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Hi folks. I'm not new to Kia, but I am new to owning a Sportage. Just picked up a '23 Sportage LX from a Kia dealership, 13k miles. I'm aware that this is the first year of the latest generation Sportage, which has me concerned. Anything I should keep an eye on?
 
thought '22 was the start of this new generation, anyhow hope you enjoy it, not much chatter on here
 
I think it was '23. One of the reasons there's not much chatter here is that Sportage is three very different cars, depending on whether you have a straight ICE, an HEV, or a PHEV. Mine is an HEV. OP didn't specify, so we don't really know what he has. I like to know what I'm talking about:)
 
fallini said:
Hi folks. I'm not new to Kia, but I am new to owning a Sportage. Just picked up a '23 Sportage LX from a Kia dealership, 13k miles. I'm aware that this is the first year of the latest generation Sportage, which has me concerned. Anything I should keep an eye on?
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Just wanted to say - welcome aboard! And thank you for signing up. I'm glad you found us. :)
 
Thanks! Daveshel above asked about what type of engine (I think?) this car has, but I don't know. How do I figure that out? I just assumed all '23 LXs would have the same one. This particular car is AWD if that helps.
 
I have a 2024 HEV. I'm pretty happy with it, other than one quirk. When I'm going down long hills, my automatic transmission is downshifting, turning on the gas engine. Like it needs to engine brake me. I'm thinking I should be able to coast down hills on battery. I haven't figured that one out.
 
@daveshel : When coasting down hills, the HEV will regeneratively charge the battery until the battery is full. At that point, it will downshift and use engine braking, as you say, to control speed without over charging the battery.
Living in the mountains, I often wish I had a button to push to tell it to prefer battery power so I could start long downhills at a lower state of charge,
 
fallini said:
Hi folks. I'm not new to Kia, but I am new to owning a Sportage. Just picked up a '23 Sportage LX from a Kia dealership, 13k miles. I'm aware that this is the first year of the latest generation Sportage, which has me concerned. Anything I should keep an eye on?
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I’m on my 3rd sportage. I had a 2016, 2020 and now a 2023. I love them. Yes 2023 is the new body style. And it is far superior to the earlier ones.
 
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