Summer in Beavercreek means more traffic on Pentagon Boulevard and North Fairfield Road, more stop and go commuting, and pavement temperatures that can climb well past what your brakes deal with in cooler months. What a lot of drivers don’t realize is that a brake inspection that’s often free or low cost can extend the…
I-675 wraps nearly 27 miles around the eastern side of Dayton, connecting Beavercreek to Centerville, Kettering, and Fairborn at sustained highway speeds that most local roads never approach. A tire rotation every 7,500 miles costs a small fraction of what a full set of prematurely worn tires runs to replace, and for a heavier three-row…
Family vehicles used to mean one conversation at the service counter: oil changes, tire rotations, and the occasional brake job. A battery health check costs a fraction of what a prematurely degraded high-voltage pack costs to replace, and that gap matters more than ever now that two of Kia’s most popular family vehicles run on…
Beavercreek’s Public Service Division begins treating roads with salt brine solution up to 72 hours before a winter storm arrives. Greene County operates its own fleet of treatment trucks running a salt and liquid deicer combination across county roads throughout the season. By the time a Beavercreek Kia owner has made a few weeks of…
The Kia Sportage has come a long way in engine technology, and the Smartstream GDI powerplant in current models is among the more sophisticated compact SUV engines on the market. But sophistication comes with a maintenance requirement that the previous generation of port-injected engines never had. Carbon buildup on intake valves is a documented reality…
A cracked windshield on the Kia EV9 feels like a simple fix until you understand what’s mounted to it. The forward-facing camera that powers most of the EV9’s DriveWise driver assistance features sits directly behind the glass, and when that windshield comes out, the camera’s calibration comes with it. Skipping recalibration after a replacement isn’t…
Three weeks ago, a 2022 Kia Telluride came in two days before a planned family trip to the Smoky Mountains. The owner had noticed a slight vibration on the highway but figured it would hold for the trip. The inspection revealed two rear tires with dangerously low tread, a serpentine belt showing significant cracking, and…
If you have ever clipped a parking curb at the Fairfield Commons mall or misjudged a raised median in the Greene Town Center lot, you know that uncomfortable thud that makes you wince and hope nothing is seriously wrong. What most Kia Seltos and Soul drivers do not realize is that even low-speed curb contact…
Last month, a Kia Sorento came into our service bay after the owner noticed a hollow thudding sound every time they crossed a speed bump in The Greene’s parking area. They had been brushing it off for weeks, assuming it was just the nature of the lot. When we got underneath, we found two failed…
Last fall, a 2023 Kia EV6 came into our service department on Heller Drive at 22,000 miles with front tire wear that would have been unremarkable on a 60,000-mile gasoline vehicle. The owner had replaced the original equipment tires at 18,000 miles with a set of standard all-season tires from a general tire shop, selected…
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