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At 80 MPH the RPM ranged between 3000 and 3200.
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http://www.kia.ca/accessories.asp?lang=en&plate=sportage#
We have the same problem with wind noise and found it to be coming from the left-side mirror.
No problems yet with my Sportage which works excellent in snow, won't slip and slide, traction excellent with 4 winter tires. ( my previous post about heater seats not working was due to blown fuse in the 12v plug of both heater seat pads - kia exonorated!!) :-)
One problem.... All I get is 100 Km ( 60 miles) on the first half of the tank... about 12 miles to the imp. gallon(160 oz.) or 9.6 miles per US gallon (128 oz.)
in liters... about 25 liters per 100 L ;-(
I don't like this one bit !! If things don't improve ..if dealer gives me the usual and silly .."it's normal" no more kia's for me !! ..and I trade my 2004 Sorento for this ???
my brother has a GM 2500 HD pick-up and does better milage than me.
I bought my 2005 Kia Sportage (EX 4WD) in August. I have around 4500 miles on it so far and love it. I have a question regarding rebates. The dealer I bought it from recently sent me a letter in the mail asking me to sign it stating there was no rebate on the vehicle (I'm assuming their talking about when I bought it). Since they don't seem to be very open about it when I ask them, do any of you know if there were any rebates on this vehicle that I wasn't aware of when I bought it, and maybe they're just trying to cover themselves by getting me to sign this form? Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!
Cheers,
Dan
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Aside from a near confrontation with a first tech. who made me feel I was disturbing him because my Sportage "only had 3600kms" ...another technician walked over and showed the first technician they had just received a service bulletin from KIA Canada on the need to reprogram the compuetr controlling the motor and the transmission to reduce gas guzzling.
I peeked over ... it looked like service bulletin #017
They reprogrammed the CPU to specifications. I filled up the tank hadin back home and will report later on any effect this bulletin & reprogramming has achieved.
The service bulletin adjustments last Monday did nothing or worsen the situation it seems . If this keeps up Greenpeace will be hounding me for destroying a natural resource !
I am not happy at all with this :mad: :mad: :mad:
When I hit 100KM I will refuel to the rim like I started with and report back.
I appreciate your help. I will track my mileage once I have it done also, and then we can compare.
Cheers,
HFX NS
Cheers,
Dan
Me I like to run the tank dry and refill then do the math. (Liters / (kms /100)) to get a better average ove a tankfull
I think my dealer can't do divisions so it is easier for him to run 100kms and fill-up & read the pump !
I was talking to my dealership service department, and he said that he was planning to do the service bulletin reprogramming of the engine at my 8K service. So he knew exactly what I was talking about when I mentioned the service bulletin. I hope it improves the mileage, but it doesn't sound like its improved your situation much.
Thanks, Dan HFX, NS
I also ran some highway miles which surely improved the stats.
I will have to refill to the rim and stick to urban miles before I can realy assess the true effects of bulletin 017 !!
St. Thomas is very hilly and some of the grades are fairly steep. I read a favorable (internet) magazine review of the 2005 Sportage which had this to say about the 4-cylinder automatic transmission model:
"Driving up the hilly streets in downtown San Francisco we found the four-cylinder Sportage LX was fine as long as you pushed the gas pedal all the way to the floor and didn't mind listening to a high-revved four banger. The Sportmatic automatic transmission lets the driver shift manually when desired, allowing him or her to keep the engine revving in one gear. From a performance point of view the four-cylinder engine is fine if you drive solo and spend most of your time around town."
I am wondering if anybody on this forum has experience with either the 4-cylinder manual or automatic Sportage in hilly terrain, and whether the performance of the car is adequate. 80% of the driving will be solo; 20% will be with two adults who collectively weigh about 360 lbs (220 + 140). We would not need the four-wheel drive, and I believe the four-wheel is about 200 pounds heavier than the front-wheel drive.
My inclination is to buy the manual transmission, because: a) the manual has five speeds versus the automatic's four; b) a manual lets you stay in one gear longer, and thus would give the 4-cylinder a bit more power than the automatic in certain situations; c) the manual helps brake the car while driving down inclines; and d) the gas mileage with the manual may be a couple of miles to the gallon better. (I don't know much about the clutchless manual option on the Sportronic, but even if it has most of the advantages of a manual, it still only has four gears.)
If the manual was available in the 6, we would probably purchase it, but it is not. Any thoughts on the advantages/disadvantages of the manual 4 versus the automatic 6 for hilly terrain would be much appreciated.
The good thing about the I4 is that it has better gas mileage, and its nice to have a stick. Plus you are not going to be doing much highway driving - which is where the V6 really shows its advantage over the I4.
Good luck.
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much better than 12 !!
So much for highway miles.
My most recent fill-up has been more city driving & pointing to better than 12 miles/imp. gal but nothing to brag about.
Winter is weird this year and comparing appels to appels is proving a challenge in itself.
I would say things have improved slightly city milagewise...just slightly
I think this baby need warm air to feel better and suck less gas!
I will try another run and report back latter.
Suffice to say I still am not please with gas milage on my kia Sportage because it is no better than my previous 4000 pound Sorento! :mad: and it should be :mad:
32 more payments and... bye bye Sportage for me if things don't improve.
I have noticed better mileage since my recalls were performed and since they reprogrammed my engine. I got 320KMs on city driving. I think I could get close to 500 if I drove purely on the highway.
I used to live in Ottawa, and its pretty flat compared to Halifax which might make a bit of a difference. Although the colder weather would reduce fuel efficiency in Ottawa. I am driving to Ottawa in May actually. I will check out my fuel efficiency on that trip. I am trying not to lead foot it these days.
Dan HFX NS
Dan HFX NS