My Forte seems to be drinking petrol quite badly
1st tank 85 bucks lasted me 450KM
2nd tank 91 bucks oni lasted me 408KM
3tank pumped yesterday 84 bucks, 40km now needle starting to drop ady

Plz help!!

I got my car on 17/1/2012
70% highway 30% city

Juz went for 1st service today

I didnt read the book..  >< i just put aside coz i dunno what is that

Because I dont even wanna care about it.. just wait ppl to tell me =.=' and this is my 1st car..

Good... kindly take note after 1k km service, next service is 100k km... dun forget yaaa...

Help.

Today i am doing my first 1000km Service and Alignment at Glenmare. The technician checked and told me that my front left type was eaten due to pull left problem and suggest me to switch the front tyre with back tyre, no balancing is required as informed by him.

Below is the differences before and after the alignment:-

Before:
Steering was hard to and required more energy to turn but very stable.

After:
Steering was very loose and required more energy to turn/steer for same corner (about 360deg for U-Turn), steering not stable especially when hinter the uneven road, steering will vibrate. And steering will not auto turn back to original position after turning.

Do any fortezen here faced this before and is this normal? Help please !!!

BTW, any branch/ dealer open on Sunday near PJ area?

That's true, i am in panic condition now. BTW, do you any idea which SC near PJ area is Open on Sunday. I can't wait till Wednesday.

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Added on February 5, 2012, 12:37 am

The technician is doing alignment as well, maybe problem on alignment. Now my steering can't turn back to neutral/ original position after steer.

The Glenmarie branch open on Morning only while i am getting my car about 1.30pm.

Recommend to sent for 3rd party workshop to re-check. Previously i have sent back my car to Selayang SC for Left pulling and alignment issue. They have done the alignment and some adjustment for the chamber but cant fully solve my problem. I sent my car to Glenmaire Sc, they event worst, simply ignore me and say that they have tested my car and my car's alignment are ok. Some more they stated that my car steering vibrate are due to i speed to fast.

End up i sent to 3rd party workshop to solve all the issue.

hmmm... i dun have a bodykit installed but if always scrap bump, why now it's become std fitted in new forte...
u road bump too high kot... or ur bodykit not follow specs...
mine 2.0
6l/km - hway driving 110km/h until EOL
8l/km - mix driving (hway + city)
10l/km - city driving + rempit style...
u should ask them to show u the tread before let they done anything... try this...
warranty not avoid if adjust alignment only, those few small SC also refer to outside shop if they dun have alignment machine...
raydiance has a capability to do forte's alignment, had been tried/claimed by our few owners...
reset something i'm not sure but they can advise u... or u refer to MDPS (Motor Driven Power Steering), only 2.0 have, 1.6 dun have...

They charged it exp, RM120 for the both nuts. Never bother to install it.
U can't find it at parts shop coz the nuts are different.
Mine just do a normal balancing, set toe to 0, camber still factory settings which is -1.8

Yup... but not so obvious, still acceptable...

Have u checked this method... I always forgot... Will try it later...

need thermometer ? 

Dear all. I am getting a used forte. do i have any issue claiming he warranty since i am the second owner already. do i have to do my service at kia authorised service center to make sure the warranty is valid

does forte come with immobilizer? how about Ultra-Sonic Sensor for alarm, auto wiper?

I dunno about yours, but mine comes with an alarm system. Once the doors are locked, if I open any door the alarm will trigger. But instead of a dedicated alarm buzzer it sounds the car horn and flashes the signal repeaters. You can't start the car without the correct key being in the vicinity so yes there is an immobilizer.

1.  Urs 1.6 ? Dunno this one... need to check with 1.6 owners... SC said what ?
2.  Suspension tu... go SC & ask them to check the absorber. They've the machine that can read absorber conditions...u
3.  Try set toe = 0 , balancing all 4 rims...
1.6 laaa...
U mean locked via remote then open the door via steel key ?

There is a Lim Tayar shop (CKL) in Subang Jaya that charged me 90++ for alignment and one camber bolt. No need to import special bolt la, they have found a way to use what they have and add a washer to make it compatible. Works for me

In case anyone is interested, it's the shop next to a Shell station as you are driving along the NPE from Sunway heading to USJ. After passing SS14 and SS15 you need to exit the flyover and keep left to continue towards SS19 and USJ. Right after taking the bend, you will see the shop on your left. The boss is a young friendly guy who drives a 'Roc.

not yet. It is quite expensive some more not guarantee can work. I am planning to go NSS at glenmarie to do alignment + balancing which is cheaper. If really not work then i only consider other shop. How do you think?

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Added on February 6, 2012, 7:32 pm
I found the solution already, i did my alignment again at 3rd party shop and he told me the alignment is run so much although the SC said ok. I think most likely the machine at Glenmarie SC is not proper calibrated.

Now my car felt better but still not so stable when running at uneven road although is at low speed. Going to do my balancing and alignment again at NSS SC on Wednesday.

And, for all Fortezen, please avoid to do your alignment at Glenmarie SC.