2011 KIA Sportage (GEN 3)

[marcs]

marcs, nasa baguio ka na? nice!

Yup. Hope the weather improves. Although cozy din naman to just enjoy some coffee beside a fireplace habang covered with fog all around yung hotel

[wahzai_swy]

Rainny days, moist nanaman sa loob ng HL assembly pati ang fog light may moist din, ganyan ba talaga ka common ang moist sa kia/hyundai?

[onin_168]

Hi fellow Sportage owners. Just registered today but quite a while now since I am reading this thread. I got my white sportage last june from Greenhills , one of the 1st batch I think. I was waiting for this car since last year kaya atat and a 1st time korean car owner. Anyway so far so good , happy with the suspension and handling but recently I hear rattling sounds from the plastics of the door panels which is awkward for a new car. Do you guys experience this rattling plastic sound?? I am not sure if it comes from the panel near the seatbelt or in the plastic of the door panel.

*starex gold

I went to kia pasay "columbian motors" to reprogram my alarm. We have the same problem before our auto lock and auto unlock feature was disabled. It just takes 15 to 20 mins for them to program it via computer. All the specs will come out and they will let you choose what feature you want, either auto lock via speed or shift knob, then auto unlock when key is removed. I was very satisfied with their customer service no questions asked or whatsoever.

I am a little bit confused since we have the theta II engine which is the same with the tucson , Kia recommends to use their mineral oil only which is made ,formulated and packed by petron. They do not recommend to use semi synthetic or fully syntheitic oil which HARI requires for their dealers. PMS is at every 7,500kms and no need for a 1,000kms pms.

[miLes]

Hi fellow Sportage owners. Just registered today but quite a while now since I am reading this thread. I got my white sportage last june from Greenhills , one of the 1st batch I think. I was waiting for this car since last year kaya atat and a 1st time korean car owner. Anyway so far so good , happy with the suspension and handling but recently I hear rattling sounds from the plastics of the door panels which is awkward for a new car. Do you guys experience this rattling plastic sound?? I am not sure if it comes from the panel near the seatbelt or in the plastic of the door panel.

nung una may naririnig din ako, very faint. but now it seems to have gone away. hinahanap ko rin siya at first, i think its in the seatbelt assembly. anybody else hearing this?

[onin_168]

nung una may naririnig din ako, very faint. but now it seems to have gone away. hinahanap ko rin siya at first, i think its in the seatbelt assembly. anybody else hearing this?

Actually minsan meron , minsan wala depende ata sa weather kung mainit or malamig hehe. Another thing that I noticed is that when there is nobody seated in the front passenger side the seat slightly vibrates. Do you guys notice this?

[amneshoxx]

we decided to get the sportage because of this thread.. =) special thnx to sir sg! hehe.. sulit na sulit sportage.. in my own opinion, there are things that are quite unusual for all cars.. but in this particular vehicle we were very satisfied. only one problem occured.. headlight moisture. we brought it back to the dealer and they immediately replaced it. customer satisfaction indeed! =)

nagtataka lang ako bakit 7,500 kms pa pms.. hmmm.. all our cars had their first pms at 1k. FC is reasonable.. not that great pero it's still reasonable.. hehehe.. original week old wipers left marks kaya i had it replaced. bosch aero smthng.. looks good on the sportage..

[onin_168]

According to kia schedule of PMS is 7,500kms or 3 months which ever comes first then every 7,500kms regardless of the month. They do not void the warranty stuff like hyundai does if you dont bring your car for service every 3 months regardless of the mileage which i think is a rip off specially if you seldom use the car. I confirmed this with the service manager of columbian motors which is kia pasay.

Pit stop currently has a white sportage LX diesel for sale, how much kaya ito? They did not indicate the price.

R 2.0 DIESEL ENGINE (EURO V)
6 SPEED TRANSMISSION
215/70 R16 & ALLOY WHEEL
PROJECTION HEAD LAMP & GUIDE LIGHT
BODY COLOR OUTSIDE MIRROR (ELECTRIC)
FOG LAMP
REAR WHIPPER & WASHER NOZZEL
TINTED GLASS
MUD GUARD
EXTENSIVE SUNVISOR (MIRROR, LAMP)
SUNGLASS CASE & CIGAR LIGTHER
CHROME INSIDE DOOR HANDLE
ORGAN EXCEL PEDAL
FABRIC SEAT
HEIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM OF DRIVING SEAT
AM/FM/CD/AUDIO (MP3 PLAYER)
AUX & USB (IPOD)
6 SPEAKER
SAFETY FEATURES:
VSM
HAC
DBC
DUAL AIRBAG IN FRONT WITH SPEED SENSOR
MANUAL AIRCON
..... A LOT MORE TO SEE

[Starex_Gold]

So the Kia Pasay is company owned talaga by Columbian?

Ang hirap kasi sir yung ibang dealers walang hiya

Weird naman, dun sa Kia Acropolis, Petron Semi-Synthetic oil yung gamit nila, or Petron Fully-Synthetic oil. Pinakita nila sa'kin yung PMS menu ng Sportage Theta II. 2 option ang meron, either semi or fully.

I'll try to visit Kia Pasay for the auto door lock / unlock feature. Saan pala yun?

[wahzai_swy]

Sa may Aurora Blvd ang Kia Pasay, malapit sa Andrews Ave. yon pa NAIA3. kung galing ka EDSA Taft, mag right sa may winston lodge, aurora blvd na yan, direcho lang, sa left side sure makikita yon.

[onin_168]

So the Kia Pasay is company owned talaga by Columbian?

Ang hirap kasi sir yung ibang dealers walang hiya

Weird naman, dun sa Kia Acropolis, Petron Semi-Synthetic oil yung gamit nila, or Petron Fully-Synthetic oil. Pinakita nila sa'kin yung PMS menu ng Sportage Theta II. 2 option ang meron, either semi or fully.

I'll try to visit Kia Pasay for the auto door lock / unlock feature. Saan pala yun?

Yes sir fully owned by columbian motors. It is also beside their training center and parts center of Kia. They do not have the option for semi or fully syntheitc oil pms, They use kia motor oil with different viscosity of the petron oil but is packed by petron. Pinakita rin nila sa akin yung oil kaya nabasa ko na packed by petron. 15w 40 or 15w 50 was the viscosity.

Yes true a lot of dealers or service center walang hiya kahit anong brand pa. Is there an OEM LED tail lights available for the sportage?

[Starex_Gold]

Wala OEM LED tail lights for the Sportage. Nagulat ako pati pala KDM at EUDM same ng sa atin. LED-look lang. Haha.

Pero marami nabibili after market LED module na bagay talaga, matibay din at malakas. Pero sobrang hirap ng installation.

[miLes]

Rainny days, moist nanaman sa loob ng HL assembly pati ang fog light may moist din, ganyan ba talaga ka common ang moist sa kia/hyundai?

meron din yung akin..i think ok lang, all our cars have moisture in the HL assembly since malamig sa antipolo. pagsummer wala naman yan

[bratski]

Got the chance to seat at the backseat of the sportage at the showroom, mas malaki nga headroom niya compared sa tucson, sa tucson kasi hindi ko madiretso ulo ko sa backseat. Sa sportage hindi na kailangan nakayuko pero sakto lang headroom

[amneshoxx]

6k, low beam and fog lights.. for the installation.. sorry, can't tell.. it depends on your SA i think.. hehe.. =)

HIDs on motorcycles are really irritating.. since their headlghts are high, parang highbeam palagi maski low lang.

[Starex_Gold]

sir SG we got ours from kia pasong tamo.. we had hids installed yesteday.. weird yung sa fog lamps. the power from the original wiring could not suppy enough current to the ballast. kelangan pa extra supply directly from the battery, lagay pa tuloy ng fuse and relay.. anyone had the same problem? we had ours intstalled sa dealer para hindi ma void warranty pero kami nag supply ng hid kit. madugo kasi price sa casa. dun sa projector plug and play lang. =)

Basically because the stock fog lamp bulb is only 27W. Yung friend ko double-relay ang ginawa para hindi mag-erratic behavior. Yung suking shop ko, si Maspro, di ko alam kung paano secret daw yun ni Master Benjie hahaha.

Ang problema lang baka ang hindi kayanin eh yung init ng HID. Sa Santa Fe may case na nag-memelt ang reflector sa fogs. Sa Tucson namumuti, sa Grand Starex nasusunog. Medyo nakaka-takot diba. Isa lang gumagawa ng light housing ng Hyundai / Kia.

6k, low beam and fog lights.. for the installation.. sorry, can't tell.. it depends on your SA i think.. hehe.. =)

Sa Maspro nalang ako papakabit ng HID. 3,500 lang bigay niya sa Xenon Headlamp 35W 4300K / 6000K.

Pero naisip ko kung 50W HID kaya, sana naman hindi masunog yung housing or lumabo yung housing.. :question:

[ghieluna]

sa mga new sportage owners, ano ang average fuel consumption nyo? thanks....

[amneshoxx]

sir sg 6k for both sets na.. bali 3 each, 35w..8000k
50w? hmmm.. hehe.. baka may mangyari na po sa casing.. hehe..

meron na sportage na turbo, same engine.. pogi ng exhaust. twin pipe. =) hehe.. pero i think it's not available here..

[Tj_abs]

sa mga new sportage owners, ano ang average fuel consumption nyo? thanks....

Now to the nitty gritty. Under the hood is the new 2 liter powerplant from Kia with continuously variable valve timing for both the intake and exhaust cams. The engine is capable of 166 metric horsepower and 197 Newton meters, and while that sounds good on paper, however, it does not really translate as much to the road as I would have wanted. For some reason, the Sportage doesn't perform as well as I hoped, finishing a 0-100 km/h sprint in 11.7 seconds, and has a relatively difficult time (as noted by the high revs) getting up inclines.

I found this strange, particularly because I drove the Hyundai Tucson D-CVVT before; a car that I was truly impressed with and a car with which the Sportage shares a lot with... including the platform and the engine. A quick glance at the vehicle's curb weight quickly answered my questions, as the Sportage D-CVVT AWD weighs in at over 1636 kilograms; a figure that is nearly 150 kilos more than the similarly specced Tucson.

The 6-speed automatic transmission and its shorter ratios helped in coping with the weight, but having a small 2 liter engine lug along the extra weight of an all-wheel drive transmission seems to have cancelled it out. As a result, the engine returns fuel economy figures of just an average 7.9 km/l in the city and 9.6 km/l on the highway (both in light to moderate traffic).

source: autoindustriya.com (2011 kia sportage awd test drive review) peace

[riggobertito]

I'm considering the KIA Sportage 4x2 Gasoline Engine. Ano po ang fuel consumption sa city driving at highway based sa experience ng mga mayroon na?

If I'll purchase one, most likely ang route is slex to makati CBD back and forth.

Salamat po ng marami.

[marcs]

I'm getting 6-7km/L on heavy traffic. Ortigas-Makati. Highway around 12km/L.

Overall happy with it as it really feels nimble and car-like though with the driving height of a crossover/SUV. Quite spacious inside as well, though visibility could be better. Style of course is what closed the deal

Also quite happy with the engine, especially on out of town drives. Smooth and fast acceleration, no problems with overtaking on flats, though things can get sketchy pag paahon na.