Hi there, my '06 Rio has a freaky battery problem.  I've seen others on
different forums mentioning similar problems, but never seen a "fix".
Here's what's been happening.
Summertime; sitting in a parking lot for ten minutes with the fan only

Out of nowhere, my '04 Sedona has started making a HUGE hum, especially on
the two higher speeds.
My first inclination was the fan motor itself going bad, but there is
virtually no air coming through the front vents.  That tells me blockage.

My wife's 2006 Sportage has a burnt out fog light. I've got the Kia
part number (#1864935009). Haven't disassembled the underside splash
pad to get at the bulb yet so I'm not sure of the exact looks of the
connector. Anyone know what the "off the shelf" part number from any

We are looking to replace our 10-year old Toyota Sienna and are
interested in considering Kia Sedona. We will be buying a new vehicle,
so it would be 2008 Sedona.
Everything we have read on the Internet so far is mostly favorable and

I'm about to take ownership of an '08, one of several I test drove.
Since I haven't seen anything written about this generation - save a
quick blurb about an '07 needing fuel system service, I figure I'd
start a sub-forum for people to discuss everything Optima - good, bad,

Once again, car companies just don't get it!!!!  Kia is introducing the
Soul, a little Smartcar 'want to be' and it gets a whopping 30 mpg!!!!!
JFA!!!!  What are they thinking????   That little thing should be getting 45
mpg!  Once we give all these billions to our 'Big Three' ...