you mean the boot?
i know the tucson has this problem
there is a way to fix it, you have to go to the autoworld forum, under the tuscon page and look on the pics on how they solve it

for the sportage i think you are the first having this issue
but good to know

the car steering left i think on the autoworld i remember reading. do read up there
On the mice sounds, how does it sound like something moving?
on the air con, maybe the aircon hose got micro holes. Did you check the gas in the aircon. If its low perhaps there is some leakage thus maybe you get the gas smell from the engine.
your car really lemon. SO far i think very minor issues i read about sportage unlike the tucson which a number of members having problems

Most important what is the SC doing, are they continuously trying to fix the car? if so would be really good shows improvement
Have you brought it to the bigger SC for checking?

yes, its true
its the temperature that is not so good. Still bearable
they do this to save petrol

maintenance okay, fuel consumption above average for city driving

what oil did you used?
also did you make sure they change engine oil
was told there are cases where the techs don't change the oil since the oil is almost virgin
when they flush out at 1K, the oil was still golden and its fully syn oil. So the tech mention they just top up to make it fool and keep the balance for them self
this related to me by a Kia Tech himself

our first oil was from korea so most probably hyundai oil bank as mention above. the oil we used in malaysia is not really fully syn compare to the fully syn from overseas worse being petronas. i think we are force to use petronas until 5years if you service at authorized sc. I did mine at glenmarie the 3s centre. But i think if you go the to the non 3s center can use different oil

ah heng
on your sounds from the car the mice sound did the padding help?
I never notice it before but my car has been sound proof. Most of the internals there is a 3m acoustic fibre used for damping

[quote=amdadn,Apr 9 2012, 02:17 PM]
To all kia sportage member here,

i do post my car problem here n one of it is the alignment issue..always going to left. i had tried almost 13 diff shop for the past 8 month n the improvement not much. our member here amdadn reccomend the shop at glenmarie shah alam same row with the kia sc at the corner lot Pirelli tyre shop. n today i just went there to do the aligment n balancing. guess wat, bothering me for 8 month aligment issue had been settle today!!!! (90% satisfaction!!) (Im not doing advertisement for them, but to share if anyone got this issue.)
they charge me RM77.00 and i think its really worth it coz they really solve my issue although waiting for 2 hours. but im happy with it! thanks to that guy name GK there! (think im the first sportage visit their shop) hooray!!

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Good to know that your problem settled.. will send my car there too because just now i feel like the alignment going wrong again.

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Added on April 9, 2012, 2:28 pm
2 things i really disappointed with KIA SC;
1. Their 3S SC didn't provide any complimentary drinks to customer. Not even a water dispenser? I'm not asking for much, but a produa SC is "much more" better than KIA even P2 highest car price only 60k++.
2. This is much more important, i saw quite a few technician working wearing steel watch, bracelet? and even rings? what will happen if they accidentally knock/scratch our car? then will KIA be responsible about this?

Other than that their service was great and even wash the car for free..

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the wearing of steel watch, rings is a no no in any dirty engineering related business. the ring may get stuck or accidently touch the battery terminals. also plus it scratches the paint if you are not careful. Kia still needs to improve their general work ethics. Which 3S is this?
i remember glenmarrie has a simple water dispenser.

I would never send my car for free car wash. They do more harm than good. If the same service center allows the techs to wear rings do you think the cloth and soap they used for your car is good. The cloth wiping your car could be used to wipe your tears and under and then it wipes your paint
sure lots of micro scratches. Soap could be a generic car wash which is worse for the undercoat. Hopefully they don't put in fab like the other road size car washes

This post has been edited by sam sam: Apr 10 2012, 09:05 AM

actually on horsepower the sportage is the most powerfull of the lot at 166hp
the rest are at 150hp, like x-trail worse at 138hp.

one thing you need to know same for tucson, the test drive car is never as powerful unless the car has 2K on its mileage

the car opens up at the lower end once after the 1K service

also if you get the knn air filter and alternator booster you would be fine.


i think the mazda would be worse the engine is lower power plus the 19" rims would not help with acceleration but would make it worse

the asx is sharing the same engine anyway but its not tune up for the horsepower, the asx is also smaller in size

it should be around 1.4K. Effective interest rate is around 4.8%. INterest rate of loan is 2.6%

i remember that 9 years the interest goes up not down
anyway i took max loan as effective rate is so much lower than other investments
my rate was public bank

i guess its different per basis or for last year's rate
for 7 years they offer me 2.4
anyway the small amount does not really matter much
perhaps less coffee bean per month

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Added on April 19, 2012, 3:13 pmis it 1/3 of your take home salary(nett salary) or your gross
gross my be difficult as it would come to around almost 1/2 of your salary

one of my engineer applied around your percentage bank nearly rejected

This post has been edited by sam sam: Apr 19 2012, 03:13 PM

you can try then
if you have other income sources then it should be alright
but if its only paycheck, a bit hard, petrol cost, food, clothing, handphone do add up. Then you need savings
do you have house installments if you do please minus that from your net salary when working out the loan applicable or not

since you are drilling plastic can use hole saw or the flat head for wood to drill 25mm

Well the car for me so far no problems since august last year
don't hear 2 many issues, but there were 2 owner having some issues with it.


The good thing if you get the showroom, you can nicely check and test the car before money paid
bad thing is other people touch your "new" car. Can always clean with lysol for the seats and apply new leather protector

if you get a new sportage always a risk it can be a lemon, or problematic even its a cbu. With CKD it may be even worse

Most important you get to use the car in a week versus "2 months". It may be longer than that

I bought from the same seller.
There is a you tube video on how to change it. Plus it is a snap fit compartment

Sportage is wider. So it's more comfortable. Tucson feels a tad smaller but i get the feeling of not a luxurious car because of this


This post has been edited by sam sam: Apr 30 2012, 07:39 AM

thats is the main thing my wife complain about the tucson, like proton wira must fold manually

with a new car every time you go to the shopping complexes, we tend to fold in our mirrors just in case kind scratch
so the fold in is very important

Nope Tucson has the function. But because it's 2 airbags have to remove it. Also because of the 2 airbags there's no auto lock for the Tucson. Sportage having 6 airbags and full specs has gull mirror fold and auto lock. Tucson like old wira everytHing my sendiri buat

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Added on May 2, 2012, 8:20 pmProblem need to do wiring after that Nazareth make noise say can't do and void warranty

This post has been edited by sam sam: May 2 2012, 08:20 PM

For sound proofing you pay for what you get. You want better sound insulation pay more money. But to me a lot difference

for sportage do the
1) engine hood
2) firewall
3) Rear boot + back floor panel. When you need to remove the plastic wheel arch for the back must remove back seat
4) 4 door
5) 4 wheels

door seal don't bother it is new and still very good