Kia Problems

Try a Toyota RAV4, Mazda CX-5, Kia Sportage, or Subaru Forester. Any of them would be good choices.

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It should be covered under Kia’s warranty, so take it back to your dealer and have it fixed.

If there are any common problems and complaints about Kia's reliability or faults, they'll likely show up on our Kia problems page. You can also calculate a car's projected resale value via our price and specs page.

Kia is derived from two Sino-Korean characters: "ki", which means "to come out", and "a", which represents "East Asia". Kia therefore means "to come out of the East".

You’re possibly trying to downshift at a speed that’s higher than it was designed to do. Try downshifting at a lower engine speed.

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Without actually hearing the noise in question it’s not possible to speculate on what it might be. It’s under warranty, so take it back to your dealer and have them check the brakes for you.

The Jeeps are perfectly capable of doing the trip you are planning, and if anything did go wrong while you were away there are dealers all around the country who cold fix it for you. At 2000 kg your caravan is not particularly heavy and shouldn’t stress the Jeep at all. The Prado is the other obvious choice, and it too will do the job with ease. Others to look at are the Kia Sorento and Isuzu MU-X.

The clicking sound could be a sign of a weak battery, which is having difficulty coping with the cold weather. Don’t pump the accelerator; that does nothing on a fuel-injected car. Have the battery tested.