Hi All
Thought I'd share with you an incident which happened with my son's 1 month old Picanto 1.1 LX over the weekend.
Driving around a roundabout the car went very light whilst turning right in the steering and then locked up solid on turning left to exit the roundabout.
Speed was no more than 20mph - conditions wet. Car has ABS. High-pitched noise and then grinding noise heard during incident.
End result was that control of car was lost and it hit a curb. Front passenger wheel now seemingly buckled and resting behind rear edge of front wheel arch. Seems suspension arm(s) have folded. Difficult to steer off side of road into safety. Driver OK nobody else involved.
Car with dealer today (Kia recovery sent a local recovery truck to collect) for analysis although concern is whether they can separate a failure from the further damage incurred on impact. No other part of car appears to have been damaged.
was interested to read 3gadam's comments in September on braking issues but can't say anything about whether this was a similar thing.
Any other experiences welcome.
Regards
Daddicool.
Thought I'd share with you an incident which happened with my son's 1 month old Picanto 1.1 LX over the weekend.
Driving around a roundabout the car went very light whilst turning right in the steering and then locked up solid on turning left to exit the roundabout.
Speed was no more than 20mph - conditions wet. Car has ABS. High-pitched noise and then grinding noise heard during incident.
End result was that control of car was lost and it hit a curb. Front passenger wheel now seemingly buckled and resting behind rear edge of front wheel arch. Seems suspension arm(s) have folded. Difficult to steer off side of road into safety. Driver OK nobody else involved.
Car with dealer today (Kia recovery sent a local recovery truck to collect) for analysis although concern is whether they can separate a failure from the further damage incurred on impact. No other part of car appears to have been damaged.
was interested to read 3gadam's comments in September on braking issues but can't say anything about whether this was a similar thing.
Any other experiences welcome.
Regards
Daddicool.