Hello, everybody
My wife and I got seduced by a beautiful red Sorento LX with the manual transmission. We jumped and bought it last Wednesday, and we were exceedingly happy with the replacement for our trusty, if boring, 1997 Honda CRV. Our neighbours loved the car aolmost as much as we did when we first came home.
However, after only a few days, I found that I got a clock that would reset within 2 to 8 hours. After finding out that this is a common problem we contacted the selling dealer on Thursday, and werw dismayed when he said that we should bring the car in (60 km or 40 miles) to have him determince that the clock did in fact reset by itself. Having phoned Kia Canada, I was told that she would contact the dealer and that they should install the clock and that the dealer would phone me back. Haven't heard yet.
On Saturday morning I found an almost dead battery in the car, incexplicable to me because I had the car sitting outside my study iwindow and would have noticed if I had left the lights on. I spend all day Saturdy trickle charging the battery, and it seems fine now. Then I read a post by somebody in this forum with similar priblems, and I am really beginning to wonder what I got myseld into with Kia, who seem to have more than a few unhelpful dealers. :angry:
So, even thougth we love the car, we are beginning to feel quite uncomfortable having committed to Kia, afterhaving spent 8 years and 285,00 km (ca. 180,000 miles) with our trusty old Honda. Any suggestions on how we should proceed with this problem are welcome.
To end this on a more upbeat note, we find the car is a joy to drive, it is luxurios, and, on most roads, extremely comfortable. It shifts beautifully, and I even like the audio system. Having a gourp like this is allso a plus. I have found similar groups very interesting, informative and helpful with the motorcycles I have owned over the last few years.
Before closing, I find that backing up in the dark is extrememy difficult with this vehicle, because I can see viturally nothing out the high, dark rear window (yes, the backup lights are working but only help when I use the side mirrors.
We hail from Penetang, Ontario, Canada in cottage country about 150 km (90 miles) north of Toronto. We are hoping to pull a small travel trailer, but would like to see the battery problem resolved before ene installing a hitch. How do those of you who trailer find the Kia for that?
By now I have probably lost most readers and would like to apologize to those of you who are still reading for being an overinclusive, slightly obsessive, longwinded person.
best and cheers, Manuel from Penetang
My wife and I got seduced by a beautiful red Sorento LX with the manual transmission. We jumped and bought it last Wednesday, and we were exceedingly happy with the replacement for our trusty, if boring, 1997 Honda CRV. Our neighbours loved the car aolmost as much as we did when we first came home.
However, after only a few days, I found that I got a clock that would reset within 2 to 8 hours. After finding out that this is a common problem we contacted the selling dealer on Thursday, and werw dismayed when he said that we should bring the car in (60 km or 40 miles) to have him determince that the clock did in fact reset by itself. Having phoned Kia Canada, I was told that she would contact the dealer and that they should install the clock and that the dealer would phone me back. Haven't heard yet.
On Saturday morning I found an almost dead battery in the car, incexplicable to me because I had the car sitting outside my study iwindow and would have noticed if I had left the lights on. I spend all day Saturdy trickle charging the battery, and it seems fine now. Then I read a post by somebody in this forum with similar priblems, and I am really beginning to wonder what I got myseld into with Kia, who seem to have more than a few unhelpful dealers. :angry:
So, even thougth we love the car, we are beginning to feel quite uncomfortable having committed to Kia, afterhaving spent 8 years and 285,00 km (ca. 180,000 miles) with our trusty old Honda. Any suggestions on how we should proceed with this problem are welcome.
To end this on a more upbeat note, we find the car is a joy to drive, it is luxurios, and, on most roads, extremely comfortable. It shifts beautifully, and I even like the audio system. Having a gourp like this is allso a plus. I have found similar groups very interesting, informative and helpful with the motorcycles I have owned over the last few years.
Before closing, I find that backing up in the dark is extrememy difficult with this vehicle, because I can see viturally nothing out the high, dark rear window (yes, the backup lights are working but only help when I use the side mirrors.
We hail from Penetang, Ontario, Canada in cottage country about 150 km (90 miles) north of Toronto. We are hoping to pull a small travel trailer, but would like to see the battery problem resolved before ene installing a hitch. How do those of you who trailer find the Kia for that?
By now I have probably lost most readers and would like to apologize to those of you who are still reading for being an overinclusive, slightly obsessive, longwinded person.
best and cheers, Manuel from Penetang