3/16/2023 0 Comments Kia niro hybridEvery year, auto manufacturers buy back, replace or pay cash settlements to thousands of ‘lemon’ owners like you.The Niro once again delivers on the practicality front, and any notion that the new K3 platform would be compromised due to the mix of internal combustion and pure-electric powertrains can be dismissed the hybrid model is a tough competitor in a congested market, while the plug-in hybrid offers the flexibility of its electric power that is impressive as well as efficient. You may be able to get your lemon out of your life. Think you have a lemon? Sit back and let the experts work out your lemon case at no cost to you. Where is this “fun drive” that Kia keeps referencing? The only place this defective hybrid is going is to the repair shop. Service Bulletin #TSB_CHA084_R8 already talks about replacing the ECU, steering column housing and worm gear because of defects. Contact them if you want to inspect it.”Īs with the powertrain, the steering system is another major aspect of how a vehicle runs, yet Kia is having issues with it as well. This is a short-term rental from Enterprise, so I’ll set the parking brake manually for the remainder of the rental and report it to them on return. If so, look at roughly 9:10 EST on 2/10/22. This is an EV, so it may have some sort of event recorder built in. (Or at least, I did not manually set it- I don’t know if this car activates the brake automatically when in park.) The right front wheel was on ice. I immediately confirmed that the car was in park. “After putting the car in park on a moderate slope, I exited the car and about 2 seconds later, as I was connecting the charger, the car rolled backward 4 feet before coming to a stop. Here’s one important NHTSA complaint to read. While most new vehicles shift smoothly and run as intended, the Niro is an exception. How a vehicle shifts and handles itself is due in part to the powertrain. That doesn’t make for such a “fun drive.” Problems with the Powertrain Without the ability to start the engine, the Niro is dead in the water. Service Bulletin #PS713 discusses how the vehicle might not start, even with the key in the ignition, because the Hybrid Power Control Unit may not unlock the immobilizer. Of course, the automaker is already issuing communications showing technicians how to repair electrical problems because there are numerous to deal with. To be effective, the backup beeper should be mounted in the rear of the car and emit the standard tone that people generally associate with backup alarms.” A blind or vision impaired person would have a very hard time discerning the direction that the sound is coming from and could get hit by this vehicle as it is backing up. As implemented, the backup alert system on this vehicle does more harm than good and has the potential to cause a pedestrian accident because of the confusing, non standard and non-directionality of the sound. The tone that the car emits is also inconsistent with the usual and expected 1000Hz tone that most people associate with backup beepers, causing further confusion to pedestrians. When people hear the beeping, they tend to stop and look around for the source of the sound, which is some cases seems to be coming from 1 or 2 aisles over in the parking lot, or from another direction altogether. Because the backup alert tone is emitted from the front bumper of the vehicle, the sound is reflected off other cars and structures and is perceived as completely non-directional to anyone standing behind the car. When put into reverse this vehicle emits beeping tone from a speaker mounted in the FRONT bumper of the vehicle. Several times, as I was backing out of a parking spot pedestrians have stopped directly behind the moving vehicle and could have been hit. The implementation of the low speed warning alert for this vehicle is dangerous to pedestrians. One NHTSA post says, “This complaint is about a vehicle design and implementation issue rather than a malfunction. With an electric system aiding the engine, it only makes sense for hybrid vehicles to have a high-tech system running seamlessly, but that’s the case with the Niro.
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