I purchased my Sportage new in March 2023. In January 2024, I had the above message appear after 4,600 miles. I took it to my dealer who informed me that rectification was not covered under the 7-year warranty. The rectification cost me £229, which was after a discount after complaining about, what I considered to be an item that should have been covered under warranty,
Today I have received the same message again, and having driven only a further 4,000 miles, I find this unacceptable. t am now looking at a further similar cost to rectify meaning that in 10 months I will have paid approximately £450 in a car that has covered 8,700 miles from new.
I should say that 605+ of my journeys are motorway/long distance and the advice to give keep my car driving to re-generate exhaust filter does not rectify the problem.
I would like to know whether this is a communal problem with Sportages. Have any other owners experienced this problem?
Keep driving to re-generate exhaust filter
Sell it & buy a petrol engined car.
I do about 10000 miles a year in mine (2019 1.6TGDi 4) & never had a problem.
Diseasel engines need to be run to clean the exhaust filter. Driving out of the garage to clean the car, then putting it back in there doesn't help the exhaust filter. A neighbour of mine recently found out his Diseasel Discovery Sport - 6 years old with 8000 miles on - had a similar issue. He now drives a 1 year old Petrol Sporty GT line manual box and has no problems.
If you've done 605+ journeys in 8000 miles, your definition of 'long distance' doesn't really add up.
I do about 10000 miles a year in mine (2019 1.6TGDi 4) & never had a problem.
Diseasel engines need to be run to clean the exhaust filter. Driving out of the garage to clean the car, then putting it back in there doesn't help the exhaust filter. A neighbour of mine recently found out his Diseasel Discovery Sport - 6 years old with 8000 miles on - had a similar issue. He now drives a 1 year old Petrol Sporty GT line manual box and has no problems.
If you've done 605+ journeys in 8000 miles, your definition of 'long distance' doesn't really add up.
Thanks for your reply. That should have read 60% + of my journeys. Having taken advice from another Kia dealer during the week, I drove on the motorway for over 30 minutes in 4th gear at 60 + mph, then drove a similar return journey. This still failed to clear the GPF, so I feel that I have no alternative but to get the dealer to resolve the problem for me at a cost of £72
