Yellowed and foggy headlights don’t just affect the appearance of your vehicle, but they impact your ability to see on the road. Getting started on your 2021 year, a great start for your vehicle is cleaning your headlights and getting them shining like new.
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Many things revolving around vehicles are unavailable and unpredictable. One lingering threat that surrounds our vehicles is stray nails looking for a tire to pop. No matter how conscious you are about where you drive or park your vehicle, you can almost guarantee that at some point in time you’ll find your Kia vehicle has a nail or screw stuck in the tire.
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The new year is finally here and what better way to leave 2020 behind us than by freshening up our vehicles and getting them ready for 2021? We are a few days into 2021 and already Tampa Bay locals are looking for a change. For some, staying on track with automotive maintenance might be at the top of their New Year’s Resolution list, while for others this may have never crossed their minds.
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As the year comes to an end and 2021 is on its way, many Tampa Bay drivers are looking to tie up loose ends to finish off 2020. One way we can check in with our vehicles and see how their health is doing is by checking if our car battery needs to be replaced. Most of us don’t think twice about our car battery until we find ourselves in a parking lot with a car that won’t start. Checking in on the health of our car battery can help prevent our cars from dying on us unexpectedly.
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If you’ve found that your Kia vehicle has gotten into the holiday spirit by lighting up its dashboard like a Christmas tree, then this guide is for you. Understanding what all the different dashboard lights mean in our Kia vehicles can be tricky and knowing which ones are urgent and which ones can be ignored for a while (it’s okay, we’re all human) can get confusing. This Kia dashboard warning lights glossary guide will give you the different meanings of each dashboard light in your 2021 Kia Forte to help you the next time your Kia dashboard lights up the night.
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If you’ve just hopped behind the wheel of your Kia vehicle and are wondering why your vehicle’s ignition just won’t crank, then this guide is here to help. There can be a broad range of reasons why your vehicle isn’t starting, and this guide will go over some of the most common reasons why your car is failing to turn on. So, take a deep breath, put the key down, and keep reading to see what’s keeping your Kia Seltos from starting.
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With so many new vehicles hitting the automotive scene this fall, many Tampa Bay-area shoppers have been asking our team about trading in their current Kia lease model to upgrade to the latest Kia vehicles, like the 2021 Kia Seltos. Our lease trade-in and lease buyout programs make getting yourself behind the wheel of a new Kia model near Clearwater simple.
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As car owners, we are used to bringing in our Kia vehicles for routine oil changes and scheduled maintenance. Aside from our regular oil changes, it can be hard at times to keep track of when we need certain services done on our vehicles. If you’ve been asking yourself “When does my Kia Sorento need a transmission fluid change?” then this guide is for you.
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Any time your dashboard warning lights pop on it can be unsettling – even ones that you see every day. If your coolant light is popping on each time you get behind the wheel, you might be wondering when and if you should check your vehicle’s coolant levels. This edition of Friendly Kia’s Auto School is going to go over the coolant system in your vehicle to help you better understand what’s going on below the hood.
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Bent rims happen suddenly and sometimes we don’t even notice we have one until we look closely at our vehicles. Getting a bent rim is actually quite a bit easier than one would expect – all it takes is hitting the right curb or pothole and your rim will go from a perfect circle to bent out of shape. But can you drive on a bent rim?
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