TSB TRA109 — Kia Service bulletin

TRA109 is a service bulletin on file with NHTSA for 3 Kia models, 2018–2024 model years. A TSB is factory repair guidance, not a recall — the repair is not automatically free.

What the bulletin says. TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN: IVT OIL PRESSURE SENSOR REPLACEMENT: This bulletin provides information to replace the Intelligent Variable Transmission (IVT) Oil Pressure Sensor (OPS) on some 2018-2024MY vehicles listed on page 3 equipped with IVT. The affected vehicles may exhibit…

NHTSA's own summary of the document, quoted from the public manufacturer-communications file.

1Document filed
3Vehicles named
7Model years

Vehicles and model years TRA109 names

VehicleModel years
Kia Forte 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Kia Rio 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Kia Soul 2024

Every document filed under TRA109

Document IDFiledType
TSB_TRA109 July 11, 2024 Service bulletin

What TRA109 covers

Transmission & drivetrain — the component vocabulary NHTSA files this communication under.

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Questions buyers ask

What is TSB TRA109?

TRA109 is a service bulletin filed with NHTSA by Kia, covering 3 Kia models across the 2018–2024 model years. NHTSA's summary reads: TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN: IVT OIL PRESSURE SENSOR REPLACEMENT: This bulletin provides information to replace the Intelligent Variable Transmission (IVT) Oil Pressure Sensor (OPS) on some 2018-2024MY vehicles listed on page 3 equipped with IVT. The affected vehicles may exhibit…

Which vehicles does TRA109 cover?

NHTSA's file names Kia Forte (2019–2024); Kia Rio (2018–2023); Kia Soul (2024). A bulletin number can be re-issued against more vehicles later, so check the model-year list on this page against your own.

Is TSB TRA109 a recall, and is the repair free?

No. TRA109 is repair guidance the manufacturer sent its dealers, not a safety defect finding. You pay for the work unless the vehicle is still under warranty. Recall repairs, by contrast, are always free.

How do I get the full text of TRA109?

Take the document ID to a dealer's service desk, or search NHTSA's manufacturer-communications records. This page carries every document ID filed under TRA109, its date, and NHTSA's own summary from the public file.

Data updated 2026-08-20 from NHTSA's public records

Every number on this page is a count of records in the federal complaint, recall, and investigation files published by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation. This page lists only what NHTSA's manufacturer-communications file records under TRA109. Check any specific vehicle's open recalls by VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.