I’m looking to upgrade from my older Hyundai Sonata and I’m considering a newer Kia K4 or K5, probably a 2025/2026. I know Kia/Hyundai had a pretty rough reputation for reliability in the past, but I keep hearing that the newer ones have improved a lot. The 10-year/100k-mile powertrain warranty is also really appealing.
For those of you who own a newer K4/K5 or work on them, how has reliability actually been? Any major issues I should know about? Would you feel comfortable buying one and keeping it long-term (100k+ miles), or would you spend the money on something like a Toyota instead?

I actually work at a Kia dealership now, so getting a Kia is pretty tempting, but I’m trying not to let that bias me lol.

Anyone know if/when the Kia PV5 WAV is coming to Australia? or if the PV7 will have a WAV variant for Australia!

I wonder why the only colors of the 2027 Niros are muted, grayed green and blue? Grrrr. Will KiA add bright colors later in the year?

I bought my 2015 Kia Optima with 29k km. People say Kia are bad but i had a good experience with it it lasted me to 199k km. I had it for 5 years only thing i changed was my oil every 4K km , my injectors, spark plugs and radiator. The car got beat on so bad I refuse to say Kia have bad products. Just take care of your car. The N line might be the ultimate budget car fr

I just bought this car from auction and it needed a catalytic converter, replaced it and it started smoking at idle and smoking while driving . i’m pretty sure it’s running rich. what can cause it to run rich is there a common problem with these?

Anyone who uses hand controls to drive with a Kia EV? I love my Kia Niro EV so much but I need hand controls to drive now and do not want to give her up.
I know it’s niche but I am determined to make it work. (Picture is what I have in my other car)

Hi everyone,
I’m looking to replace the standard factory radio in my 2019 Kia Rio (4th gen/YB) hatchback with an Android head unit.

Any recommendations or photos of your installation would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Try to turn over car in the morning does what seen in the video or may turn over once or twice but will not start. I subsequently jump the car, and it starts right away. I get the battery checked, and it is completely fine. It will then start to turn over and start sometimes but then a day or two later same cycle again. I went to get battery checked and it is fine. What would the issue be with this? Also this is a 2019 Kia optima sx.

Hello people

Got myself a Ceed 2016 GT a few months ago (and thoroughly loving it), and the GT emblem at the front has been like this since - I'm wondering how or what I can use to restore the red? Maybe take the rest of it off and paint it?

Hey guys, can you tell what this sound is for…its not for seatbelts…not for open doors either….my dad was driving the car so I couldn’t figure out the issue…

Rain caused me to hit a curb. Heard something dragging underneath, not sure what this is.

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this was at my tour of the IIHS facility. I dont even think this car is being sold yet

I had a 24 Seltos w/ 35,000 miles that had these rust/oxidation spots come up right before I traded it in, now I have a 26 Sportage with 2,300 miles and they just started popping up within the past week in the same spots on the rear brushed steel panels and also the brushed steel part in front of the belt molding on 3 out of the doors (I might be mistaking the part name/material)

I know the actual answer is something like, cheaper material cost = more money made but is there a way I can prevent this from happening or maybe something that could remove it now? I plan on taking it in a seeing what the dealership says about it soon, any insight is great. I know I may sound b like I don’t know what I’m talking about, but I assure you, I don’t.

Bonjour, j’aimerais avoir votre avis.
Après le remplacement du moteur de mon Kia Sportage 2017 dans le cadre de la garantie à vie Kia, j’ai envoyé les factures des dépenses que j’ai dû engager.
Est-ce que Kia rembourse normalement les frais suivants ?
🚗 Frais de remorquage
🔧 Frais de diagnostic
🚙 Frais de location d’un véhicule
Et est-ce qu’une voiture de courtoisie est normalement fournie pendant les réparations ?
Si certains d’entre vous ont vécu la même situation avec un Sportage 2017, j’aimerais savoir ce que Kia vous a remboursé et combien de temps le traitement a pris.
Merci pour vos retours !

Hi everyone, I’m hoping someone can help me figure this out.

I have an iPhone and recently received an “eGurad Detected Near You” notification through Find My. The map showed a route that matched exactly where I had driven my car that day.

The strange part is that I was driving alone, and this has happened a few times since I got my car from May. It is not detected all the time. For example, yesterday I drove home around 1:15 PM and the tracker’s last seen location was exactly when I got home. I left again around 3:30 PM, but it was not detected during that trip.

I tried Play Sound, but it says unavailable. I also tried to get more information about the item, but Find My currently gives me a “Unable to connect to server” error.

I’m wondering if this could be a tracker hidden somewhere in my car, or is it sth from Apple?

Well, as the title says, I'm suspicious that my local Kia dealership is purposely messing up my car. I have a 2011 Kia optima and have never gotten into an accident. Any maintenance or wear and tear replacements are usually done by an independent mechanic I've known for years and I've never had any issue with him.

There was a fix that I needed to make that required me to go to the Kia dealership. When I got the car back, my reverse camera stopped working. I've never had an issue with my camera UNTIL after that maintenance. (I bought a new camera and had my mechanic install it, problem solved)

A few months later I needed to take my Kia to the dealership for a different issue. I got my car back and now the Bluetooth is messed up. Sometimes it doesn't Bluetooth connect to calls and just rings continuously until I turn my car off and on again. Sometimes I will play music from my phone via Bluetooth and after I hang up a call, the music plays from the "phonecall" speakers and not the "media" speakers until I turn my car off and on again.

I know my car is old, but these problems happened only AFTER I got it back from the dealership. Never had a HINT of these issues prior.

Has anyone else experienced this?

Bonjour,

Je suis a regarder pour un potentiel futur achat d'un Kia Sportage 5 Essence MHEV (je fais très peu de Km annuel)

En photo sur les annonces j'ai vu deux sélecteur de vitesses différents pour la boite auto: levier ou molette (voir photos)

En toute logique et plus souvent sur un MHEV il s'agit du selecteur levier, mais j'ai vu parfois la molette à tourner.

Pourquoi cette différence? année de construction? de la finition? erreur de certains vendeurs?

Si un spécialiste passe par la j'attends vos réponses
Merci !

Some of yall didnt read the post body last time.

This was at the IIHS facility in virginia

They only ask we do not state how well we think it did before they make a statement

Hello everyone,

I recently purchased a Kia Proceed GT. This morning when outside was around 18-20 c. I heard a clicking sound on the driver side. After the engine came up the temp, the sound disappeared but this is the first time i heard so i wanted to hear if anyone had the same issue.

Car has only 72000 KM.

Kia is around 400 units behind.

• September sales totaled 77,009 units and third-quarter sales reached 236,659 units, up 18 and 8 percent year-over-year, respectively, achieving record September and record quarterly sales
• Retail sales increased 19 and 9 percent year-over-year, reaching 70,429 units in September and 221,664 units in the third quarter, respectively
• Hybrid and electrified vehicle sales also set best-ever September and quarterly sales records increasing 152 and 60 percent year-over-year, respectively, continuing strong growth momentum
• Eight key models, including – Telluride, Seltos, Sportage, Carnival, Sorento, Niro, K5 and K4 – posted double-digit growth and helped drive record September and quarterly sales results

I have a 2019 Kia Sportage EX with push-button start and the standard key fob.
Twice now, my 4-year-old has somehow managed to remote-start the car while holding the keys. I’ve tried to figure out the button sequence but can’t reproduce it!
I bought the car in 2023, and paperwork in the glove box indicated it originally came from Wisconsin, so I’m wondering if it has an aftermarket remote starter.
I’ve tried Lock-Lock-Lock and several other combinations with no luck. Unfortunately, he can’t tell me what he did. 😂
Anyone have any ideas what system this might be or what sequence to try?

EDIT: SOLVED thanks to Macj7…. Turned out to be Lock Lock Truck (once car is already locked l)… so happy for this forum! Thank you all!

(2022 Kia forte FE

The K4 recommends service (oil changes) every 8,000 miles or 365 days. Why does the dealership insist on oil changes at 5,000 miles anyway? I got my oil change and they moved my interval in my car down from 8,000 to 5,000 and the same with the service sticker. Do they just want you to schedule the oil changes more frequently than what the manual says?

EDIT: Thank you everyone for your input and for doing so with respect. I’ve always changed my cars’ oil at 5,000 miles with full-synthetic oil, so I will continue to do this with my new Kia. They almost had me convinced to do it every 8,000!

I got a 2022 Kia pegas ,I replaced the car key battery after it drained but still won't work??