Problems/Enquiries/Concerns encounter for FORTE

luvxiaobeng wrote:Hi... Wanna check with you guys Driving EX(A) everytime I step on the break pedal it gifs a cracking sound is it normal?

Should not have this sound. Have you reach you 1K? Voice out this problem when you go for maintanance.

tish wrote:is it the Abs kicks in? Did u jam brake? Was the sound continous or clicking?

It not continous it juz like cracking urm... 3 - 4 times wheneva I step on brake when i release no more liao... Will check C&C when 1 K Service...

Must be something wrong with your disc-brake or brake pad is loose. Better go check for safety wise.

greatgazoo wrote:Must be something wrong with your disc-brake or brake pad is loose. Better go check for safety wise.

Thanks... Will do so... should be due for 1k by monday...

greatgazoo wrote:Must be something wrong with your disc-brake or brake pad is loose. Better go check for safety wise.

Thats what i tot too. When brake in, means along the brake calipers/calipers piston/bake pads/brake disc area......

luvxiaobeng wrote:Hi... Wanna check with you guys Driving EX(A) everytime I step on the break pedal it gifs a cracking sound is it normal?

I oso encounter this even driving the SX(A) wor.. I jammed brake on the highway abt 3 times coz of some "fantastic" drivers... got one serious accident on the m'sian highway while I was on my way to Port Dickson on Friday nite.. i jammed brake there coz nite time beary difficult to see watz up ahead on the highway.. thank God that din crash oso.. But i heard the cracking sound on Day 2 night.. after dat, no more sound.. dun noe watz the exact prob.. tmr got to highlight dat to the servicing staff liao.. aiyo...

Oh yah.. not sure who encountered this where i notice that after i jammed brake, the car doesn't seem to really pick up speed (even on flat ground). I tried to step more on the accelerator oso no use. The car refused to go beyond 100km/hr.. it took quite long to pick up and run again.. will only be faster when u move down the slope.. made me so jittery when there were cars tailgating on the highway.. aiyo...

Hi guys out there, is this a norm that all brands of automatic cars has this problem of picking up speed on slope?

I do know that manual don't have this problem becos they can drag their rpm to the max before gear change. However, auto does'nt work this way, change of gear is pre-set at a definate rpm, and the moment gear is change, rpm will drop causing the car to slowly pick up the speed for that gear. Is there a way to solve this?

Overdrive, or some cars they have like D1, D2 etc etc for slope.

With the sportronic, u can juz switch it on, U will drop a gear automatically and then u can rev it up then shift up gear when u feel enough.

Fortec wrote:Overdrive, or some cars they have like D1, D2 etc etc for slope.

With the sportronic, u can juz switch it on, U will drop a gear automatically and then u can rev it up then shift up gear when u feel enough.

ehhh.. how to use it ah? does it mean tt the moment i push my gear to the extreme left up, the sportronic will be "activated"? me quite sotong on tis leh.. tmr me go try it out on a steep slope and see how..

I also don't know leh....u come over, let me try first then tell u?

remember ur automatic only got 4 gear.......don't redline it hor!

aiyo.. looks like very dangerous leh... actually wat will happen if it goes to the redline ah? the whole car konk out?

dandeana21 wrote:aiyo.. looks like very dangerous leh... actually wat will happen if it goes to the redline ah? the whole car konk out?

Red = danger

Mean ur engine is running at a rpm higher than what it is design for. Overloading it too much...increases the chances of it not running according to specification like (1000000001 senarios)

U still running in car so fast wanna go redliner liao ar???

This is how it works. Steptronic can be use even when your car is moving. Your manual speed will depend on the current auto speed you are at now when you switch over. When brakes is applied, gear is automatically shift down or you can shift down "-" manually yourself.

Fortec wrote:

dandeana21 wrote:aiyo.. looks like very dangerous leh... actually wat will happen if it goes to the redline ah? the whole car konk out?

Red = danger

Mean ur engine is running at a rpm higher than what it is design for. Overloading it too much...increases the chances of it not running according to specification like (1000000001 senarios)

U still running in car so fast wanna go redliner liao ar???

eeehhh... no lah... dun wan to end up having a flying forte.. haha.. hmm... maybe first of its kind??

Hey guys.... need help here.... yesterday when hubby was drivin the car... he did a sudden brake.... after which my fuel consumption change from 9.1 L /100 to 28L / 100 not sure wat happen.... but seem like goin down now is about 18....Anyone can advise???

steptronic much? any change in driving pattern? overdive on?

Your hubby frighten the fuel guage that's why now heywire. Joking Our car is link electronically to a system that produce this readings and they are very sensitive. Everything should go back to normal when the system do a recalculation. Should you still encountered this problem, do highlighted when doing your servicing.

luvxiaobeng wrote:Hey guys.... need help here.... yesterday when hubby was drivin the car... he did a sudden brake.... after which my fuel consumption change from 9.1 L /100 to 28L / 100 not sure wat happen.... but seem like goin down now is about 18....Anyone can advise???

Maybe the capacitor in the fuel tank was disrubted when he brake n the petrol level went dancing up n down See if this keep happening loh, can tell the workshop next time round.

It may also show the capacitor is SUPER SENSITIVE wor!!

It shows sign of manufacturer defect ==

However, it might be an isolated case....

dandeana21 wrote:

Fortec wrote:Overdrive, or some cars they have like D1, D2 etc etc for slope.

With the sportronic, u can juz switch it on, U will drop a gear automatically and then u can rev it up then shift up gear when u feel enough.

ehhh.. how to use it ah? does it mean tt the moment i push my gear to the extreme left up, the sportronic will be "activated"? me quite sotong on tis leh.. tmr me go try it out on a steep slope and see how..

ya.. if i am not wrong.. u just shift the gear to the sportronic mode then can liao.. did the steps during the test drive.. seems impressive but i am not the one driving..

Normally wont recommend ppl to use from auto to sportronic mode often.. This way ur gearbox will uplorry fast.. if to replace gearbox, can might as well replace a car liao.. haha

wah.. how come can get so bad leh? i suppose once a mth kind of usage shld be ok rite? And i tot if they include such features, the car shld be able to better handle such gear changes wor..

impact2001 wrote:Normally wont recommend ppl to use from auto to sportronic mode often.. This way ur gearbox will uplorry fast.. if to replace gearbox, can might as well replace a car liao.. haha

Imho, if the gear lever is connected to the gearbox mechanically then got chance gearbox uplorry fast. But the faster way to uplorry gearbox is to shift to neutral whenever you stop for a short while eg, redlight..

weeza77 wrote:

impact2001 wrote:Normally wont recommend ppl to use from auto to sportronic mode often.. This way ur gearbox will uplorry fast.. if to replace gearbox, can might as well replace a car liao.. haha

Imho, if the gear lever is connected to the gearbox mechanically then got chance gearbox uplorry fast. But the faster way to uplorry gearbox is to shift to neutral whenever you stop for a short while eg, redlight..

YIKES!!! i have the tendency to do that.. oh no!! oh no!!! izzit really not advisable to do dat? jia lat.. sounds like time bomb to my car leh.. aiyo.. aiyo..

Its advisable not to use steptronic so frequent and keep in drive mode at al time unless parking or reversing. Thats what i heard alot too!

Can I have a good reason why can't we shift the gear to neutral during frequent stop. What's the impact in detail please?

I only got a rough detail so i leave the good reason to someone else to explain.

the oni reason i can tink of izzit becoz ppl hv the tendency to shift the gear up to reverse mode and end up banging the car at the back? I think it has got to do wif getting used to the gear shifts bah.. And dat happened to many drivers many years back when auto-cars were first brought into SG. But I suppose drivers now shld be quite used to the gear shifts liao bah... besides i remember my driving instructor told me to shift the gear to neutral as much as possible @ traffic light stops wor... so i guess tt the gearbox won't get damaged so easily when we shift our gears to neutral that often?

juz some tots... Oh yah.. never shift it to "P" mode.. otherwise the chance of ramming behind is higher..

greatgazoo wrote:Can I have a good reason why can't we shift the gear to neutral during frequent stop. What's the impact in detail please?

a fren of my told me not to shift e gear to neutral if e car is not fully stop. according to him its juz not good for e gear box. dat goes e same when u doing reversing to park ur car. u definitely in out in out b4 u finally park ur car. make sure ur car fully stop b4 u engage from D to R.

So it still means that it's still safe to shift to neutral when come to a complete stop rite.

greatgazoo wrote:So it still means that it's still safe to shift to neutral when come to a complete stop rite.

Yup...in fact the lifespan of the automatic gear box should out last ur coe under normal driving patterns hehe.

impact2001 wrote:Normally wont recommend ppl to use from auto to sportronic mode often.. This way ur gearbox will uplorry fast.. if to replace gearbox, can might as well replace a car liao.. haha

use the sportronic when u are going up slope roads where u will see an increase in speed suddenly when driving auto..

Putting to neutral actually wouldn't harm your auto tranny but must be at complete stop....but in our local driving condition, not really necessary, just step on brake....Same for engaging to reverse, ensure complete stop before going to R.

Fellow members that have collected your vehicles, do you feel that the gearbox area (near to your left shin) will get a little warm after awhile of driving? Is this normal?

Nope, din feel it or maybe I din actually go and notice it.

me too no such feeling ... is there something wrong wif your gear box???

dunno sis, sometimes when my shin (legs fully extended) rest against the side of the gearbox, it feels quite warm. Anyway, i've notice this for awhile le. Was reminded by another user's post in sgkiaforum. So tot of asking here and see if anyone is experiencing the same thing. Bros and sis here please see if there is such an occurence with your ride. Thanks!

no such problem for me cboonh

hey guys,

putting to neutral at traffic lights often will wear ur gearbox out faster.

this is taken from kia website. they also mentioned that auto cars are made to stop in "D" mode for the duration of the traffic light

thanks for the info pbeyondp,

i heard more fuel used in netural compared to D mode when car stop coz rpm lower in d mode when car stop

tish wrote:thanks for the info pbeyondp,

i heard more fuel used in netural compared to D mode when car stop coz rpm lower in d mode when car stop

Oops! you are here ha..tot you MIA.

im in another place for next 6 days, now only managed to get laptop kekekk

Just wonder any member who had the EX model, where can we find the water temperature and lube oil level indicator?

tish wrote:im in another place for next 6 days, now only managed to get laptop kekekk

will you be coming for the meet-up?

nocash wrote:

tish wrote:im in another place for next 6 days, now only managed to get laptop kekekk

will you be coming for the meet-up?

He can't cum......

as he professed in the ladies thread.....

kapitan wrote:

nocash wrote:

tish wrote:im in another place for next 6 days, now only managed to get laptop kekekk

will you be coming for the meet-up?

He can't cum......

as he professed in the ladies thread.....

Thanks!

kapitan wrote:

nocash wrote:

tish wrote:im in another place for next 6 days, now only managed to get laptop kekekk

will you be coming for the meet-up?

He can't cum......

as he professed in the ladies thread.....

omg... that's serious...! :O

LOL!!! btw, i din noe tt our back windows will not go fully go down.. It will stop after 2/3 of it is down.. it's normal (in case ppl ask abt it.. coz me a bit suah ku.. din realised tt the door design plays a part..)

2/3 that's good. At least from my point of view.