In Cincinnati, I selected Cronin Kia for this issue. They are in Harrison, Ohio along I-74 near the Indiana border. I selected them because they are right on the highway so that makes it easier to test. They also had high ratings. Josh Hopkins is the service manager who is up on the issues. He rode in the back seat while I drove and that made it easier to witness. They offered a loaner car. Good luck!
I hope so.
Ross, this vibration certainly NOT normal nor acceptable. These trucks are flying off the lots. Dealers don't want to lose money nor let it out there there is an issue. Remember, a dealer purchases a vehicle from the manufacturer, then it's the dealer's baby.
The rear wheels are never fully disconnected. Only select few AWD systems feature a full disconnect (i believe honda pilot for instance).
Some of us have had our service folks remove the rear drive shaft and found the vibration goes away. This would seem to mean that the rear drive shaft has a problem and that replacing it would solve the issue. While I do not see that anyone had removed Albert's drive shaft before, if indeed the drive shaft Kia brought with them was a good one, then perhaps the vibration may not be due to a bad drive shaft - rather to something bad that the drive shaft connects to. Good information may come from what the Kia folks test out on Wednesday.
Correct. This is the first time they removed the driveshaft. Evidently they paid attention to all the information I passed to my service tech and he forwarded it to them, also letting them know about this forum.
The Eco and Smart modes send 100 percent to the front; Comfort and Snow send 80 percent to the front and 20 percent to the rear; and Sport divides it 65/35. If you hit the lock button it gives 50/50
