Key Takeaways Carpool season brings a specific driving pattern of frequent stops, extra passenger weight, and repeated loading and unloading that puts its own demands on a Telluride. Suspension and brake condition matter more with a consistently full vehicle, since added weight changes how the vehicle handles and stops. Child safety seat installation and LATCH…
Key Takeaways Daily suburban commuting creates its own wear patterns on brakes and suspension, different from highway driving or occasional weekend trips. Stop and go traffic accelerates brake wear, especially on routes with frequent stoplights and school zones. Suspension components absorb constant small impacts from potholes and rough pavement common on suburban streets. Routine inspections…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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