What are the"NO NO"s for new koup?

What are the extra care we have to take care of our new koup? anybody care to share???

eg. off aircon before stopping engine.

eg. not reving more than 3k during the run-in? (how long is the run in???)


Thanks guys! pls share tips on maintaining the new car!

be careful of lots of fingerprinz left on the glass and near the doors.

be careful when door opening.. cos the auto mirror will close after off engine .. by then u can't see any car driving pass when opening doors...

My driver side door glass sometimes does not closed flushed. Meaning, it seems to be resting on the door plastic molding instead. This will be a problem if you parked in open carpark and it rain.

This has been reported by others as well. Just need to take a quick glance whenever you close the door to make sure it is closed tight. You can push the glass and it would "slipped" in.

just go back to the service center and they will fixed the prob for u

esp for the cny, wash ur hand after eating bakwa and before going back to ur koup......

eh the door window.. i also notice tt sometimes.. but i just need to close the door harder actually.. dun tink i can push the glass though

a problem of the glass or the moulding?

ignxbp wrote:be careful when door opening.. cos the auto mirror will close after off engine .. by then u can't see any car driving pass when opening doors...

not onli that, if not used to it, the extra long doors will oso whack the other car parked next to u.

ya loh... door too long end up i always kick my side door's speaker when i'm getting outta of the koup...

careful not to start your engine and left all the doors close with no one inside cos it have a auto locking function.

ignxbp wrote:ya loh... door too long end up i always kick my side door's speaker when i'm getting outta of the koup...

careful not to start your engine and left all the doors close with no one inside cos it have a auto locking function.

The auto lock will only happens if u go above 20km/h, or 30 sec later after u unlock the door using the remote but did not open the door.

JuanST wrote:a problem of the glass or the moulding?

happening more often now.. after checking few times, the glass is the problem.. sometimes close door when entering car also can see the gap.. need wind down and wind up then ok liao..

Has any Koup owners feedback to C&C?
This may be a QC issue.
Let's hear what C&C says........

whitechoco wrote:

JuanST wrote:a problem of the glass or the moulding?

happening more often now.. after checking few times, the glass is the problem.. sometimes close door when entering car also can see the gap.. need wind down and wind up then ok liao..

I think this is a common problem for frameless windows.
always got that never close properly look.

But as long as no leak during rain, should be no problem.

Already used to it after 2 yrs in a frameless window car.

Mac wrote:My driver side door glass sometimes does not closed flushed. Meaning, it seems to be resting on the door plastic molding instead. This will be a problem if you parked in open carpark and it rain.

This has been reported by others as well. Just need to take a quick glance whenever you close the door to make sure it is closed tight. You can push the glass and it would "slipped" in.

Is this "problem" similar to the one in the N. America market?
Quote: "When closing the door with the window in the full up position on some Forte Koups produced before August 20, 2009 the front window might contact the drip rail moulding and/or pinch the weather‐strip. This condition may produce a popping / rubbing noise when closing the door in addition to creating a potential source for wind leak noise."

There is a circular released in the US, advising on how-to-make adjustments on the Front windows.

Hope it involves US-made Koups only....

ceratopia wrote:

Mac wrote:My driver side door glass sometimes does not closed flushed. Meaning, it seems to be resting on the door plastic molding instead. This will be a problem if you parked in open carpark and it rain.

This has been reported by others as well. Just need to take a quick glance whenever you close the door to make sure it is closed tight. You can push the glass and it would "slipped" in.

Is this "problem" similar to the one in the N. America market?
Quote: "When closing the door with the window in the full up position on some Forte Koups produced before August 20, 2009 the front window might contact the drip rail moulding and/or pinch the weather‐strip. This condition may produce a popping / rubbing noise when closing the door in addition to creating a potential source for wind leak noise."

There is a circular released in the US, advising on how-to-make adjustments on the Front windows.

Hope it involves US-made Koups only....

can u post the link to where u found this?

Corgel wrote:can u post the link to where u found this?

I got this info on Kia Global Information System (KGIS) www.kiatechinfo.com

Mainly for US made Kia cars.

ceratopia wrote:
Is this "problem" similar to the one in the N. America market?
Quote: "When closing the door with the window in the full up position on some Forte Koups produced before August 20, 2009 the front window might contact the drip rail moulding and/or pinch the weather‐strip. This condition may produce a popping / rubbing noise when closing the door in addition to creating a potential source for wind leak noise."

There is a circular released in the US, advising on how-to-make adjustments on the Front windows.

Hope it involves US-made Koups only....

I am not sure if it is the same problem but quite a few people already reported the same. It is fine for passenger side window. It seems like C&C Leng Kee has mechanic that managed to solve this issue. I am wondering if the same instruction has been passed down to both the Pandan and Upp Thomson service centers. I am hoping to go in for my first 1K service (at Upp Thomson) and get this issue fixed.