The 2027 Kia Seltos Hybrid was supposed to be released in the US in the 4th quarter of 2026 (later rephrased to "late 2026").

Does anyone working at a Kia dealership or otherwise have any idea of how likely this car is to come out by the end of November 2026 (for Thanksgiving week sales)?

And is it going to be priced similarly to the gasoline only version of the 2027 Kia Seltos that is already on the market?

TL;DR questioning the $6000 estimate to replace the AVN monitor for what looks like mostly a cosmetic chip

Some backstory: I was acting in a short we filmed this past weekend and we used the interior of my car for two scenes. The camera guy was adjusting the camera and hit my screen (I was not in the car at the time but others were and witnessed it happen) and it chipped the screen a bit. I won’t get into the legality of our contracts but ultimately he would be responsible. You can see the chip in the pictures. Tried as best as I could with it being small.

I went to my dealership today to have them look and give me an estimate on the costs, and they came back with an estimate of $5997.44, which seems asinine for a small chip in the screen if they suggesting replacing the entire unit. I know it’s one piece but it seems like it’s a bit too high even out of warranty.

My Sportage is a 2026 X-Pro Prestige. The other caveat is I’m leasing the car. My questions are:

1. Is this estimate accurate?
2. Is it worth even having it fixed?

If not, I’m planning on calling finance at the dealership (I’ve been with this specific dealership for 14 years now) to see what that means once my lease is up. I’m sure they’d probably sell it as-is or replace the screen for a much lower price than my estimate. I just don’t know yet if they would hold me accountable for the $6000 bill at my lease-end.

My car was working perfectly today until I stopped at Winners to return something. When I tried to start it again, my car wouldn't start! I attempted to jump-start it, but it still wouldn't turn over, so I'm guessing the issue is with the starter. When I try to start it, I hear rapid clicking sounds. Do you think the starter is the problem? Should I take my car to an auto shop to have the starter replaced, or should I attempt to do it myself? Where can I find an affordable starter, either online or in person? TIA

2022 Kia sorento sx

I noticed there’s a rattle under the steeering column and it’s usually when I’m driving and riding around 1500rpm. I’ve also tried in park, and same thing around 1500rpm. It seems the vibrations is coming from the area circled in red. If I put some pressure it suppresses the sound slightly but the vibration is still there.

Question is what is this piece? And/or what could the sound and vibration be?

As title.

2024 Kia Carnival Sx Prestige. I replaced the glovebox in-cabin air filter. Immediate high pitched whistle when air blowing. Checked and the cover wasn’t properly seated and it was frankly very difficult to get it perfectly back on - I think the aftermarket filter doesn’t fit 100% perfectly. However with this came a low, oscillating noise that coincides with fan speed - fast rumble when fast, slow rumble when slow. My suspicion is maybe some debris fell down into the blower wheel, because the noise continues when I pull the filter out for a quick test. Looking for suggestions/next steps. Only 28K and fully warrantied but I’m sure not for this 🤷‍♂️

My story with my 2026 Kia Carnival SX Prestige Hybrid catching fire is finally coming to an end. The vehicle is being sent back to Kia for further investigation, and I’m now waiting for a check refunding 100% of all the payments I’ve made.

It was honestly really sad to say goodbye to such a wonderful vehicle, despite everything that happened.

I dropped off the car yesterday at 8 am and I had to call them yesterday and today for an update. Is this normal? They close within an hour and they haven't even called to update me. They also left my car unlocked overnight

Is Kia connect down for anyone ?
I’ve tried using it and it keeps saying car unresponsive but connect hasn’t connected to my car for an hour or so

Hello, does anyone have a copy (or blank) Certified Pre Owned (CPO) inspection form that they use in Canada?

from the website it is a 135 point inspection form. Just want to make sure we get the legit report from the dealership, thanks!

Hello!

Last Wednesday, the 14th, I took my wife’s Seltos in for some routine maintenance, the car wasn’t starting, and an engine code diagnostic (code P044200).

The next day, the 15th, I was told the battery was the cause of the starting problem, and that there was a damaged charcoal canister causing the Evap code. They told me they would need to order a new one and that it may take until next week (now this week), and that was the last I’d heard.

Today my wife gets a notification that her car’s gas is low. We found that odd as we dropped it off with 1/3-1/2 of a tank. Then we did a little digging. The car has been driven over 100 miles collectively, and for 5.5 hours. It has stayed overnight at someone’s house 3 times. They also went to numerous gas stations, a restaurant, the bank, etc. They were also driving it during the wait where a part was supposedly needing to be replaced.

Now I know that test driving is an essential and needed part of some maintenance work, but this seems excessive. Especially because it stayed overnight at someone’s house multiple times.

I already sent an email to the service director calling attention to this and talked to the service director. And of course my service advisor called me about 30 minutes after that telling me the car was ready.

TLDR; dealership drove my car over 100 collective miles and a total of 5.5 hours after I brought it in for a few service items.

Anyone else find this odd?

Hello im after some advice if possible.

I purchased a Kia sportage 1.6 petrol 18 plate in September last year from a kia dealership for £10k. I purchased a 3 year warranty from Automotion as well. It had 63k miles on the clock and now has 70k.

Around Christmas time there started with problems, the oil was burning like crazy and the car was getting stuck in reverse. It went back to kia who put in a new clutch. Then the gearbox broke and I had no 2nd gear. This was covered by warranty. When I picked the car up the ABS sensor lights were on, it went back and again covered by warranty. They said the oil was ok in normal consumption levels. Now the oil is dropping again and now they've said its the piston rings. The warranty company want me to pay £1300 to strip the engine so Kia can take photos of the piston rings and then they will decide if this is covered by warranty.

Im stressed as they did say it could be classed as wear and tear and kia are not accepting any responsibility at all. But if the warranty company doesn't cover this the bill will be more than the car! And I would then have to pay £1300 for the labour.

Ive contacted head office Kia who sided with the dealership and im at a total loss. Ive had constant stress and I feel ive been robbed as the car has serious mechanical faults. I did pay by credit card so could potentially claim under section 75 but could take months and I really need a car. Any advice would be helpful.

Hey guys!

I could use a little advice if anybody has it. I bought my car brand new 08/2022. It is a manual transmission. And I have been driving stick in general without any issues for the last decade. I only got rid of my last one bc I wanted something newer/more reliable.

As of this week, it has a little under 40,000 miles. Day before yesterday, I noticed my car would shudder when I shift into 1st gear but before entering 2nd (so around 2,000 rpms I start to feel it), like I’m not giving it enough gas. I know this isn’t the case bc I haven’t changed the way I’ve driven my car in the last four years. I had my dad test drive it, and he saw what I was talking about. So, we brought it to an independent shop we both like. The shop said it seems like it would be something under warranty bc he can’t imagine that the clutch is already bad. I’d also like to think I’m pretty conservative in how I drive too, which makes it all the weirder. I barely even put it in sport mode. I do know that if it’s the clutch it’s not going to be covered under the 10 year/100,000 warranty. If it’s the transmission, it will be covered. However, taking it to Kia costs about 170 dollars for a diagnostic. I’ve gotten a couple of estimates on clutch replacements and it’s like 2-3 k.

Part of me wants to trade it in and use the potential clutch money on a new car I am more excited about (Maybe a used Toyota GR86), but another part of me wants to see if it is the transmission and get it covered. I’m a broke ass college student, and I still have a year until I’m making career money :( also, I like not paying a car payment with the car I have now. Has anybody had this issue with a relatively new Kia Forte GT? And what are the odds it’s the clutch versus the transmission? I don’t know what to do :(

Any help is appreciated, thank you!

Dealership wants $1200 dollars for a whole new assembly. Wondering if anyone else has had this problem and was able to fix it, or where I could possibly find a replacement that’s not $1200.

2023 Kia Forte GT and I have this enabled but it never works, always says Remote Start could not be completed doors unlocked. Anyone have any ideas?

Hi all. Just tried to make a regular service appointment at the dealer for oil change and tire rotation. Was told there was a recall on the car but when I search my VIN and/or any Google search nothing comes up other than the over the air software update for the instrument panel glitch. Anyone know what the recall is. Couldn't understand what the girl was saying with a heavy accent but I think she said fire something.

Hello! We have a 22 K5 that had the ceramic coating done by the dealership before we purchased it. We bought it Dec 2021. The ceramic coating is bubbling just on the door handles. It looks horrible! The dealership has not been helpful at all. Is this covered somehow under the warranty? It only has 25000 miles.

Hi all. I just finished my estimated 10th call with Kia Finance Lease End customer service. It’s the most baffling customer service experience I’ve ever had, and it’s so bad it’s almost funny. Here’s the full story, so grab your popcorn.

My 2 year lease on my EV9 GT Line was set to end Sept 17, 2026. I genuinely like the car. I’m under my 20K mileage allowance and it’s in good shape, so I wasn’t worried about fees. My problem isn’t the car. It’s that Kia is secretly three companies (the manufacturer, the finance arm, and the dealers) that act like divorced parents fighting over custody of me (to get rid of me).

July 2026: I get the normal lease end mailer and some emails. Boring. Great.

August 2026: A new mailer says Kia Finance is offering bonus cash toward a buyout, but I have to call to confirm eligibility. The car dropped a lot in value, so I planned to turn it in, but saving money gets my attention.

Late August: I call, expecting a simple answer. Their systems “haven’t been updated yet” and they can’t tell me anything. Call back in September. Okay, a little strange since the mailer was sent out, but sure...I'll wait.

Early September: I call back. Good news, my VIN qualifies for a range of bonus cash. Bad news, they can’t tell me the amount and I have to get it from a dealer. Why not just do this in the Kia Finance portal? One would think the math is simple. Residual value from my contract, minus bonus cash, equals new buyout. But that would be too logical.

I call Kia of Attleboro, MA, where I leased the car. The people I worked with are gone, and the finance department tells me the program has ended. I read them the flyer, which says the program runs through Nov 2, 2026 for leases ending by Sept 30. They say they’ve never heard of it. I ask how we can fix that. The person gets frustrated that I won’t take no for an answer, laughs at me when I ask for help again, and then hangs up on me. Truly professional.

I call Kia Finance Lease End team again. A very friendly rep offers to call the dealer with me on the line. The dealer picks up and admits they DO know about the program. They just refuse to honor it because they don’t trust Kia Finance to reimburse them. So the person who told me they’d never heard of it was lying. They also told the Kia Finance rep they won’t help an active customer. I was on the call for all of it listening. The dealer was rude the whole way through and clearly doesn’t care if I ever come back.

The Kia Finance rep says she’ll look into it and update me in a few days. I mention my timeline is almost up and ask about the 2 month extension. She says she’ll add an “internal extension or similar.” I have no idea what that is.

Late September: No update from the Kia Finance Lease End customer service rep. I call back and they see notes but can’t help. They suggest trying other dealers. I’m now nervous about having nothing in writing, so I enter the official 2 month extension, which pushes my lease end to Nov 17.

October 2026: I spend weeks calling and visiting Kia dealers. I got a greatest hits album of answers.

• “We don’t support that program.”
• “We only do it for customers who leased here.”
• “We can’t help with it.”
• “Why doesn’t Kia Finance just let you do it in the portal?” (I ask myself this daily.)
• “We can, but the doc fee is basically equal to the bonus cash.”

Oct 19: I call Lease End again and explain that I’ve tried everything. They tell me, unfortunately, that taking the extension means my car no longer qualifies. The extension I took because of the earlier calls. Cool. Cool. This is awesome!

I’m now furious about the hours I’ve spent just to learn about the program, find my amount, find dealers, and wait on callbacks. Lease End tells me to call Kia (the manufacturer) to get a case number, and assures me they’ll review all the notes from my previous calls.

So I call the manufacturer and tell the whole saga. The rep is very kind and says he’ll report it. I ask what happens next. He says Kia can’t talk to Kia Finance because they’re “different companies” with “privacy concerns.”

And that’s where my journey ends. Three branches of one brand, structured so nobody can talk to each other, and a simple problem nobody can solve.

Unless Kia reaches out with a real interest in fixing this, I’ll drive the car for the next month until the lease is done. After that, they’ve lost me as a customer for good, and I’ll be telling this story to anyone who asks.

Sorry if you need to see this on other subreddits, but the world needs to know.

Hey people,

Posting on here for some advice.. in 2023 I left the house and my car decided to protest and the engine pretty much just stopped. I was able to nurse it back to the house and checked the codes. The main one I noticed was a P1326 which lead me down the engine rabbit hole. I will say ever since I got the car it burned through oil like crazy and I was always told “those engines just do that” (also not a car guy) so I didn’t make much of it.

I took the car to my local Kia dealership and they installed a knock sensor. When I left the dealership my skid plate completely fell off but that’s a different story lol. The car seemed somewhat fine after that but was never back to what it was. Eventually (somewhat late last year) the car went into what I would call “limp mode” where it idled at around 1500 rpm’s and at times, it would not want to accelerate.

So from here I’m wondering if my issue is with the engine recall I have been reading about? It has been sitting for a few months because life things happened and I couldn’t afford to have it looked at.

I checked the engine recall website but my VIN was not on the list. Has anyone had any luck with that being the case with getting a replacement engine from Kia and would it be worth it to even reach out to them again?

Thanks for all and any help.

Hi all, I have a new (to me) 2021 Kia Sportage, and I’ve noticed that my headlights and side mirror lights flicker/blink continuously for the entire time that it is running on auto/remote-start. I’m wondering if this is normal? I’ve went down the Google rabbit hole, and it’s suggesting that I may have a weak or aging battery, corroded battery terminals, bad ground wires, or a failing alternator or voltage regulator. Would like to hear others’ thoughts and experiences before taking it in to the dealership. Thanks in advance!

2016 Kia Optima. When the heater is turned on, there is a loud clicking noise. What is it, and how can I repair it please?

I am thinking of keeping my current car that is on lease, my lease is over in a few months. Do you guys recommend keeping this car? I have had it for almost three years now, looking for a new lease but not opposed to keeping it. Please send me any advice or recommendations. Thank you!