Kia Sportage SL (2010-2015) Questions & Answers

Check out car sales.com for comparative prices. It's done less than 13k per year so it's probably been well looked after and obviously not done much time on the road in 8 years. Price seems fine but low km is not always good for diesel particulate filters. If you buy it, fill it up with premium diesel and take it for a good highway run to clean it out. It's a kia, so mostly reliable.
Does it have a tow bar? Has it towed caravans? That can cause extra wear and tear on the rear suspension.

Far too complicated for me to answer, sorry. I bought my car new. Good luck, someone else may be able to help you. Maybe write direct to Kia?

Talk to the Kia people online, an see what they say, I don,t fully trust the N.R.M.A, at times, not fully happy with there mechanics, If Kia makes it then they should know about it, only a thought!!

Too much city/suburb driving is NOT good for diesels. Its not what their meant for! Common problem with all c ity/surburb diesel cars. Should have got the petrol version.

did u change it properly, like the manual says?Or did you do it the way most people change a battery, like in the past ?It matters You have to follow the earthing instructions exactly and did you get a battery that Kia advises, not a shop, It matters The shops will tell you its the right battery when its not at all ..

Sorry, can't help
The only time I had a car with erratic problems was a Ford XR 6, it was caused by a faulty battery. The XR6 was only 12 months old. One feature of my KIA is the battery is sealed and has a 2 year warranty. Find a specialist battery retailer to check it.

It's not possible, you'll need to buy an AWD model

On ours,its so you can here the reverse sensors beeping

After 7 years of kia sportage diesel ownership, I have never felt it do a regeneration and never saw any lights on the dash light up. So i am assuming it is one of the best designed DPF around or because its a euro 5 engine and australia didnt require that rating until 2016 it was switched off.

I have a 2009 model. I find it to be very nippy. I don't believe they are going to get sluggish the younger they are. :)

Once a year

It doesn't necessarily matter if the battery is reported to be fine - it's less likely the battery ;however if the vehicle is more than 3 years old I would suggest that you buy and fit another battery first before you take the vehicle for repairs.if battery replacement doesn't work then try the starter motor and if the alternator is still alright as well then I would recommend to have the vehicle towed to a suburu service centre workshop or possibly a reasonable mechanical repairs and servicing workshop may be able to help or if the fault is within the electrics then perhaps a reasonable auto electrician workshop may be able to assist.
I also found ultratune auto service centres experts at diagnosis and repairs of faults.

thanks Brian - I will try your suggestions - much appreciated. :)

Hi Teressa
Sorry I don’t have an answer but I do have the same problem. Did you find a solution by any chance ?

Provided you keep up with services and change the fuel filters as required you should get another 150 to 200 thousand without any problems.

Wow you got 230k on it now and still going .

I have a 2011 2.0 ltr turbo diesel Kia sportage Platinum and done 270,000 and still going. Only time its had a spanner on it was to change batteries and brake disks had to be skimmed. Literally you cant kill these little diesel engines. They go and go and go. 90% highway travel several big bush trips, take it on the beach tow a 10 x 5 trailer to go wood chopping and get about 1.5 tonne of wood on the trailer tows it home like a champion. Great fuel economy from an annoyingly small fuel tank 50ltr. I still get 650 klm on long trips from 1 tank of fuel with the cruise control set at 115kph. Bang for buck best $44,000 i ever spent on a car. Also the standard factory tyres Hankook's I got 100,000 out of each set i have put on. Never had that from any other tyre i have bought. Owned falcons and commodores lucky to get 45,000 out of good quality tyres.

Never tried but it is an AWD so this should be possible but check with an 4WD club

If you have AWD then I think you could consider driving your car on hard compacted sand but be very wary of loose sand as you could bog it. If you don't have equipment to get out of trouble or are in a isolated location with few 4WD vehicles around I would not advise you to drive on sand.

You can but you will probably bog on soft sand. Only hard core 4x4's should go on beaches. Even they get stuck.
Personally I wouldn't do it.

I have only had the Sportage for less than a month so can't talk about this model. But I had a Sorento diesel (a slightly bigger engine) for five years with no issues despite driving in a variety of conditions - mostly City. I've been told you need to give diesel engines a good run every week to avoid problems but I'm no expert. Hopefully you will get a response that can answer your question. You might also contact the NRMA or another motoring body.

The vehicles that are imported into Aust are not required to have a DPF fitted

They run a different system called catalyzed diesel particulate filter. The system seems to be non intrusive while driving and never felt it kick in either. On the other hand my diesel engine let go at 90k reason unknown, ( kia didn't give an explanation but was replaced under warranty ) You will find with any modern common rail diesel engine running a DPF / EGR and blow by gases getting forced into your engine, the lifespan will only be around 50k- 200k depending how it is driven. Since replacing engine we have gone back to 10k oil changes but looking at oil after draining I will go down to 7.5k oil and filter changes I am just out of warranty so can't afford to replace engine if something goes wrong.

The problem extends to all four speakers with an intermittent subwoofer, but the radio is functional.. so I would be looking at the connection points behind your radio. If youre not good with electronics it might be worth taking it to an auto electrician because its the kind of simple problem that can be made much worse by stuffing it up.

Ive been waiting 7 weeks for mine.... so far...

Sorry Phil, I can't help you. Mine is the same as yours (platinum ?) and I've had no trouble with mine at all. One little niggle I have, at very low speed, starting off and stopping with my foot on the brake I get an annoying creak in the brakes, my guess is is that it's the brake pads. I'll go for after market one when new ones are required.

Hi Phil, no idea but that is what your service people are suppose to sort out, so if still under WARRANTY, tell them to keep the car and give you a loan car till fixed. That's what l would do.

Thanks folks. I'm in touch with Kia Australia management and a Kia dealer has my car and yes I do have a loaner. Just have to wait and see I suppose.

It sounds like a good price, they are a good car

I would not like to comment as I really don't know. All I can say is except for the one annoying problem we have (which seems to have been resolved since its service)the car we have is great. Ours was purchased new it's a 2015 Platinum Sportage

Thank you guys

I find it OK may be slightly rougher than a car but not noisier but handles very well. Cheers Gil

I haven't had any problems with audio but the Sat - Nav system was replaced twice in the first 12 Months. It is OK now touch wood. However $2000 sounds over the top I'd be looking at something after market has to be cheaper than that. Try the net.
Cheers
Gil

Never had any problems with ours everything was perfect with it

Thanks Gil & Sis & Blackdog,Have tried aftermarket scene, because they have to replace the amplifier the new one has to be rewired as the original harness will not marry up with kia loom. With over 3 hrs labour & new harness only it was over $ 1000.00. I then had to replace the head unit $430.00, facia plate, steering wheel controls harness $340.00,plus extra costs associated with rear view camera to marry up with new head unit, where does it stop .I will just have to keep singing to my wife when we go on a trip.