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#51 of 1991 Keeping My Fingers Crossed... by schip1 Dec 03, 2002 (10:57 pm)
I'm not sure if I'm just lucky or totally oblivious to vibrations and strange sounds. Ours is an 4x2 EX with 1,800 miles on it and thus far, no problems at all.....no vibrations, no problems with brakes, no unusual noises. Having said this, I sure hope the tranny doesn't fall off when I back out of the garage tomorrow morning!   Talking about the big tires on the EX....just so as to familiarize myself in a non-emergency situation, I took out the spare tire this weekend. Lowering and raising it was easy enough. The hard part was dragging it out from under the car, after it had been lowered and was sitting flat on the floor!
#52 of 1991 Vibration by lok888 Dec 04, 2002 (7:25 am)
Too thing is to contact your dealer and/or contact the Consumer Affairs (link from the Kia site). Make some noise! I am sure they will listen and investigate the complaints and get it fix. I am sure they don't want any bad things happen on their new SUV.
#53 of 1991 big tires? by anonymous02 Dec 04, 2002 (12:31 pm)
What size are they?   They aren't 31X10.5 or similar, are they? I kind of doubt it (though if I bought one, that's what I'd likely put on there).
#54 of 1991 Anon by paisan Dec 04, 2002 (3:25 pm)
Why do you insist on asking questions that you know are TOTALLY irrelivent to these discussions? It's quite annoying to those of us trying to have a mature discussion.     -mike
#55 of 1991 -mike by anonymous02 Dec 04, 2002 (3:39 pm)
Please elaborate.   Thanks.
#56 of 1991 Kia Sorento Problems by tidester HOST Dec 04, 2002 (8:41 pm)
THAT is the topic - any further digression will activate my delete button!   tidester, host
#57 of 1991 Tire pressure by lok888 Dec 06, 2002 (8:45 pm)
FYI - Kia recommends 30 psi (cold) for the tires on Sorento. Found it on the side of the driver's door. 30 psi? Is it the same for most compact cars? Is the vibration cause by over inflated tires?
#58 of 1991 Vibrations by paisan Dec 09, 2002 (4:19 am)
Most likely the vibrations are from over inflated tires. When companies ship vehicles they over-inflate the tires so that if they sit on a dealer lot for several months + shipping time, the tires don't get out of round. 90% of dealers will forget to check the tire-pressures before delivery and you'll get em with 40psi + in them.   30psi is about right. I think my trooper takes 32 front and 37 rear as standard tire pressures. The infamous Exploders had 26psi reccommended for them.   -mike
#59 of 1991 Recent Test drive by nautiker Dec 13, 2002 (12:30 pm)
Went for a 30min testdrive in a 03 Sorento this morning --EX w/ 4wd--non-lux pkg-was raining/abt 37deg f. Overall impressions: Styling is great/materials and workmanship is great( as far as I could see)--value for $ seems excellent. I wasn't too pleased w/ the powertrain and engine, though. The engine seems noisy and unrefined past 3k rpm and much of the power seems to be lost in the transmission. I'm used to driving sewing machine-like honda 4cyl's--this may be why. Overall suspension set-up seemed very comfortable but this veh dives hard under hard-braking (non-abs model tested). Overall, seems like a good value compared to other suv's on the market. Still not confident about the engine noise/whine 3k rpm, though. Will have to test drive a Hyundai Sante Fe 6cyl and see if it just the design.
#60 of 1991 nautiker by lok888 Dec 13, 2002 (1:04 pm)
Problem? It has been a while to see a new post on Sorento Problem. I thought something big (like wipers not working, broken power door switch, etc) was happened. I am not sure about the engine noise and lost power. That's properly they use a 192hp V6 engine to pull this 4000 lbs. vehicle. The same engine on a mid-size sedan should be no problem. Anyway, I didn't notice any engine noise at about 3000 rpm (about 50 to 60 mph).

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