Articles & Commentaries

Forward collision avoidance fault indicators moved to new page

Collision avoidance As we continue attempts to simplify the website, we have separated Forward Collision Avoidance Fault Indicators to a…

2 months ago

Electronic door handles: the problem is inside!

Inside door handles. There was another mention in the press about flush electronic door handles and that China would be…

2 months ago

March transportation sector unemployment down compared to 2025

March unemployment. The Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ (BTS) reports that the transportation sector unemployment in the U.S. was 3.4% in…

2 months ago

What’s in a name? Motor Driven Power Steering?

Power steering. For reasons known only to Kia, they now refer to Electric Power Steering as Motor Driven Power Steering…

2 months ago

Emergency start options changed in two Kia models

Emergency start locations. For a decade, Kia has used the simplest emergency start processes ever created -- touch the key…

2 months ago

Telluride emergency open now copies the EV9

Emergency open. A full review 2026 Kia emergency open procedures finds a single change. What will be the 2027 Telluride…

2 months ago

Gasoline prices force inflation spike

Gasoline prices According to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), the change in the costs faced by consumers for transportation…

2 months ago

Kia spreading new key fobs across the lineup

New key fobs. We've begun a review of all 15 Kia models and model variations and have come across one…

2 months ago

New York Auto Show touts its success

New York Auto Show. Well, I never actually got to the New York Auto Show, but since I had registered,…

2 months ago

CR asks red or yellow turn signals?

Red or yellow. Consumer Reports (CR) published an article on the use of red or yellow turn signals — "Why…

2 months ago