It’s got 250,000 miles and is $5,500. It’s a former taxi service car, apparently. Obviously, a pre-purchase inspection would be a must. I’ve heard these cars are very reliable, but the mileage, accident history (3, not sure how serious), and potential status of the high voltage battery give me pause. I’m leaning against traveling to look at it, but I’m wondering if the model is just so good it’s worth a try at that price point.
It would be replacing a 2015 Kia Soul with about 80,000 miles–Kia’s engine woes have me spooked, so I’m considering trying to get something more likely to go for several hundred thousand miles. Any thoughts?
Typically a PCV replacement is just a straight replacement and doesn’t require anything with the ECU. Actually, CKPS is the same, they should just be plug and play. Its possible that Kia may have added a function that can reset the CKPS or tell it to learn a new sensor or something, but I dont remember seeing that, nor have I ever needed to use a computer after replacing those parts except to clear the stored codes in the ECU and watch the PID values while on a test drive to verify the repair.