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by AlanW55
Fri Mar 30, 2018 9:52 pm
Forum: Main Kia Niro chat
Topic: Is Kia customer service always rubbish ?
Replies: 14
Views: 20635

Re: Is Kia customer service always rubbish ?

djbobbins wrote: Tue Mar 27, 2018 10:26 pm And since when do automatic cars have clutch fluid anyway?
Those like the Niro with dual-clutch transmissions.......and the other clutch between the engine and the motor.
by AlanW55
Tue Mar 27, 2018 5:17 pm
Forum: Faults & Technical Kia Niro
Topic: Coasting guide
Replies: 13
Views: 41771

Re: Coasting guide

How can the system know from a two-dimensional map that there is a long downhill coming up? Methinks it's a Korean joke.....seriously, has anyone tried using the speed limiter? This automatically coasts downhill as it prevents any propulsion once the set speed is reached. Pity it doesn't brake the c...
by AlanW55
Tue Mar 27, 2018 5:14 pm
Forum: Main Kia Niro chat
Topic: Brake release.
Replies: 20
Views: 22148

Re: Brake release.

JOL54 wrote: Mon Mar 26, 2018 8:34 pm ESC is on. everything else just as it was delivered. Just have to be alert and keep foo ton pedal until ready to move off.
What do you mean "keep your foot on the pedal until ready to move off"? - that's what you're supposed to do....
by AlanW55
Tue Mar 27, 2018 5:07 pm
Forum: Main Kia Niro chat
Topic: New Niro 3 Petrol consumption
Replies: 3
Views: 7743

Re: New Niro 3 Petrol consumption

Assuming you've done your sums correctly, it sounds low as I get around your figure in my HEV and I don't hang about! What is your trip computer telling you?
by AlanW55
Sun Mar 25, 2018 8:41 pm
Forum: Main Kia Niro chat
Topic: Brake release.
Replies: 20
Views: 22148

Re: Brake release.

The manual says hill-assist assist will work with ESC off, but not if there is a malfunction of the ESC. The manual isn't always accurate, is your ESC on? Have you switched any other safety aids off? If you have, this might be the problem. I have everything on, and my hill-assist works fine.
by AlanW55
Tue Mar 20, 2018 7:11 pm
Forum: Main Kia Niro chat
Topic: Brake release.
Replies: 20
Views: 22148

Re: Brake release.

djbobbins wrote: Sun Mar 11, 2018 8:51 am I've had it too, on more than one occasion, where I've taken my foot off the footbrake and the car has immediately rolled backwards - not one or two seconds later, but straight away.
Have you put the car in neutral when you are stopped? I believe this cancels the hill-assist.
by AlanW55
Sat Mar 17, 2018 1:38 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: New to kia
Replies: 12
Views: 14253

Re: New to kia

If by "getting the best out of it" you mean economy, then Suman's advice is spot on. If you mean performance, then always drive it in Sport mode. Either way, I'm sure you'll work it out!
by AlanW55
Wed Mar 14, 2018 11:58 am
Forum: Faults & Technical Kia Niro
Topic: Parking Brake Noise.
Replies: 4
Views: 14161

Re: Parking Brake Noise.

Pretty sure the Niro doesn't have a separate parking brake drum. One of the disadvantages of handbrake or parking brake disc brakes is that they "lose grip" as the disc cools and contracts away from the pads. The opposite is true of drum brakes, as the drum contracts onto the shoes.
by AlanW55
Mon Mar 12, 2018 3:04 pm
Forum: Faults & Technical Kia Niro
Topic: Parking Brake Noise.
Replies: 4
Views: 14161

Re: Parking Brake Noise.

This is nothing to worry about, the rear brake disc pads are temporarily stuck to the disc, and the crack noise you hear is it freeing up as you move off. It usually happens after the brakes have been wet, and the disc rusts a bit.
by AlanW55
Mon Mar 05, 2018 10:14 pm
Forum: Main Kia Niro chat
Topic: Brake release.
Replies: 20
Views: 22148

Re: Brake release.

I suspect it's not that the brakes are slow to release (can't imagine how this could happen), but that you are experiencing delay in take-up by the electric motor. Sometimes, not always, and I can't pin it down to any specific sequence of events, the car hesitates before it sets off!