Narvo - did you ever consider contacting KIA Motors direct
Welcome to Kia Motors
(click on Contact at the top right (next to KIA GLOBAL NETWORK), then click on "After Sales Service" on the next screen then "Contact Us" and fill out the details)
they say on this site: "In order to provide optimum service, we are eager to listen to your concerns. When Kia distributors in your country or the dealership near you are not able to solve your vehicle's problem for any reason, please contact us directly using the the e-mail shown below. Your comments are very important to us."
and you provide all the details on your vehicle and you can post your complaint and request.
Sounds like an avenue to pursue if you haven't already done it, if you have what was there response?
What every route you decide to go, I hope you get it resolved to your satisfaction.
.................................................. .......................
Have you seen the new 2009 Matrix, its a far cry from the old one! I was hoping they would have had the new model out at the time I was looking to purchase, one of the reasons I was holding off till 2008, but now having seen the new model, it would have been struck off my list anyway, the rear storage area is not as good as before and my wife wasn't impressed with that model.