Summer vacation season means packing up the Telluride, loading the kids and the cooler, and heading out on I-70 or I-75 for a long-awaited family trip. But before the suitcases go in the back, a multi-point inspection that often costs little to nothing is a lot easier to schedule than dealing with a $500 to…
The 2026 Kia K4 lineup actually runs two different engines depending on trim. The standard 2.0-liter engine found on the LX, LXS, EX, and GT-Line trims uses multi-point fuel injection, a more traditional setup where fuel sprays into the intake tract and naturally washes the intake valves clean with every cycle. The GT-Line Turbo’s 1.6-liter…
Kia’s 2026 lineup has pushed driver assistance technology further than almost any prior generation. The new K4 comes standard with 16 ADAS features and offers up to 29 depending on trim, while the refreshed Sportage adds Highway Driving Assist 2 and an expanded suite of parking and collision avoidance systems to its already comprehensive lineup….
Every Kia Sportage, Sorento, Stinger, and Telluride rolling off Old Troy Pike onto I-70 is powered by a gasoline direct-injection engine that has a maintenance requirement most owners have never heard of. It has nothing to do with oil changes or tire rotations. It’s about carbon deposits that accumulate invisibly on intake valves from the…
A dashboard lit up with warning lights is one of the more unsettling things a Kia owner can face on the morning commute. The instinct is to assume something significant has gone wrong with the engine, the brakes, or an advanced safety system. What many Dayton drivers don’t realize is that a significant portion of…
Buying a new Kia K4 is the kind of decision that comes with a long runway ahead. Kia’s 10-year, 100,000-mile powertrain warranty is among the best coverage in the compact sedan segment, and it signals that this car is built to go the distance. But that warranty works in partnership with your maintenance habits, and…
Two months ago, a 2021 Kia Forte with 38,000 miles came in shuddering badly on acceleration and slipping between gears on the merge ramp from Old Troy Pike onto I-75. The owner had never had the DCT fluid inspected and had been dismissing the shudder as a quirk of the transmission for nearly a year….
If you drive a Kia K5 through Dayton on a regular basis, you have already felt the steering wheel shimmy over a rough patch on Old Troy Pike or tighten unexpectedly through a pothole on Brandt Pike. What most K5 drivers do not consider is that every one of those impacts sends a shockwave through…
Last July, a Kia Sportage came into our service bay on a flatbed after the owner had been stranded on I-70 near the Huber Heights exit. The serpentine belt had snapped completely, taking the power steering, alternator, and air conditioning with it in an instant. The owner had noticed a faint squealing sound on humid…
The map on your Kia’s navigation screen looks right until the day it doesn’t. A new interchange opens on I-70, a road gets rerouted near Huber Heights, and suddenly the system is confidently directing you somewhere that no longer exists the way it used to. Software and navigation updates on modern Kia vehicles cover a…
