I just wanted to know if anyone else has experienced an issue that has been occurring on my 2014 EX.
What I've started to notice is that my car will have good and bad days when it comes to this problem.
When I'm driving on a "bad day" (doesn't matter if it's a residential street or the highway), I notice that when I lightly accelerate to pickup speed (or accelerate at all) there is almost a hesitation and the engine sounds like their is almost too much of a load on it. It sounds "buzzy" and just louder than normal. I actually have to press a little more on the accelerator than normal to get it to speed up. But, when it does downshift, it's a smooth transition, there isn't any jerking or anything. Once it downshifts and I speed up, the engine sounds much louder than normal too. There is a noticeable loss of power, so much that it just takes the fun out of driving the car all together, the car doesn't glide, it feels stiff. The noise level and lack of power remind me of the 4 cylinders from the early 2000s, they were noisy and lacked power.
Now on a good day the car drives normal, like it did on the first day I bought it. It accelerates extremely well, has excellent power and pickup, downshifts at the tap of the accelerator and the engine is super quiet.
I drive with the eco off all the time, the car is just more fun to drive without it.
I'm really surprised that this has happened because I've owned two Kias before this and, parents drive a 2013 Soul, and nothing like this has ever happened. They're solid vehicles.
I haven't taken it to the dealer yet, but I'm definitely going to as it only has 7,450 miles on it.
Any ideas on what it could be? I'm thinking it could possibly be something in the brains of the car, rather than a mechanical issue?
Other than this minor quirk, I'm in love with the car!
What I've started to notice is that my car will have good and bad days when it comes to this problem.
When I'm driving on a "bad day" (doesn't matter if it's a residential street or the highway), I notice that when I lightly accelerate to pickup speed (or accelerate at all) there is almost a hesitation and the engine sounds like their is almost too much of a load on it. It sounds "buzzy" and just louder than normal. I actually have to press a little more on the accelerator than normal to get it to speed up. But, when it does downshift, it's a smooth transition, there isn't any jerking or anything. Once it downshifts and I speed up, the engine sounds much louder than normal too. There is a noticeable loss of power, so much that it just takes the fun out of driving the car all together, the car doesn't glide, it feels stiff. The noise level and lack of power remind me of the 4 cylinders from the early 2000s, they were noisy and lacked power.
Now on a good day the car drives normal, like it did on the first day I bought it. It accelerates extremely well, has excellent power and pickup, downshifts at the tap of the accelerator and the engine is super quiet.
I drive with the eco off all the time, the car is just more fun to drive without it.
I'm really surprised that this has happened because I've owned two Kias before this and, parents drive a 2013 Soul, and nothing like this has ever happened. They're solid vehicles.
I haven't taken it to the dealer yet, but I'm definitely going to as it only has 7,450 miles on it.
Any ideas on what it could be? I'm thinking it could possibly be something in the brains of the car, rather than a mechanical issue?
Other than this minor quirk, I'm in love with the car!
