupant.this preliminary evolution is being upgraded to an engineering analysis (ea09-017) to further assess this issue for all my2007-2008 sorento vehicles built prior to the 11/27/2007 production date. | ||||||
EA09017 | HYUNDAI-KIA AMERICA TECHNICAL CENTER INC | 11/19/2009 | AIR BAG OCS FAILURE | |||
Kia reports that for vehicles built prior to the software updateof 11/27/2007, the vehicles can improperly classify an adult as achild restraint seat and thus illuminate the airbag offwarning light and suppress the frontal passenger airbag.on may 12, 2009, kia launched a technical service bulletin (sb076) campaign to re-flash all vehicles built prior to the 11/27/2007 production date.kia also believes that occupant movement and out of position seating contributed to the high number of complaints.there was one frontal passenger air bag non-deployment crash that resulted in 1 minor injury of a belted adult passenger occupant as a result of the airbag off warning light being illuminated and thus suppressing the passenger air bag.this engineering analysis is opened to further examine this issue. | ||||||
AIR BAGS - FRONTAL | ||||||
PE09034 | HYUNDAI-KIA AMERICA TECHNICAL CENTER INC | 07/17/2009 | 11/30/2009 | AIR BAG OCS | ||
Kia reports that for vehicles built prior to the software update of 11/27/2007, the vehicles can improperly classify an adult as a child restraint seat and thus illuminate the airbag off warning light and suppress the frontal passenger airbag.on may 12, 2009, kia launched a technical service bulletin (sb076) campaign to re-flash all vehicles built prior to the 11/27/2007 production date.kia also believes that intermittent occupant movement and out of position seating contributed to the high number of complaints.905 of the 947 complaints and 1,014 of the 1,107 warranty claims were associated with the 57,228 vehicles built prior to the 11/27/2007 production date.there was one frontal passenger airbag non-deployment crash that resulted in one minor injury of a belted adult passenger occupant.this preliminary evolution is being upgraded to an engineering analysis (ea09-017) to further assess this issue for all my2007-2008 sorento vehicles built prior to the 11/27/2007 production date. | ||||||
EA09017 | HYUNDAI-KIA AMERICA TECHNICAL CENTER INC | 11/19/2009 | AIR BAG OCS FAILURE | |||
Kia reports that for vehicles built prior to the software updateof 11/27/2007, the vehicles can improperly classify an adult as achild restraint seat and thus illuminate the airbag offwarning light and suppress the frontal passenger airbag.on may 12, 2009, kia launched a technical service bulletin (sb076) campaign to re-flash all vehicles built prior to the 11/27/2007 production date.kia also believes that occupant movement and out of position seating contributed to the high number of complaints.there was one frontal passenger air bag non-deployment crash that resulted in 1 minor injury of a belted adult passenger occupant as a result of the airbag off warning light being illuminated and thus suppressing the passenger air bag.this engineering analysis is opened to further examine this issue. | ||||||
AIR BAGS - FRONTAL - SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE | ||||||
EA09017 | HYUNDAI-KIA AMERICA TECHNICAL CENTER INC | 11/19/2009 | AIR BAG OCS FAILURE | |||
Kia reports that for vehicles built prior to the software updateof 11/27/2007, the vehicles can improperly classify an adult as achild restraint seat and thus illuminate the airbag offwarning light and suppress the frontal passenger airbag.on may 12, 2009, kia launched a technical service bulletin (sb076) campaign to re-flash all vehicles built prior to the 11/27/2007 production date.kia also believes that occupant movement and out of position seating contributed to the high number of complaints.there was one frontal passenger air bag non-deployment crash that resulted in 1 minor injury of a belted adult passenger occupant as a result of the airbag off warning light being illuminated and thus suppressing the passenger air bag.this engineering analysis is opened to further examine this issue. | ||||||
PE09034 | HYUNDAI-KIA AMERICA TECHNICAL CENTER INC | 07/17/2009 | 11/30/2009 | AIR BAG OCS | ||
Kia reports that for vehicles built prior to the software update of 11/27/2007, the vehicles can improperly classify an adult as a child restraint seat and thus illuminate the airbag off warning light and suppress the frontal passenger airbag.on may 12, 2009, kia launched a technical service bulletin (sb076) campaign to re-flash all vehicles built prior to the 11/27/2007 production date.kia also believes that intermittent occupant movement and out of position seating contributed to the high number of complaints.905 of the 947 complaints and 1,014 of the 1,107 warranty claims were associated with the 57,228 vehicles built prior to the 11/27/2007 production date.there was one frontal passenger airbag non-deployment crash that resulted in one minor injury of a belted adult passenger occupant.this preliminary evolution is being upgraded to an engineering analysis (ea09-017) to further assess this issue for all my2007-2008 sorento vehicles built prior to the 11/27/2007 production date. |