Interesting Discoveries Thread (Good or Bad)

[K-Rock]

Auto locking is only half implemented. If I get out of the car and try to open the rear door to get something out the back seat and it is locked one more time I will scream.

First, there should be an option to NOT auto lock the doors while driving. We don't all live in crime-ridden or paranoid USA.

Second, if the doors lock automatically when you drive away or engage a gear, shouldn't they unlock automatically when you do the opposite? Am I missing a setting somewhere to do at least this part?

I thought all cars Auto locked at a certain speed, at least as far back as 1998 Dakota I owned, maybe much further. So not even a fancy option. I believe the reason is that locked doors hold together better in an accident.

 

[Marc Collins]

I thought all cars Auto locked at a certain speed, at least as far back as 1998 Dakota I owned, maybe much further. So not even a fancy option. I believe the reason is that locked doors hold together better in an accident.

This is the first car of my last 10 that I haven't been able to disable auto locking (either directly or through dealer programming). The ones before that were too old to have it even as an option It's a security issue, not safety.

Anyway, it is at least supposed to auto unlock as well, mine just wasn't doing it consistently It has been behaving recently.

 

[MikeyCanuck]

Anyway, it is at least supposed to auto unlock as well, mine just wasn't doing it consistently It has been behaving recently.

I thought I was going crazy but I believe about 1 in 5 times the driver side rear door does not unlock when I expect it to have... anyone else notice this?

 

[Dochidalgo]

Safety or security...???
When I get out of the car in order to open the passenger door, with the engine running, I can not open it pushing the handle black button or pushing the remote unlock button. Turning off the engine allows these buttons to operate. Or unlock the doors pushing the button at the drivers side door console.

 

[Robs]

When the engine is off after ISG kicks in, pulling on the paddle shifter gets the engine started again without taking your foot off the brake pedal. Found this quite convenient without having to always look for the ISG disable switch. Pulling on the gear shifter also gets the engine going.

 

[Bryan3.3]

Why does the car only allow you to be in launch control for a short period of time. It’s frustrating when trying to do a burnout it stops after a few seconds and won’t let me continue. Or I am doing something wrong?

 

[Ozstung]

Why does the car only allow you to be in launch control for a short period of time. It’s frustrating when trying to do a burnout it stops after a few seconds and won’t let me continue. Or I am doing something wrong?

I believe we are given only 4 seconds to perform launch control.

 

[Bryan3.3]

I believe we are given only 4 seconds to perform launch control.

That is just not enough time. How can you properly heat the tires in four seconds? Good to know though. Cheers!

 

[Marc Collins]

That is just not enough time. How can you properly heat the tires in four seconds? Good to know though. Cheers!

You thought you bought an actual drag racing car?

 

[DaJackson]

Maybe I’m missing something but how does launch control, where the car allows you to build RPM and boost without the car turning the wheels, allow you to do a burn out?

 

[Ozstung]

Maybe I’m missing something but how does launch control, where the car allows you to build RPM and boost without the car turning the wheels, allow you to do a burn out?

Doesn't disabling traction control first help that? Its step one of the launch control procedure I think. Personally I've never tried it.

 

[robz32]

Launch control does not mean, nor allow you to do a burn out. It just helps spool up the turbos and increase boost, from a stand still.

 

[Ucinn]

To do a burnout with one of these, I don't think you can have it in sport mode as it would put you into launch mode. I think if you put it in custom and customize it to all sport, that would work. Then after your burnout, switch it back to sport mode to use launch control.

 

[Kamauxx]

That is just not enough time. How can you properly heat the tires in four seconds? Good to know though. Cheers!

The purpose of launch control is to minimize wheel spin/maximize traction to help you get off the line faster.

If you want to do a burnout you're probably going to have to figure out a way to stop the car's nannies from pulling power whenever you pass a certain RPM. I have tried but not figured out how to do it in the Stinger yet. Tork MS made a video doing a huge burnout and if you look closely you can see they put something in front of the front tires to keep the car in place (essentially they did a rolling burnout from a stand still).

Kia may have engineered the possibility of burnouts out of the car.

 

[K-Rock]

WRT owning a modern turbo, do they recommend any cooling time before shutdown? I've heard previously that simply shutting off an engine where the turbo was just spinning at 100k+RPM is unkind. I realize it's a turbine and will spool down at it's own pace, but at all levels of aviation from turbo charged pistons to turbo fan engines, they all insist on cooling times, typically 3 to 4 minutes at idle.

I have had 2 turbo'd cars but they were a few years ago. I tried to drive slowly the last few miles. It would be for more for longevity than anything you'd notice in the first year or 2. I was the second owner on one and had a turbo blow with 3 weeks of warranty left - I have no idea how the first driver treated it. The receptionist diagnosed the problem over the phone, making me think it was very common for 2001 Saab's.

 

[Kamauxx]

To do a burnout with one of these, I don't think you can have it in sport mode as it would put you into launch mode. I think if you put it in custom and customize it to all sport, that would work. Then after your burnout, switch it back to sport mode to use launch control.

Having it in sport mode won't make it go directly to launch control if a burnout is attempted. There's a few more steps than that. I have, however tried to warm the tires in all 3 variations of sport mode and have been unsuccessful.

Maybe comfort mode with TC and SC off? I don't even know if those can be disabled while in comfort mode though.

 

[Bryan3.3]

Launch control does not mean, nor allow you to do a burn out. It just helps spool up the turbos and increase boost, from a stand still.

You can still power brake if you want to. Correct to use it properly you would leave the line before the tires begin to spin.

 

[Ucinn]

To do a burnout you have to have TC off and ISG disabled. if in sport mode, it meets the requirements for LC. That's why I suggested custom mode for burnout with custom's settings all set to sport.

 

[Kamauxx]

To do a burnout you have to have TC off and ISG (Idle Stop and Go) disabled. if in sport mode, it meets the requirements for LC. That's why I suggested custom mode for burnout with custom's settings all set to sport.

Incorrect. To activate launch control you have to disable traction and stability control. LC will not activate without BOTH being disabled.

 

[Ucinn]

and you can't do a burnout without disabling TC and SC..sorry, I just figured everybody disables both at the same time because either of them will nanny a burnout attempt.