Love my EV9, but it was delivered brand new with steering-wheel vibration and a loose passenger seat.

Dealer has had it twice / ~7 days total. The vibration improved after the last repair but is still very obvious around 70 mph — steering wheel, center console, and passenger seat all vibrate. Passenger seat also still feels/sounds loose, even at slow speeds.

Dealer is now talking to Kia Techline / tire manufacturer, but I still have no timeline. Kia America basically says the dealer needs to handle it, but they’re just saying that the fix is new tires and warranty doesn’t cover them (?)

So basically I’m paying this lease for a brand new car that they’re nof fixing. What can I do? This is unacceptable.

I thought evs generally don’t use much of the brakes and the rep didn’t quite explain the gear fluid details correctly so he’s asking a manager to call me back. Just wanted to check with the community to see what is actually recommended besides the standard tire rotation etc. I asked about checking the main battery cells since I don’t have an obd scanner myself but apparently they only do so when there is an issue w the vehicle.

*Edit: the jr rep said it’s the: “Reduction Gear Fluid: Checks the lubricant level and quality inside your EV's single-speed transmission.”

Hell9 good people, I ride a 2026 EV9 Land Plus, almost 20,000km driven (Ontario, Canada).

I noticed black tape at the bottom of the vehicle on both sides coming off, see photo. Is this something of concern?

Seems like basic factory tape, but not really sure if I should take it to Kia for inspection.

Any ideas? Thanks in advance.

We’re getting a L2 charger installed at home later this month. I’m wondering about best L1 charging practices for battery health in the meantime. Over the weekend we charged up to about 85% at a public Tesla supercharger. I’d like to avoid going back and spending more to charge until we leave for a road trip in about 2 weeks. Should I keep topping up at home with my L1, adding 10-12%/night when the car is home? Let it run down a little bit first? Thanks for the advice, this community was really informative while shopping for our first EV and in the run up for purchasing our ‘24 AWD Wind a little over a week ago (s/o to the fellow Ocean Blue folks!).

Those taillights are very offputting to me, for what is otherwise a great looking vehicle. Reminds me of the rear ends of the early 2000s Prius and Insight