Stinger GT Maintenance Schedule

[TeeCee]

^^^yes, that follows this picture of the service schedule in canookland. this is more graphic than that service schedule in the usa manual. clearly, prices have gone up, at least in the us of a.
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Thank you very helpful!

 

[TeeCee]

Everything said there applies to that 1 specific dealer.

Not all Canadian Kia dealers.
Service 1 or 2 or whatever dealer specific nomenclature they decided on , is strictly dealer specific.


You are definately NOT required to only use Kia branded oil filters in order to maintain your OEM warranty, confirmed with Kia Canada .

Thank you very helpful!

 

[Stingyou]

Hope you guys can help. I am only putting on about 7500km per year on the 2022 stinger but I have stuck with getting the oil changes every 6 months. So far I have done 3 oil changes and will probably never hit the mileage amounts so instead following manual based on time.
Is there anything major I should be concerned with if I just go by time since mileage will never be achieved.
I ask because dealer said for my 2 year checkup it will be around $900 and I can't find anything in manual that says it should cost this much. They mentioned transmission fluid, but that is at 48 months / 96000km.
I thought this dealership was pretty honest until they mentioned this when I had my 3rd oil change.

Any advice would be welcomed. The dealership is Longman's Kia in Markham, ON.

Dealer tried to tell me I should get new spark plugs at about 20k. I said that's insane and then they said the tech made a mistake. I've recently found that the spark plugs in this car are pretty shit. I don't think the tech was wrong, but don't think I should have to pay the $600 they want to change them...
Guess I'll do it myself..

 

[Snicklefritz]

^^spark plugs are recommended changed at 42,000 miles I was told

 

[D.J.]

^^spark plugs are recommended changed at 42,000 miles I was told

It's 42,000 miles for normal duty

Severe duty, which is basically all possible driving scenarios - is more frequently.

 

[Snicklefritz]

driving is 'severe' according to that. change plugs 'more frequently' is rather subjective don't you think? if the engine starts to miss, look your plugs and coils over and replace if necessary. some people change theirs for the first time well past 42,000 miles. I think our forum member who has gone over 200k miles is still on his original plugs. nor recommended for sure but proves the point that plugs can and will go a lot longer than 42,000.

 

[D.J.]

driving is 'severe' according to that. change plugs 'more frequently' is rather subjective don't you think? if the engine starts to miss, look your plugs and coils over and replace if necessary. some people change theirs for the first time well past 42,000 miles. I think our forum member who has gone over 200k miles is still on his original plugs. nor recommended for sure but proves the point that plugs can and will go a lot longer than 42,000.

I haven't changed mine yet, still on my originals.... I'm not concerned about it at all. Only 130K KMs for me.

 

[G-539011]

Hey DJ,
How much weight do you tow with your stinger? and where did you get the hitch installed? I have a 20' pontoon boat that goes around 2,500 pounds on the trailer.. would love to hook it to the stinger but a little nervous about the idea.

 

[D.J.]

Hey DJ,
How much weight do you tow with your stinger? and where did you get the hitch installed? I have a 20' pontoon boat that goes around 2,500 pounds on the trailer.. would love to hook it to the stinger but a little nervous about the idea.

Between 800 to 1000 lbs (weight of trailer plus 2 dirt bikes)

Usually 1 dirt bike, but sometimes 2.

Installed myself.


I can say, when towing 1,000 lb with my stinger, I can hardly even feel it.

I can't comment on what 2,500 lb would be like. I do personally believe that the brakes are adequate. But I am not qualified in any way to make that assessment other than personal experience.

If I were you, I too would be a little nervous, with emphasis on the word little.

I would be tempted to try it, slow and short distances first of course.

Making sure to have positive tongue weight, approximately 8% to 10% or so

I used to tow this same trailer plus 2 dirt bikes years ago with a much smaller Mazda 3. The Stinger tows effortlessly with only two dirt bikes.


Some pics for your viewing pleasure

 

[Stingyou]

Dealer tried to tell me I should get new spark plugs at about 20k. I said that's insane and then they said the tech made a mistake. I've recently found that the spark plugs in this car are pretty shit. I don't think the tech was wrong, but don't think I should have to pay the $600 they want to change them...
Guess I'll do it myself..

Wow. They said the same thing to me. New plugs at 20k. Guess they knew about an issue they didn't want to tell us about. Just like the $300 brake service, which only helps a bit for a very temporary time..

 

[Thomby]

Just like the $300 brake service, which only helps a bit for a very temporary time.

Is this for the vibration/shudder under braking? If so there are a bunch of threads on it, but the consensus is it's the soft America-specific brake pad compound leaving deposits on the rotors. So swapping them will temporarily fix it, but if it's mild you can accomplish the same thing with a handful of hard braking applications (to heat the rotors and clean up their surfaces), with the permanent fix being to swap to aftermarket pads (and use the bedding process to clean up any remaining deposits from the OEM pads).

 

[Stingyou]

Is this for the vibration/shudder under braking? If so there are a bunch of threads on it, but the consensus is it's the soft America-specific brake pad compound leaving deposits on the rotors. So swapping them will temporarily fix it, but if it's mild you can accomplish the same thing with a handful of hard braking applications (to heat the rotors and clean up their surfaces), with the permanent fix being to swap to aftermarket pads (and use the bedding process to clean up any remaining deposits from the OEM pads).

I got tired of that process. Got new pads and rotors for about 400 Cdn installed myself. Couldn't believe how easy the pads are with the Brembo setup.