A Beavercreek couple came into our showroom last month after placing a deposit on a 2026 Kia EV3 and realizing they had not given any thought to home charging infrastructure during the purchase process. They had a standard 120-volt outlet in their garage and assumed it would be adequate for overnight charging based on what…
Last March, a 2022 Kia Sorento came into our service bay after its owner had a small stone chip repaired on his windshield at a quick-service glass shop near Fairborn. The technician there had not mentioned that windshield work on vehicles with forward-facing cameras requires a Drive Wise recalibration afterward. He drove another 4,800 miles…
A current Carnival owner came into our showroom last month after reading early coverage of the 2026 Carnival Hybrid and wanting to understand how the hybrid powertrain would change the ownership experience compared to his current gasoline-only model. He made the 90-minute drive from Columbus specifically to speak with our product team because he had…
A Kia Carnival owner came into our service bay last month after his family’s Yellow Springs day trip had been cut short when the low tire pressure warning appeared on SR-343 east of Fairborn, twelve miles from the nearest service facility. A slow leak in the passenger rear tire that had been building for two…
A Kia Telluride owner came into our service bay last month after her forward collision system had triggered an unexpected emergency braking event on I-675 northbound near the Wilmington Pike interchange with her family in the vehicle. There was no vehicle or obstacle ahead that warranted the response. She had assumed the system was functioning…
A Kia Telluride owner came into our service bay last month after his infotainment system had been freezing and rebooting on his daily commute on I-675 between Beavercreek and Kettering for nearly six weeks. He had taken it to an independent electronics shop near Fairborn that performed a generic Android system reset, assuming the underlying…
Rachel had been driving the same category of Japanese sedan for eleven years and had never seriously considered switching brands. She came into Kia of Beavercreek last month on a friend’s suggestion, skeptical and fully expecting to leave unimpressed. She sat in the 2027 K4, interacted with the AI-integrated cockpit for twelve minutes, and asked…
A Kia EV9 owner came into our service bay last month after growing frustrated that his charging sessions at the DC fast charger near the I-675 and Wilmington Pike interchange were regularly taking 45 minutes or more to reach 80 percent, well beyond the 25-minute window he had been promised during the purchase process. He…
A Kia Telluride owner came in last March after noticing a loud hum from the front axle on I-675 that hadn’t been there in the fall. He had leaned heavily on Terrain Mode through a tough Greene County winter, assuming the system was managing his tires through the ice and snow on Heller Drive and…
Last month, a 2026 Kia EV9 GT came in from Centerville after its owner had noticed inconsistent DC fast charging behavior at multiple NACS stations along I-70 and I-75 over the previous six weeks. The charging sessions would initiate correctly but throttle to significantly reduced rates after five to eight minutes, cutting sessions that should…
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