For my Forte 2.0 6 speed, using Ron95, the fuel consumption is average RM0.18/km

My forte can't start this morning. Brake became harden, unable to push start button to start engine. Car < 1 year.

Called NAZA toll line- was told battery died, waiting for AAM to tow car but luckily i read how to bypass the brake to start engine. Pheww...

less that 1 year battery died already ? too bad .. are this common problem for all kia model ?

er....maybe u wanna call the battery maker and ask?

In that case it's not a flat battery. Looks like your brake sensor needs readjustment. Go SC for readjustment.

In the mean time, you can still start by pressing the start button for 10 secs (without the need to press the brake)

Ya, you are right. Battery is ok. That's what i did to start the engine. If not, my car would have been towed due to ignorance by NAZA toll free technical personnel.

guys! remember i was complaining about my driver's door keyless entry problem? the part (door latch) came already after ONE month of waiting.. and fixed already. SC also ordered a NEW side mirror because of the whistling sound at my righthand side mirror. so to all Forte owners! if you are expreriencing whistling sound at your side mirror while trallveing above 70kmph. ITS NOT NORMAL. go SC complain. ask them to compare with test drive unit.

1.6SX 6 speed or 2.0SX 6 speed ? Thanks.

1.6SX 4 speed. i dont think 6 speed LED side mirror wit AUTOFOLDING has any whistling problem..new batch

Heard about it too from their sales person. Cud be becoz of da recent appointment of da new Naza Kia COO??

err bro, doesnt these 2 slightly mismatched?
mind to enlighten us.

do u know what is the value?
actually this is the real thing i wanna know , instead of rpm@110km/h, but i ask the latter since every owner can easily know that..hehe.
forgot to ask for the brochure/ pamphlet at the showroom, after 'playing' with the car..

epo and izputra, when u all come up here, dun 4get bring along MFC 12'' sticker, my S.Kit money from epo, and also EHEM mod stuffs with diagrams and instructions...ok?? nid these 3....

oh BTW, Alor Setar, now no more KIA dealers anymore...closed down...left 2 or 3 service centres...

Not sure if anyone has posted this here. Well, here you go.

Honda is not even in the Top 10?

Brake switch problem...mine after replace the new one... Terus ok until now..

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Added on February 23, 2011, 6:33 amYou mean kia huat?Why they closed down?...how about their service centre..

This post has been edited by forter: Feb 23 2011, 06:33 AM

You're right, I have to confirm the RPM readings again later today. Will update everyone later.

Singapore news, Well this really shows the forte is doing very well in Singapore too. So Honda City, where is the top 10 list. No where to be found. But dont worry, Honda will always have a new facelift model very soon.

This one is when forte/cerato was initially launched in singapore, currently i think forte is number 7 or 8 if not mistaken in the top 10 list but still doing fine. However we should take note that it may not be fair to compare malaysia sales with singapore sales for forte (not just because of naza) because singapore u need to scrap your car every what, 5 - 10 years if not mistaken right? So singaporeans are not so worried about forte breaking down after 5 years or so because by then they'd have to scrap/sell it (not sure can actually sell or must scrap). But if you look at forte's sales in other parts of the world, it is doing well actually, here most malaysians are still used to thinking that kia = fuel guzzer, kia = poor resale value, kia = not stylish (not true anymore now!), kia = expensive spare parts, etc..so that's why we dont see too many forte's around (which makes the car more exclusive at least if you compare with our dugong friend or honda city)

Yupp..agree with u. It is quite hard to get that FC figure. I need to tame & ease down my foot during overtaking to get this kind of figure. My best computer-calculated FC is 5.9L/100km..constant 110km/h cruising all the way from Tanjung Malim to KL (autocruise). The 6.1L/100km FC pic that u saw in my previous post was taken during my journey from Alor Setar to KL with constant speed of 110km/h (mostly) also by autocruising. I guess the hilly road of Perak did contribute to the extra 0.2L/100km in FC. Anyway..for a normal 4 speed 2.0L car , getting 6.xL/100km during highway speed cruising can be considered as very2 good already.

any news on installing paddle shift on the old forte guys?

As i always said..buy a car that u like..not a car that other's like. It's your money & your pleasure anyway...