Auto Correct | Make & Models 1st Thursdays - KIA

Hey, Coach. Hey, how are you doing today?

I'm doing good today.

You know why?

It's a first Thursday.

It's a first Thursday, and we're talking about what?

The best car in the world.

Ah, the Kia.

The Kia.

And the choice was made by none other than our very own Abram

Manny on the board.

I'm ready.

And remember that I'm on the board.

So when y'all say something mean,

I can just turn your mic off.

I'm prepared.

I've got my hands over the buttons.

Well, Abram, you got to think about it.

It's how I feel about this, is that the Kia is the new Toyota.

OK, we used to see Toyotas just running all over the place.

Now you see Kia's running all over the place.

So really, if you think about it, Kia is their vehicles.

America buys 21% of all their vehicles.

And that's a lot of percentage.

That is a lot of percentage.

We are the largest buyer of Kia's in the world.

I believe it.

I do believe it.

Yeah, I'm not shocked.

And I think Mississippi is the number one buyer of Kia's

in the nation.

Well, did you look that up already?

No, no, I'm just saying that off top.

You're spitting ball in.

Yeah.

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Hey, Coach.

Hey, how are you doing today?

I'm doing good today.

You know why?

It's a first Thursday.

It's a first Thursday, and we're talking about what?

The best car in the world.

The Kia.

And the choice was made by none other than our very own

Abram Nanny on the board.

I'm ready.

And remember that I'm on the board.

So when y'all say something mean,

I can just turn your mic off.

I'm prepared.

I've got my hands over the buttons.

Well, Abram, you got to think about it.

It's how I feel about this is that the Kia is the new Toyota.

OK, we used to see Toyotas just running all over the place.

Now you see Kia's running all over the place.

So really, if you think about it, Kia

is their vehicles America buys 21% of all their vehicles.

And that's a lot of percentage.

That is a lot of percentage.

We are the largest buyer of Kia's in the world.

I believe it.

I do believe it.

Yeah, I'm not shocked.

And I think Mississippi is the number one

buyer of Kia's in the nation.

Well, did you look that up already?

No, no, I'm just saying that all the time.

How many Tellurines every time you turn around,

you see a Tellurine, you see a Saltish, you see a Sportish.

Sorrento's everywhere.

So like I say, I'm sort of thinking it's like the new Toyota.

That's it.

Because when Toyotas came out, they were all over the place.

Now you got Kia's.

Right, that's it.

If we haven't told you all today,

it's first Thursday's making model.

And we're talking Kia.

Our email address for questions is auto at mpbonline.org.

The phone number is 1-877-MPB-RING.

That's 1-877-677-7464.

If you've got a Kia story, or even a Hyundai story,

or even if you just need your car fixed,

Coach has got you covered.

We got you.

You know, I was thinking about, you know,

everyone says, oh, I'm going to say something bad.

And I'm really not going to say any bad things about Kia.

I will tell you a few not to buy.

But the old Kia's were so much different than the new Kia's.

The old Kia's were the ones that you did not want to buy.

You didn't want to buy.

You would throw them away because they just fell apart.

But I will tell you something, things about some new Kia's,

too, that you need to understand.

And not saying that is a bad thing,

but it happens in all manufacturers.

Well, we're going to get into all of what Coach has this.

I'm not going to say sell us.

But tell us, because I am one of those ones,

it was like I'm never going to buy a Kia again,

because I bought one of the old ones.

So we'll get into all of that.

But I do have a definition for Kia, a little write-up.

Kia Corporation was founded in May of 1944,

and is Korea's oldest manufacturer of motor vehicles.

From humble origins making bicycles and motorcycles,

Kia has grown as part of the dynamic global Hyundai Kia

automotive group to become the world's fifth largest

vehicle manufacturer.

Would you believe that during that,

you know, Kia almost went bankrupt,

and the thing is Ford came in when

they started going bankrupt in the 90s.

And then after Ford got out, Hyundai bought them in 1998.

And they became a sister company of Hyundai.

So if you think that when you're driving down the road,

you see a Kia, and you see a Hyundai,

they're the same cars, but they're not the same cars,

because Kia is a little bit more sporty looking,

and they don't have a Kia has a van.

Hyundai does not have a van, and Kia

has a three-door sports car where a Hyundai don't.

So when you start thinking about the sporty in,

and they are on the same platform,

a lot of times the car, since Hyundai owns them,

they're built in the same plants,

just like General Motors and GMC, Chevrolet's,

built in the same plant, different emblems.

Now, Coach loves to say they're like sisters,

like the same.

The write-up online wants you to believe

a little bit different that, of course,

they share the platforms, they share those assembly lines,

but they're two totally different vehicles

is what is written off online.

But once you share the same platform,

that means that you have the same type of vehicle,

and you're changing the aesthetics,

just like General Motors, GMC, and Chevrolet,

which one costs you more?

Chevrolet is cheap, General Motors is high,

just because of the difference in luxury.

And if you think about it, Kia does not have a luxury line.

Everybody thinks Genesis is their luxury line,

it is not Kia's luxury line,

it is Hyundai's luxury line.

Okay, okay, okay.

And Hyundai's luxury line,

matter of fact, Genesis is part of that group,

once again, trying to make it look better,

and trying, matter of fact,

the Genesis of Kia and Hyundai

will look just like any of the other

high-quality luxury cars.

Yeah, yeah, they do resemble

some of those high-quality, those Genesis's do.

And the thing with Kia is how their trim changes.

Right.

So higher-level trim better the vehicle.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

So you mentioned a little something before,

when you said Kia and Hyundai came together in 1998.

Let me tell you.

My Sophia was a 1997, it was not a 1998.

And so I was right there on the cusp

of the merger and possibly the better Kia vehicles.

Well, when you start thinking about Kia vehicles,

you know, I had a friend that had a Rio.

Rios would run, this guy here ran this car all the time.

Rios are still driving, coach.

They're still driving, they don't make them.

But they drive for, you know,

they're really indestructible.

But really, if you think about it,

Telluride and the Sorento,

no, Telluride and the Sportage is made in Georgia.

We only have one Kia Platinum, that's in Georgia.

Okay.

Okay, the rest of them are made in South Korea

and brought over here.

Yeah.

Okay.

If you start thinking about Kia's,

now if you look at a Kia right now,

it has a really neat-looking emblem.

It looks like KN.

Yeah.

Well, Kia has changed their emblems six times.

Yes, they have.

And this time, this emblem,

do you even know what the emblem stands for?

All emblems have, no matter on what kind of car,

it stands for something.

This one here stands, matter of fact,

is called to rise from the East,

rising from the East or to rise from Asia.

Yeah, to arise.

So the first syllable, like Coach is saying,

the K-I is meaning to arise or come up out of.

Rising up.

Yeah, rising up.

So that is what Kia means.

And you know what I'd like to know what Kia means?

I'd like to know what Kia means to Abram.

That's what I'd like to know.

Well, Abram, tell us about your Kia.

Well, look, my Kia is great to me.

My wife's Kia is great to her,

so that's what made me wanna get a Kia

when my last Camry went out.

But it's funny because if you looked at our house,

like when we're both home

and both cars are parked outside the house,

like she's got a charcoal gray Kia Sorento.

I've got a charcoal gray Kia Optima sitting on the curb.

It looks like we planned it out.

I really just went to the dealership

and was like, I like this one.

And then that's how it happened.

And then they've treated us well.

So that's essentially what happened.

It's better than their better bills

than some of the other ones that we could have gotten.

Right, right.

Yeah, and plus, I will say,

Kia has a 10-year, 100,000-mile power train warranty

on it as well.

That is good.

So that is one of the thing.

And one of the hot sellers,

if you think about it, is the Kia Soul.

That's Kevin Ferrell.

That is Kevin's vehicle.

He loves it.

That always makes you think

about those fuzzy little hamsters.

That's why my mom wanted the car.

But I told her, I think you do get a hamster.

I think Kevin said he did get a hamster

when he purchased it.

Maybe, maybe not.

I don't know.

You'll have to correct me on that.

It wasn't a real hamster.

I know that.

No, you did not get a real hamster.

It was one of those little plushy ones.

You got a plush hamster.

But yeah, that was what my mom was like,

I want the hamsters.

And I'm like, they don't come in the vehicle.

They don't come with the car, not the ones you see.

Well, I just wanted them to come out there

and jump out of my car and run around

at a red light or something.

That was the best sell.

That's what I would want.

That's what sold the Kia Soul.

Right.

No, it was the hamster.

It was like the before the grand ones

get turned into the grand ones.

That's right, that was it.

But like I say, when I say it's the new Toyota,

there are a lot more kids around

that you never saw before.

Okay, you saw the Rio, you saw some of the others,

the Forte, you saw some of them running around,

but now you see all brand new ones.

And I hate to tell you, in 2013,

that was not a good year for Kia.

Okay, well, I'll tell you, 2007 wasn't,

I mean, 1997 wasn't either.

Well, that's when they started merging.

Like I say, and believe it or not,

the engines are some of them Chrysler,

there's some like the Chrysler brand,

there is the Hyundai brand and they are the Kia brand

that all these brands come together

and one company was making them before Hyundai took over.

And then when Hyundai took over,

Hyundai made the engines.

Well, do we need to pat Hyundai on the back?

Well, we should because there's one who brought us Kia.

That's right, brought us the better Kia.

Better Kia, that's true.

They brought us the better Kia.

They didn't bring us the Kia, it is the better Kia.

But today now Kia produces more than 1.4 million

vehicles a year at literally 14 manufacturing

and assembly operations in eight countries.

These vehicles are sold and serviced through a network

of more than 3,000 distributors and dealers

covering 172 countries.

And the corporation has more than 40,000 employees

and annual revenues that include Abram and Kevin's dollar

of more than $17 billion dollars.

Yeah, but there are some bad things about Kia

and you gotta understand that.

And I will tell you that my daughter owns the Kia,

I know some other people,

it burns oil.

Yeah.

They just burn oil just to burn oil.

They just like to burn it.

The cylinders are bad.

Right, right.

And that's what the problem is.

In 2013 and a few years,

they had problems with the engines themselves

and they did not make a recall.

Yeah, yeah, well, well,

we're gonna get into some more of that.

I cannot wait, speaking of recalls,

you know that's what's coming up next too.

So the phone number is 1-877-MPB-RING.

That's 1-877-672-7464.

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Today, it's first Thursday's making model.

Thank Kevin and Abram for this.

We're talking about Kia.

Is your car under recall?

I'll tell you how you can find out next.

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Coach, I'm gonna run through these recent recalls real fast,

especially after the first one,

because the rest of them all belong to Ford.

Oh, my favorite vehicle.

I just looked at it like, wow.

All right, first up, that's not Ford.

Stelanus is recalling more than 219,500 examples

of its Dodge Journey SUV and RAM ProMaster work van

over an issue with the rear view camera.

That includes model year 2019 to 20 journeys

and model year 19 to 21 ProMasters.

The microprocessors in these vehicles

may have cracks in them,

preventing the rear view camera image from displaying,

and that image, if it doesn't display properly,

decreases visibility for the driver

and increases the risk of a crash

if you do not use your mirrors like Coach says.

There's always an easy fix for that.

There's an easy fix for not crashing and wrecking

without that rear view camera.

We were so used to using mirrors,

and it seems like the manufacturer's got it away

from using mirrors.

Let me tell you something, when the cameras came up,

which still, there are older people to this day,

I even had the issue of not trusting it,

thinking it doesn't know where I'm at on this ground.

Oh, you say I'm that close.

Does it know?

Yeah, it will be for some reason,

and you're just like, it could be anything.

You just have no idea.

You just keep going back.

And now it's like, it doesn't work?

How am I gonna back up?

You know, well, think about ones

that have trailer hitches and all.

You know, it may not help with the trailer hitches

because they stand up.

The trailer is in the way.

That's right.

What were you gonna say, Amber?

Oh, it's like a lady that gets stuck on a,

like the lady that got stuck on the escalator

because it got turned off to just walk up the stairs.

She was dead.

She was waiting.

My brother likes to tell this story of one time

he got into a U-Haul, like a sprinter van.

And you know, the guy who was driving was like,

Jay, we can't leave.

It doesn't have a rear view mirror.

We can't go anywhere.

So he was freaking out and was like,

dude, it's a sprinter van.

It's like, it doesn't have one anyway.

It's like, you can't look past

the gigantic trailer in the back of the van.

The door is not gonna be open.

All you're gonna see is the door.

Yeah, exactly.

It has no windows.

Yeah, definitely.

I mean, it's just like driving a U-Haul.

You can't look back there.

It's those other mirrors.

It's the other mirrors you've got to use.

Okay, so that is the fix.

If you don't go get your recall,

but to resolve, dealers are replacing

the rear view camera for free.

Up next is a stack of Ford.

Well, can I tell you-

I'll flip through real quick.

I'm out.

Can I tell you, my Ford pickup truck

has been at the dealership now for five weeks.

And guess what's here today?

That I'm walking outside to go see

after we get off the show.

Is it here?

Yes!

The Ford Mach-E is outside.

This is the second time I've drove it.

I've put eight miles on it in five weeks.

Coach, I've been thinking about it ever since.

I told my mom, how is the idea of not being able

to what I call like coast.

Remember you told me-

It will not coast.

You take your foot off the accelerator.

And I coast so much.

Ever since you told me that, I-

It will stop.

I can't drive it then.

Like for real, for real.

I could drive it in a parking lot.

You'd have to get used to it,

but it will, you take your foot off the accelerator.

It stops.

There's gotta be a setting for it or something,

but that's crazy.

It stops.

It just stops.

You take your foot off wherever you're at, it just-

Yeah, it just stops.

Okay, let me get to these recalls.

We got a couple of phone calls on the line.

All right, Ford, record setting recalls of the year

as it continues its pace for the third safety

missive of the day.

It recalls 100,000 and more examples

of its Ranger pickup truck over an issue

with the side curtain airbags

that includes 24 to 26 Rangers.

The airbags may come into contact with the B-pillar,

inner reinforcements and tear during deployment,

increasing the risk of injury during a crash.

The dealers are resolving the issue

by installing protective shields for free on that one.

Up next, the recalls keep coming in for them.

Today, it's more than 105,000 examples

of the Ford Mustang, not the E today,

that are affected by an issue with the exterior lighting

that includes 24 to 25 Mustang sport cars.

Water may have entered the body control module

in these vehicles as a result.

The license plate, side markers and tail lights

may not illuminate as intended,

decreasing visibility for other drivers

and increasing the risk of a crash.

And as a fix, dealers are inspecting

and sealing the body seams,

as well as inspecting the body control module

for corrosion and replacing it as necessary for free.

And then Ford's third recall in my hand,

there's only four, so we're almost done.

So you're almost done.

Ford's latest recall impacts more than 500,000 examples

of its Edge SUV and MKX SUV from luxury arm Lincoln.

This involves the rear brake hoses,

which may rupture 2015 to 2018 edges

and 2016 to 2018 MKX's.

The rear brake jounce hoses in these vehicles may rupture

and cause brake fluid to leak as a result,

drivers may experience an increase in pedal travel

as well as an increase in required stopping distance,

both increasing the risk of a crash.

That's scary.

If the fluid reaches a specified level,

the red brake fluid warning light will illuminate.

The root cause and resolution for the issue

has not been determined,

but Ford will begin notifying owners

of the safety risk, September 8th.

It sounds like they needed to make either a new hose

or reroute the hose because that's what's busting

and that's what's like the flood out.

So that's pretty easy.

Coach just figured it out,

that Ford can't figure it out.

If anybody knows Ford, give them a call.

Let them know that coach has figured that out.

That is a pretty easy affix.

Thanks.

Excuse me, Mr. Ford.

Henry, Henry, Henry.

All the other ones have not been busting.

Henry, coach just figured it out.

Now we're gonna get that together.

And finally in my stack,

Ford's last recall for me today

of its Explorer and Lincoln Aviator SUVs

involves the issue with the trailer tail lights,

which may not illuminate.

More than 213,000 vehicles are affected.

This is model year 25 explorers and aviators.

These may have an improperly manufactured

body control module that could prevent

the tail lights on a trailer from illuminating

while towing, reducing visibility for other drivers

and increasing the risk of a crash to resolve.

Dealers are replacing the effective body control module

on vehicles with less than 9,000 miles.

For vehicles with more than 9,000,

they'll perform a functional check

on the body control module and replace it if necessary.

Well, you know if they're bad,

they should replace them all.

Yeah.

Personally.

They're getting funny about it.

So you can find out if your car is a past recall

by going to the National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration website, nhtsa.gov.

Ford slash recalls and inputting your VIN number there

or find their safer car app today.

It's first Thursdays making models.

We're talking Kia.

We're also taking vehicle repair questions.

Email us at auto at mpbonline.org.

Call us at 1-877-MPB-RING.

That's 1-877-672-7464.

Let's go to Belle in Yazoo County.

She's got a comment about old vehicles

and auto locks.

Belle, you're on with Coach Charlie.

Well, it's not about old vehicles.

It's an almost universal safety feature

that I believe has unintended consequences.

And that's automatic door locks.

Every time I ride with somebody else,

I cringe when they put that lock on,

but I keep my mouth shut.

But you know, with that control being where the driver is,

if you were in a rut and the driver was incapacitated,

you would be locked in an unsafe car.

I'll take your comments on the radio.

Thank you.

Thank you, Belle.

Well, you know, that is exactly true.

You start going a certain miles per hour.

They notice that that vehicle is moving

and those locks lock.

They've done it for safety

for somebody getting in your vehicle.

It's what it is from the outside

because we were so many of us

were used to not lock the vehicles.

So they did it for safety,

but they really didn't think about

what she is talking about,

that it is on the master control switch

on the left side of the driver.

If the driver does not unlock the passenger side,

it does not unlock automatically.

So it is a safety feature

that maybe not as safe as it should be

because it, like she says.

Belle figured that one out, too.

Belle lets it cringe.

Yeah.

You know, they should have a way that the,

not even the passenger, really the driver's side,

the passenger in the front

should be able to unlock that door.

Well, especially because like not every car these days

has like those tabs that you can pull open

or like the little switch

that you just flip over and it unlocks.

And some vehicles, isn't the door,

like it's a two-pull on the handle

and that second pull gets you out?

Because I've been in maybe one,

maybe in the passenger side where you hit it once,

then you hit it twice and then it opens.

Well, that's where you need to go

to your owner's manual and read it

because I've never seen one like that.

Okay.

You know.

Okay.

All right.

Because if that was the case,

then a kid could pull on it twice

and the door would come open on it.

Yeah, that makes sense.

Yeah.

That would be another.

Belle, you may have opened up a can of worms there.

That is true.

She's opened up a can of worms there for us.

It's a big one.

Yeah, it's a big one.

I mean, I think about my Lexus too

and it has little, you know,

you can unlock all the doors

or lock all of them or have one unlocking.

I played with that a bit because it throws me off

if I'm trying to get into the back of the car

or something like that or whatever.

Well, you think about the passengers

in the rear seats where kids sit all the time,

you would open the door

and there would be a little switch there

that you could push up or down

and the kids couldn't unlock the door.

Yeah.

Child safety.

We're gonna get into some of that theft talk too

when it comes down to kids

before we get out of here for the day.

But let's go to Wilma in Memphis.

She's got a question about paperwork

to give vehicle to son.

Wilma, you're on with coach Charlie.

Good morning.

I'm not sure if this is an auto question

or a legal question,

but what do I need to do in the line of paperwork

to legally transfer the car to him?

Well, that's a very simple thing.

All you need to do is just get the title,

get the title of the vehicle.

And there's a line on there that says who you are

and who the seller is and the buyer.

And all you gotta do is just transfer

in his name with no problem.

Okay.

And then what do I just give him that?

You just give him the title and he goes to get a tag

and they'll change the title in his name.

Yeah.

And there'll be nothing else you gotta do.

Very simple.

Okay, sounds very simple.

Thank you very much.

Wilma, thank you.

And thanks for giving us a call from Memphis this morning.

Thank you so much.

We have got Vy and Wayne County on the line.

She wants to ask you about repairing a glove compartment.

Let's go to Vy real quick, Abram.

Vy, you're on with coach Charlie.

Good morning.

Yeah, good morning, coach.

Good morning.

Sometime ago, in having oil change through Toyota,

they would go in to check the air filter

and they broke something in my glove compartment.

Later on, I found one or two two inch metal pieces

and I think I threw one of them away

because I didn't know what they were.

And I've taken the car back to Toyota several times

and the guy would go in there and do something

and it'll hold the glove compartment for a while

but now it's just plopping open.

What can I do?

Yeah, usually what's wrong with that,

they have a little cylinder or very small cylinder on there

and it has a little head on it

and it sort of pops into another piece coming out of it.

It just like pops in and what is happening.

Either they lost the piece out of the cylinder

or they have messed up the head

where it pops into with the glove box.

So what you would do is go back in there

and you need to tell them say,

hey, this wasn't like this when I bought,

when I got the vehicle, when you fixed it,

but when I got it back, now you have destroyed it.

My glove box will not stay closed

and they will have to replace that,

maybe that little cylinder.

It ain't like two inches long.

Right, I saw a little metal plate

about two inches, it was beige.

And it might have been two,

I threw one of them, I didn't know what it was,

but I'm gonna ask them to order those parts.

Yeah, just tell them you need that the glove box

won't stay open, I mean it won't stay closed

and they will order those little cylinders,

they're very simple to put in

and just make sure they're clipped in

on the little tab that's coming out of the glove box itself.

All right.

Okay, another quick question,

where's the best place to get an oil change?

Torio has gone up to like $83.

Everybody's gone up.

Well, when you start thinking about oil changes,

you wanna be careful when you go,

I would not take it to Walmart myself

because they don't have ASC certified technicians

most of the time, but I would take it to somewhere

like if you went to Quick Stop

or one of these that deal with nothing but oil changes,

one of those type of places.

Yes, I went there to Quick Stop

and they said they couldn't unscrew the plugs,

their Toyota had them so tight,

so the customer would have to come back

to Toyota for the oil change,

they couldn't unscrew the plugs.

Well, then somebody didn't try to unscrew the plug

because like I say, if it's tight,

it can be taken as loose.

They just had to put the wrench on it and do it.

Now, they made it and had the tool,

they might've thought they were gonna strip it out

because a lot of times people put the wrong wrench

or they use vice grips or something on it

or pliers and they strip it out,

so you gotta be careful about taking that.

So at $85, that's pretty reasonable for oil changes now

because of the type of oil they use.

What year is your vehicle?

It's 2007.

Oh, you can get that oil changed anywhere, you know,

that's not, I would still take it back to a quick loop,

I wouldn't take it back to Toyota for 2007, you know,

make sure it doesn't-

They would change the filters,

they would change everything at a quick loop.

Yes, ma'am, they'd change the filter,

they'd change, you could tell them

to look at the cabin filter,

after you get the glove box fixed,

they can look at the cabin filter

and they'll change the oil filter right along with it.

Okay, thank you, coach.

And don't forget the air filter,

but make sure they check the air filter for you.

They all filter, yes, right, they all filter.

Yes, ma'am.

Thank you.

You're so welcome.

Thank you so much, Vy.

Mike and Jackson, do not go anywhere,

I need you to kick off the second segment for me, okay?

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It's first Thursdays making models,

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What's in the news?

Kia just had its best month ever.

Take that, Ford, another sales milestone.

I'll tell you more next.

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Let's go to the phone lines.

We've got Mike and Jackson on the line.

He's got a comment on our auto lock talk.

Mike, you're on with Coach Charlie.

Hey, how you guys doing this morning?

I'm doing great.

I've actually been in studio twice

as the auto glass technician.

Okay.

Back when Allison was doing the same thing.

Okay, hey, Mike.

I still listen all the time, but...

You better.

I'm pretty, I'm pretty, yeah.

We need to get you back in here.

Hey, all weekend.

That's all I watch on TV.

Mike, you heard Coach.

You heard Coach.

He said we need to get you back in here.

We need to get you back in here

and we need to talk about some auto glass.

I know.

And I hear stuff come in on, you know,

callers call in all the time and stuff.

And I'm like, oh, I need to be able to talk to them.

But it's usually at, you know,

the last 10 minutes of the shows.

I know I can't get in, but anyway.

So I'm pretty convinced that every,

because I take apart a ton of doors,

you know, putting door glasses in and whatnot.

And I'm pretty convinced

that there's a mechanical way to unlock the door.

It just, you know, just say the power goes out

and there's something with a front-end crash or whatever.

You know, Ford's usually got the little pin

that sort of sticks up the top of the door,

but all the Japanese cars, I know for sure,

have the little latch right beside

where you open the door from the inside.

And, you know, on a lot of cars,

you just pull the handle it or unlock the door.

There's gotta be a way.

I don't think that the door lock actuator

is gonna have to be functioning

to be able to get the door unlocked.

Yeah, that's what I'm saying.

Now the rear doors will have

like the child lock thing going on.

So, you know, if you're in the back seat

and you're an adult,

it makes you turn that off if that's a fear of yours,

get stuck in the car or whatever, but I can't see there.

You know, if you're on the passenger side,

you're gonna be able to get out that car.

Yeah, that's what I'm saying.

You need to go to your owner's manual

and read the manual itself about the door locks.

And you know, we're gonna have a show on owner's manual

and we're gonna talk about all of that stuff

because the thing is,

if you don't read your owner's manual,

you're not gonna know where all these things are.

Just like you said,

there has to be a way to get out of them.

You know, the manufacturer had to think about that

way ahead of time.

I know my dad, my dad's got an F-150.

I could, probably, you know, 18, 16, 18, something like that.

And if you're in the rear of it,

you do have to just squeeze the handle.

If you don't squeeze it once,

it's fine, you don't have to squeeze it twice.

But the front doors don't do that.

So that may be a child feature thing, I don't know.

Yeah, cause I got a 2000, I got a 2010 F-150

and you can't open the passenger side

if you're driving, if you don't unlock it.

With the electric lock?

Yeah.

If you had to get out of the door,

you open your door because you had to push twice

to unlock it.

I got you, I got you.

Well, that's good stuff.

I'm gonna hang on my ear and let you guys get in number.

I would like to come back and get on with it.

Yeah, I snatched a little bit of it,

but can you get his info for me, Marissa or?

Yeah, I think Marissa's in there.

I'll put him back on hold and we'll get his info.

Grab the company.

You don't have to say it, Mike, you don't have to say it.

But grab the company for me.

We'll wait till I get on my, and then you can plug me.

Okay, thank you so much.

Thanks, Mike, thanks for your call.

Oh, and speaking of calls,

we had a call from Kenny and Brandon.

His wife, I think his wife purchased it

or either he purchased it for her.

It was a Kia 2012 Sorento and he says she loves it.

Well, you don't like to say the guy that,

I know that has the real,

he would not get rid of that vehicle at all.

He ended up giving it to his mama

after he drove it for 10 years.

And his mama drives it now, it's still going.

Well, Kenny's wife and Brandon's driving her Sorento

and she loves that thing.

You know, I think what gets people,

some people say, well, it's from South Korea.

Can I get parts?

You know, we got this tariff stuff going on.

Can we get parts?

You know, yes, you can get parts for all the vehicles,

especially the newer ones.

Now, if you start thinking about the older vehicles,

you may not be able to get parts.

They're hard to come by.

You know, on a lot of older vehicles,

just because they're older vehicles,

not because tariff's not for anything.

It's just older vehicles.

Right.

It's just like most dealerships

don't want to work on a vehicle

that's five, six, seven years old.

They want new vehicles.

They don't want 10 years old.

You're really not going to get a dealership

to really work on it unless you know them.

Right.

That was like, what's the name?

That's right.

Was it a Toyota?

Yeah, Toyota.

It was a Toyota, yeah.

2007.

2007, just like that.

Okay, here's what's in the news today.

Kia just had its best month ever coach.

Kia sold more than 80,000 cars

in a single month for the first time.

So they say if the auto industry

is facing a potential downturn,

it's not affecting Kia in the slightest.

It just posted its best monthly sales reports

and sales for the brand were up 10.4% last month

compared to August of 2024

and they're up 8.4% for the year.

Kia has sold well over half a million cars

so far this year and August sales

are a continuation of the automakers very strong year.

Its sales results from the first six months of 2012

was a milestone and it just seems like

sales just keep booming.

Now, while several Kia models

experience significant increases

compared to August of 24,

sales for the K4 Forte,

Seltos and Sorento actually declined by a few hundred units.

Sales of all three vehicles are up for the year

which can't be said for Kia's EVs.

But it's an affordable lineup.

Kia offer six models that start at under $30,000.

That's big.

That is big.

That's 30,000 is like the new 15,000.

That's true.

Isn't that weird?

Just wanna make sure that if you start,

if you go in there and you say

you want one for $30,000,

now they'll start adding things onto it

and it's gonna cost you more than 30,000

when it's all over.

Yeah.

You can include options like sedan hybrids

and crossovers in this lineup,

but they did, the Carnival remains

the cheapest minivan on sale

that starts just under 40,000

and the K4 sedan starts at just over $23,000.

And then in the lineup for August,

well not for, I guess yeah, August 2025 sales

because that's where their milestone hit,

the Sportage was the number one seller in August

and is also the number one seller year to date.

Yes.

I would think they'd sell over 100,000 on Mississippi.

Yeah.

One year to date across the nation,

it was 119,000,

but yeah, there's 100,000 Kia Sportages

in Mississippi on the road right now.

Everybody got them.

Followed by the Telluride, the Forte,

the Sorrento, the Carnival, the K5,

the Solto, the Sol is a little bit down on the list,

Nero, EV9 and the EV6.

Well, you know, it takes a special person to drive a Sol.

You know, they had to look like a hamster maybe.

That's what we've determined.

That's what we say, you know,

Kevin looks a little bit like a fuzzy hamster.

No!

Kevin, Ava and I did not say that.

Ava and I did not say that.

Gotta start sweating over here.

My goodness.

But I said a fuzzy.

We love Kevin.

We love Kevin, yes,

and we'll include a link to the fuzzy hamster's story

and our show's podcast description.

Coach, I wanted to get into,

and it's just sitting on the top of my mind

because you had told me a little while ago in the show

about Kia and the anti-theft issue

because we got on the door locks

and then you were like, yeah, Kia had that issue.

Remember Jermaine, it was a recall

and I was like, I said that and I did.

And now they're trying to maybe fix it a little bit.

Yeah, either last year or several months ago

we were talking about and there was a recall

on the anti-theft systems

and they were telling us that they were giving clubs out

so they could lock their vehicles.

Yes, I remember that, I remember that.

And you know, because there were certain years

and models that did not have anti-lock

and mobilizers in there.

What it was is engine mobilizers

where you couldn't crank the vehicle up, okay?

And the insurance company started, decided that, well,

if we can, if our vehicles could be installed

and we're not gonna take and insure them,

all state, progressive, a couple others

that would not, State Farm would not insure the vehicle

or they would not give the full coverage of the vehicle

because they were easy to steal.

So they do not list the trend,

the theft trend that happened

that was partly popularized by a social media trend

that led to the significant increase in key of thefts.

They did not say what that trend was,

but coach kinda knows.

I know what that trend is.

All you had to have is a USB cable for the computer

and a screwdriver and you could steal that vehicle.

Okay, don't say no more.

But now, now they have changed that

where they have, where you could get different software

so nobody could steal that vehicle.

So they, all you had to do is just turn your VIN number,

call in the Kia Corporation, give them your VIN number

and see if your vehicle is eligible for that upgrade

so nobody can steal that vehicle.

So Kenny and Brandon, if you're still listening,

your wife drives a 2012 Kia Sorento.

These recalls were for specific models

primarily from 2011 to 2022 that lack

that immobilizer that coach is talking about.

So if you have not gone in for your recall,

have not looked up this recall,

Kia does provide that software update

and in some cases an engine immobilizer installation.

Yeah, you know, it just was really funny

how they were just giving clubs out

to they were sending you a stern wheel lock.

Serious.

So they couldn't steal the vehicle.

That's serious.

But like I say, I told you what they were using

but you got to know how to do it, you know,

everyday person's not just gonna come

and steal your vehicle

because they don't know how to do it.

Right, so here's something that is a little,

you know, it'll settle you a little bit.

Kia is working on a class action settlement

and offering steering wheel locks to effective owners.

Once again, the club.

Yeah, the club, but possibly you'll get

a settlement check maybe one day.

Well, that's true too.

Yeah, you may get a settlement check.

If you've got your name in the pot.

Yeah, if you've got your name in a pot.

So your name's got to be in two pots.

That's right.

Recall pot, settlement pot.

That's it, that is it.

All right, coach, we're gonna head to a quick break.

When we come back, we're gonna finish up

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Here's a new car review from Casey Williams

and coach's tip of the week is coming up.

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Here's a new car review from Casey Williams.

It's AutoCasey on AutoCorrect.

For automakers crazy enough to sell a compact sedan

in a crossover world, they better go bold or go home.

And that's what Kia did with the 2025 K-Force sedan.

This is the GT line, it's a sport package,

it's got the 18 inch alloy wheels.

But I like the design features too.

The vertical headlamps, the kind of angle driving lamps,

the vertical rear window line looks really cool.

Inside, you have a twin screen arrangement,

everything's crisp, easy to connect all your devices

wirelessly, wireless charging.

You got a Harman car and audio,

heated ventilated front seats,

and all the crash avoidance systems.

Underneath the hood, this has a two liter

four cylinder engine.

There is a turbo available, this one doesn't have it,

has 147 horsepower, 132 pound feet of torque.

But getting a smaller engine,

you also get really good gas mileage.

29 miles per gallon of city, 39 on the highway.

So let's talk about price

because this is a pretty affordable car.

K-Force starts under $22,000.

This one all in, $28,365.

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it's Southern Remedy Kids and Teens

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I'm Jermaine Flood, our expert

is Coach Charlie Melton, ASC Master Technician,

and it's time for Coach Charlie's tip of the week.

You know, when we talk about the making models

of each month, we talk about different vehicles.

The reason we talk about different vehicles

because we wanna give you a open mind

of what you may want as a consumer

to buy from automobile manufacturers.

So I looked at here with the most dependable car

for Kia right now is the Sportage.

It has less maintenance than any Kia vehicle,

but there was a couple that I wanted to mention

that they didn't hold their value very well.

Okay.

And Kia, and the ones that held their value,

would you believe what two vehicles

you think holds their value the best?

Sportage?

No.

What?

It is the Soul.

Okay, and the Rio.

The Telleride.

Oh, okay.

Those two hold their value the best

and the Condenza and they,

and there's another one,

they depreciate real quickly.

Quickly.

Okay, okay.

So when you think about what you're buying,

so that's the tip of the week is that,

hey, we give you the information,

you look up the information,

you do the research of the information

and make the best choice for you.

Yeah, that's good stuff.

That's good stuff, Coach.

I like that.

And then you had the most dependable.

That was the,

that was the Sportage.

That was the Sportage, okay.

But did you know that Kia supplies all of the vehicles

for the South Korea military?

Did not know.

All of them.

And 10 other nations.

Did not know.

All their vehicles.

For the militaries.

Wow, look at Kia go.

Since 1944.

So Kia got, we got over World War II

and the next thing you know,

Kia comes in the house and takes over.

And then this,

it does include some of those diesel vehicles

that they have as well.

Well, in 1990,

they came out with a diesel engine.

Don't really see them in the United States.

You probably see them over in Europe.

I really haven't seen a Kia diesel in the United States,

but you probably have them over there in Europe

all the time because that's all they run is diesels.

They don't really run gasoline vehicles very much.

But yeah, so you know,

a lot of the military equipment runs off diesels.

So I'm sure that they have developed a diesel engine

that would run for that.

And then insurance wise,

we talked about that a little bit on the break.

Well, insurance, like I say,

just make sure that your vehicle can be fully covered,

you know, because you go on uninsured motors,

you want to make sure that you have,

if it's a newer vehicle,

you can get comprehension collision

and it is up to the price of that vehicle.

Because some insurances because of the

theft of the vehicles will not give you

as the coverage you need.

Right, right.

Okay.

So you want to make sure.

And I say, you know,

when you start talking about these vehicles,

you know, kids or any vehicle,

since we're talking about kids today,

be aware of what other people say

about the vehicle that you're driving.

And make sure that you do your research after that

and make your mind up, you know,

because a lot of times you need to make your own mind up.

Don't let somebody else sell you something

or not sell you something.

That's right.

And I feel very good about Kia today

after speaking with Coach Charlie, Abram and Kevin.

My heart is touched.

I feel so good about it.

It was such a good day.

And even Kenny and Brandon,

because his wife loves her cars.

Well, Abram thought I was going to come here

and just dog kids out, you know.

Look, I had my coffee.

I had a nice breakfast and some medicine this morning.

I was prepared for anything.

But I just showed you, I can be nice.

Kia makes the cut.

That's right.

And that'll wrap us up today for Today's AutoCorrect.

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and for Coach Charlie Melton Master Technician,

who will be on the show next time, Jermaine Flood.

Next week, it's owner's manual 101.

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