Kia Niro EV

Anybody here experienced excessive tyre wear on REAR axle? RHS especially. Tyre pressure's never been too low nor too high, despite that, after just one year of driving, all 4 grooves on the tyre are still 3.5-4mm deep while the part between the INNER edge of tread area and nearest groove already shows a cord. Both LH and RH sides are affected, however RHS is significantly worse.

I'd rather expect outer part to wear quicker, as well as front axle, not rear, so I wonder if traction is OK? Or something else perhaps? Would such an issue be warranty covered?

Niro EV, built Oct 2021, registered Jan 2022.

When did you have four wheel alignment done on the car last? I've no idea if there is a known issue with the geometry of the car, but this looks like a classic wheel alignment issue to me.

Sorry, used wrong words, I meant alignment, not traction. And it has never been done yet. Question still remains open - if it'd be covered by warranty?

You can get alignment checked and set at back street garages for like 50 euro. I doubt it will be covered under warranty. Check actual tyre pressure is correct as per driver's door and that's cold pressure. Pressure also varies by no load and full load, see paper manual.

Either way you may need new tyres. Avoid dealer.

Rumours of a price drop this week for brand new niros, as in official price drop for Irish cars.

Before and after?

That is quite a drop there for the EV. About 10%, I reckon. Is there a refresh coming or just an offloading of stock before the EV3 arrives, I wonder?

First thing - thank you. :-)

Well, obviously, new tyres fitted one year ago. I expect car to behave as it's supposed to, excessively uneven tyre wear is a huge no-no. And, obviously (again) I'd expect a dealer to cover it, not tyre fitter. What fitter would break while fitting a set of new tyres? Especially that's the same fitter me and ms jou are using for more than a decade and never any problem whatsoever. :-P

I would never even check wheel alignment while changing tyres unless there is a problem. I'm afraid it definately won't cost 40 or even 50 euro. I paid more 5 years ago for 4 wheel alignment, and it wasn't at the dealers. Me and ms jou both had more than 10 cars in the period of last 20 years and this is the first one that she has from very new, and at the same time the first one that gave us aforementioned symptoms.

Thank you too.

As I already mentioned - tyre pressure's OK. We both check tyre pressure regularly. And please give me address of the one properly setting 4 wheel alignment for 50 quid, preferrably Sligo/Mayo area. Would be greatly appreciated.

And yes, she already got new tyres, but will not fit them until things are sorted.

Just to confirm, you're all talking about wheel alignment and not wheel balancing ???

You'd expect wheels to be balanced when tyres are replaced, but there's a decent amount of work with just the setup to start alignment I would have thought, in addition to expensive equipment to be covered in the cost

Totally pointless asking a main dealer. They wouldn't have that don't of kit I wouldn't have thought

Speaking of tyres, anyone go for Hankook, and if so, what sort of milage when compared to the Primacy 3's ?

K4 had an electric tailgate, ventilated front seats in addition to heating and also heated rear seats. I think it also had a HUD, dual zone climate control and different wheels.

Hi

I'm interested in a kia niro Ev as my next car. Currently I drive a ID4 . Would niro range be okay for trip from kildare to Mayo (260 km). I have a charger at that destination. Anyone out there know if real range could make that in winter and summer

Yeah, we'd fall just short of a 320km round trip in winter at motorway speeds, but 260km shouldn't be an issue. I'd have thought that moving from an ID4 to an eNiro would be a strange move though? Is there anything in particular you think the eNiro will offer you over the ID4?

Not sure how others feel, but I certainly think the Kia GOM is pretty accurate. So if it says you have 450km range, that's pretty close to what you get

What delivery charge can be expected from kia? listed for 38,665 , I got a price of around 43500 otr.

38665 plus metallic paint 600e = 39265e gives delivery charge of 4,235e

I'd expect 1 -2k delivery and even at that I would try get discount.

Straight deal , no trade in or finance.