Hi, ive owned a kia cerato 2.0 full spec for almost 5 months now.
my problem is, previously the car was very reaponsive, throttle and torque feels great and it is very light. It glides through highway and the steering feels light and steasy
For the past 2 month, the accelaration feels slow and heavy, it revs a bit and even the steering feels heavier even in comfort mode. I really miss my kia cerato drive from the 1st time 1 bought it..anyone know what is the problem and how to solve it?
The service done according to time using fully synthetic oil.

New things learned on the lockup issue. Never did notice the rpm at 80kmh. Anyway reset the ECU i think might be possible as from the day i got my car with 23L/100km, drove down to 8.9L/100 after refill and from there increase to 9.1 -10L till now. I'll try to max out the start stop fuel efficient technic and see if i could hit 8L reading or not on my next tank.

Depending on your mileage, it could be your engine oil. In my case, I found that as I reached 7-8K KM (almost time for service), Helix "fully synthetic" engine oil (Helix Ultra) starts to feel somewhat sluggish. Engine response slows, fuel consumption goes up slightly.

Not sure why the steering feels heavy though..

Thanks man Hopefully it will be of interesting use for fellow owners.

Here's some tricks I found regarding the lock up:

1) The lock up engages based on engine load. If you are putting a lot of demand at that moment on the engine, the lock up will not likely occur.

2) Likewise, when you are undergoing very light engine load, the torque converter will more likely lock up

Hence, I try to keep my feet light on the throttle unless necessary and most of the time the torque converter locks up.

However, here's also another trick to lock it up. If you find that it's no locked up, just tap the accelerator lightly, give it a short amount of distance with light foot. It should lock up

Hi is there anyone having issue playing songs from your phone via bluetooth?
When first got my car, i tested it fine. After that my friend pair the console with his phone via bluetooth, it did not able to play any song even paired successfully. Tried remove the device from the bluetooth list, unpair from my phone, but i only to use the bluetooth calling function just not the song playing function.

Tried to look for factory reset on the console but there's no such function, is there anyone have any idea on how to solve this?

Did you by any chance, go into Keypad mode and pressed Mobile Media button?

Thanks bro!!!
It works! Now only i realized how noob am i.

Sorry buydirect, i not wanna bias this thread, but i cant just remain quiet.
U wont get this fc(6.x) for normal drive. i drive 50% hiway, 50% city. fc is 7.6-8.4, to me, driving in hiway for 90-110km/h is somewhat uncomfortable. I've seen many ceratos in hiway, i always had a sharp focus on them if i saw one. the cerato that i saw on PLUS hiway(from opposite head to head direction) is always on 3rd(fastest) lane. So dont expect to drive that slow, its not practical(maybe for me only). So many lorries/buses now staying on middle lane, i bet the most comfortable drive with cerato is on the fast lane, which might also b applicable to me only....

Cut short, typical u will get 7.x or 8.x fc.

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I would say everyone have diff driving habits. Like if i have to drive light on every stop which i have to take 10 sec to go up to 40km/h while blocking traffic and getting honks, i prefer to screw the FC and suit to my driving.

It's all about driving habit VS FC, if u consider FC major part then driving to achieve the FC, if speed and pickup is what u want, then FC should not be main concern. Btw, for me to achieve a 8L/100 i'll need to drive very light on stops and not bump into jams. As i just pump my 3rd tank and took it for drive on highway, got 7.8L and in a 10min plus jam. The reading went up from 7.8 to 8.4 after 10mins. Very sensitive FC i would say.

Basically i try to change my mental to accept a 9-10L

malaysia road is pretty bad. got minor rattle sound is acceptable.
have u drive swift before, like i driving a lorry 1 ton.

Cerato got issue with rattling noise meh?

minor la....10k mileage

Yup agreed, your reading is more of a typical FC in most units.

I drive 80% highway and 20% city, but luckily my highway is Elite, so theres no jam normally. i drive around 100kph middle lane and to conserve fc and to be on cruise control, it is very difficult to keep to 1 lane. I can get around 5.8L/100km on good days, but averaging is 6L. City drive is 9L averaging from others in the forum due to stop and go. the cars gear ratio feels sluggish due to car weight hence we tend to accelerate more increasing the fc haha.

I'm still weighing on the option of accelerating fast to reach the speed i want or accelerating slowly up to speed i want to save fuel.


Rattling noise in cerato there are many especially if your road is bad like mine. but always check for loose item especially the sunglass area first. others like the steering buttons of calling or the arrow up/down and enter, tweeter cover,center arm rest holder,seat belt area, HU plastic rubbing,door inside,behind meter, steering,door hinge, A-Pillar. u can hear alot or hear better early mornings when ur ears are clear. car is also quiet if not for the road surface or hard tires hence the sounds.

This post has been edited by yorkhan: Feb 12 2015, 11:11 AM

I have noticed that many Cerato owners are very concerned and disturbed with the FC displayed on the HU which actually is the current average FC at that moment of drive. The FC varies from time to time according to the road conditions and your habit of driving.

The FC is worst when the car is not moving with engine idling, aircon on especially during hot weather. You can see the FC figure jumps up scaringly fast. My baby ever went more than 15.0 ltr/100km. Why? because the fuel is being consumed without any mileage covered.

Well, with my K3 I have achieved less that 6.0 ltr/100km during driving on the inter-states 2-way roads at around 90 km/h without much stopping at traffic light junctions. Best testing is during driving on the highways with cruise control on. Setting the speed at 110km/hr can easily achieve less than 7.0 ltr/100km while speed set at 120km/h the FC goes beyond 7.0 ltr/100km. Obviously the higher speed set the higher FC would be. When you want to test out with your babies, alway reset the FC to "---" (meaning "0")before you proceed.

We are driving with mixed road conditions and habbits changing depending on the situation everyday. So it is more important and meaningful to find out the overall average FC. That can be done by, first, top up your fuel tank (capacity 50 ltrs) and reset either of the trip couter A & B to read "0". Then drive with your usual mode for a certain milage (say 50, 100, 200 or more km), then top up your fuel tank again and check out from the station meter's reading or the receipt on how many litres have been pumped in (or litres consumed). So divide the mileage covered by the litres pumped in or consumed and you will get your actual FC in km/ltr. To get the FC in ltr/100km, just divide the numberof litres consumed by the mileage covered and multiply with 100.

If your friends, driving different brands of cars, want to compare with your baby's FC. just follow the method mentioned, e.i. start and top up fuel from the same gas station, set each other's trip counter to read "zero", drive through the same route trailing each other and then stop and top up at the a same station..... No point boosting or assuming each other's FC being the best without actually proving it. One fact, a bigger cc car will not save more fuel than a smaller cc car unless it has special technology break through.

In this case I believe, oddly Cerato's (c-segment) FC can be as good as Vious's(b-segment) because Cerato has 6-speed transmission and low drag coefficient. Vious has only 4-speed.

This is just my personal view, correct me if I am wrong.

hi guys,WTA something. my bro in law's cerato k3 got one weird problem..when driving on straight road,let say in 100m got traffic light..
and just before the light,got one small pothole..while u press the brake pedal and the car goes into the hole there's some weird noise heard..
like something fall down and dragged along beneath the car..until the car stopped completely..

after that, like nothing happen..happened to me twice while i drive his car..anyone facing the similar prob?

is it like a klok klok sound?

ABS most probably. when u are braking on a pothole, the friction between tyre and road contact will become less due to different height of the surface area. easily happen when u are hitting the pothole at fast speed and applying high braking force.