Potential "Smaht Pahk" Problem Leads Kia To Recall the New EV9

Hyundai and Kia’s Remote Smart Parking Assist (AKA “Smaht Pahk” or RSPA) helps drivers remotely park their vehicles in tight spaces, but a recent recall shows that it might not work perfectly all the time. Kia is recalling the EV9 over concerns that a software glitch could lead to a malfunction in the parking assistance feature and cause a fender-bender.

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  • VoGhost If your vehicle isn't worth my time to test drive, no freebie is going to be enticing. Build better cars!
  • SilverCoupe I forget the precise dollar amount, but I believe it was $100 gift card to test drive a Jaguar. The dealer was in my home town (about a half hour from where I live now), so I got to test drive it on the same two lane roads that I hooned around on in high school in our '64 Riviera. You know, the Jaguar did handle better than an ancient Buick! They had expected me to drive a sedan, but I arrived in my A5 and said nothing but coupes for me, so I got to drive the Jag coupe before the F Type, that would have been a 2011 or so XK. Win-win, nice car, plus some cash in my pocket.
  • Bkojote Ford had an auto show special where if you test drove a Ford you got $50.00. I was shopping for a new car at the time, and the dealer was such a d-bag I ended up -not- buying a Fusion.
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  • Add Lightness $20 gift certificate for taking a test drive.