Key Takeaways Potholes cause more than a jolt. A single hard hit can knock alignment out or damage suspension components even when the tire itself looks fine. Dayton’s freeze-thaw cycle makes it worse. Winter freeze-thaw patterns accelerate pothole formation on routes like Old Troy Pike and I-70, keeping the problem active most of the year….
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…
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…
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…
A Kia Sportage owner came into our service bay last month for a routine oil change. She had no specific concerns and her vehicle felt completely normal on her daily commute between Huber Heights and her workplace near Wright-Patterson Air Force Base on US-35. During the multi-point inspection that accompanies every oil change at Kia…
Last month, a Sorento owner came in from Vandalia after realizing she had skipped three consecutive oil changes over the past year and a half. Between a busy schedule, the cost of each individual service visit, and the mental friction of scheduling, she had simply let it slide. When she finally came in, the oil…
Last April, a 2023 Kia Telluride experienced complete rear brake failure on I-75 near downtown Dayton while fully loaded with a family of seven heading to spring break. Months of winter salt exposure had corroded the rear caliper slide pins to the point of seizure, causing the caliper to overheat and boil the brake fluid….
Last month, a Sportage owner from Vandalia ignored her dashboard brake warning light for three weeks, assuming it was “just a sensor issue” that wasn’t urgent. She continued her daily commute to Dayton until one morning her brake pedal went to the floor in her driveway—complete brake system failure from critically low fluid that the…
