7Andrei7
Stinger Enthusiast
Hi there!
I wanted to share my personal case with you guys and get your opinion on my experience. My problems began with what KIA says is a software problem related to the GPF (gasoline particulate filter) regeneration. In very short, the car starts to heat up the GPF in order for it to regenerate but it never reaches the "optimal" temperature. There is no error but the car uses way more fuel and driving at constant speed (during this process) is very frustrating as the car doesn't seem to be able to keep constant revs. It kind of stutters along, regardless of speed and rpm.
This happens randomly, more often if the car is used in stop and go traffic.
For this one problem, KIA said there will be a software update but it's unclear when it will come. Any day now..
There is however a second problem. When I turn on the car in the morning, it's all normal until I put it into D or R. Then, it simply drops revs to about 500rpm and the engine almost shuts down. The rpm is also very unstable, but only in D or R. In N, everything is perfectly fine. After the engine heats up, all symptoms are gone.
For this, the've changed the spark plugs, cleaned the throttle valve, replaced the high pressure pump and now all 4 injectors. It's still exactly the same.
They instructed me now to wait for the new software which will come on a new ECU apparently. This should fix the first problem. But can it really fix the second one? How could a software fix a problem that was not there a few months ago?
Really curious about what you think..
I wanted to share my personal case with you guys and get your opinion on my experience. My problems began with what KIA says is a software problem related to the GPF (gasoline particulate filter) regeneration. In very short, the car starts to heat up the GPF in order for it to regenerate but it never reaches the "optimal" temperature. There is no error but the car uses way more fuel and driving at constant speed (during this process) is very frustrating as the car doesn't seem to be able to keep constant revs. It kind of stutters along, regardless of speed and rpm.
This happens randomly, more often if the car is used in stop and go traffic.
For this one problem, KIA said there will be a software update but it's unclear when it will come. Any day now..
There is however a second problem. When I turn on the car in the morning, it's all normal until I put it into D or R. Then, it simply drops revs to about 500rpm and the engine almost shuts down. The rpm is also very unstable, but only in D or R. In N, everything is perfectly fine. After the engine heats up, all symptoms are gone.
For this, the've changed the spark plugs, cleaned the throttle valve, replaced the high pressure pump and now all 4 injectors. It's still exactly the same.
They instructed me now to wait for the new software which will come on a new ECU apparently. This should fix the first problem. But can it really fix the second one? How could a software fix a problem that was not there a few months ago?
Really curious about what you think..
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