[Mr Anderson]

Originally Posted by mgastor2022grey

Hey guys, good evening.

My friend has had a small accident with his Seltos X-Line with the matte paint shade. There are 7-8 scratches in the door, which is due to his fault (he drove into a wall). He has decided to get the car repainted from Kia service.

However, when he approached the body shop manager, he told him that they cannot paint it in the matte shade that Kia uses, instead they can paint that door alone in a glossy finish . My friend was taken aback and enquired with other owner of a pre-facelift X-Line Seltos who said the same! However, they proceeded with a 3rd party service center and got it repaired. My friend does not want to do so.

How could Kia say such a thing? Do they want the car to look ugly?

BHPians, your views on this and how to proceed with the matter.

One of my friends who has a pre facelift Seltos X-line variant banged the rear side of his car to an iron gate while reversing.

The dealership in my city under insurance fixed and repainted the entire backside and provided a very good finishing barely distinguishable from the factory finish.

[bharathdonti]

Originally Posted by Mr Anderson

Those figures are off the charts man. I have an X-line desiel 6AT and can barely get 13.5 kmpl in the city and a maximum of 19 on the highway. I drive in economy mode and use as light a feet as I can.

Infact I also use paddle shifters regularly to upshift if the car for some reason doesn't automatically do it and crosses 2000 rpm.

Today's mileage of my highway run. This is my usual highway run (door to door) on NH44. Hyderabad to Nizamabad

[Mr Anderson]

Originally Posted by bharathdonti

Today's mileage of my highway run. This is my usual highway run (door to door) on NH44. Hyderabad to Nizamabad

I am envious. Those are some amazing numbers. Only my diesel honda city could match that.

You are blessed with great roads and less traffic I assume. Anyway I'll not switch to eco mode for a few days and see if there is any difference in the milage I get.

[bharathdonti]

Originally Posted by Mr Anderson

I am envious. Those are some amazing numbers. Only my diesel honda city could match that.

You are blessed with great roads and less traffic I assume. Anyway I'll not switch to eco mode for a few days and see if there is any difference in the milage I get.

NH44 is one of the best highways. Apart from that I time my highway run either early in the morning or late at night to avoid traffic from bikes and autos, as well as to dodge speeding cameras

[ashvek3141]

Originally Posted by bharathdonti

Today's mileage of my highway run. This is my usual highway run (door to door) on NH44. Hyderabad to Nizamabad

Fantastic figures for a car of this size! This 1.5 D is so frugal and equally enjoyable. Sadly, they are a dying breed now.

Originally Posted by Mr Anderson

I am envious. Those are some amazing numbers. Only my diesel honda city could match that.

You are blessed with great roads and less traffic I assume. Anyway I'll not switch to eco mode for a few days and see if there is any difference in the milage I get.

Roads can be one major factor. However, I would request you to just drive the car in the 'normal' mode. Don't even bother to use the paddles. Let the car do it's thing.

Another thing I would also suggest and may / may not work for you. During cold starts, idle for over a minute. Approx. 2 minutes would be best. You will be amazed at how it smoothens the engine and delivers better efficiency figures.

[jacob.thomas]

Originally Posted by 07CR

Mine is a GT Line DCT, and I still manage 13~ KMPL in Pune city (low to average traffic). Barely 1K km on odo. Had only one highway trip and managed 14.7 KMPL on highway. But it also included about 2 hour traffic jams. Tank to tank was around 15.xx!

Those are really good numbers. Are you consistently achieving these? I have a Xline DCT due for delivery next week.

[bharathdonti]

OTA update of the Infotainment software

Yesterday, I received an over-the-air (OTA) update. While driving in the city at that time, the software was in the process of downloading.




This morning, during my highway journey, I checked the update settings and found that it was prompting me to click on the "update" button.



After clicking the update button, the entire process was completed in approximately 19 minutes.







Following the update, my initial action was to explore the newly added music under "Sounds of Nature." Notably, even with the volume set at 10 post-update, it sounded equivalent to a volume level of 35 before the update.



Before the update, I typically had to set the volume to around 45. However, a few days ago, I had door dampening done. I plan to share more details about it in a separate post soon.

[Alphaseal6]

Originally Posted by bharathdonti

OTA update of the Infotainment software
Before the update, I typically had to set the volume to around 45. However, a few days ago, I had door dampening done. I plan to share more details about it in a separate post soon.

Hey, do we have a full Changelog for this update? Cant notice any other improvements except for Volume optimization and Sounds of Nature.

[bharathdonti]

Originally Posted by Alphaseal6

Hey, do we have a full Changelog for this update? Cant notice any other improvements except for Volume optimization and Sounds of Nature.

You will find list of new features from this update here


https://update.kia.com/IN/E1/updateNoticeView/lU1THU

[07CR]

Originally Posted by jacob.thomas

Those are really good numbers. Are you consistently achieving these? I have a Xline DCT due for delivery next week.

Have had just 1 tank full till date. Will keep updating. But as per MID, I am able to get 12-13 in city, while at 90~ I get easily around 16-17. MID has actually shown lower figures compared to actual mileage for the first tank full.

[07CR]

Originally Posted by bharathdonti

You will find list of new features from this update here
https://update.kia.com/IN/E1/updateNoticeView/lU1THU

Originally Posted by bharathdonti

OTA update of the Infotainment software

Originally Posted by Behemoth

The problem was the software of the head unit. Kia has now released a new Software update for the Navigation system and this resolves the low volume issue - please update your Infotainment software (I had outlined the steps a few posts back). You will be pleasantly surprised after the update and the sound that you earlier got at 35 volume you will get at 12 level.

Little confused here. There seems to be two updates released one is OTA while the other is through USB drive. I am confused whether both are same or different, since I believe the USB drive updates the map my india navigation software, while the OTA clearly mentions that some enhancements to sounds of nature and navigation maps.

[Alphaseal6]

Originally Posted by 07CR

Little confused here. There seems to be two updates released one is OTA while the other is through USB drive. I am confused whether both are same or different, since I believe the USB drive updates the map my india navigation software, while the OTA clearly mentions that some enhancements to sounds of nature and navigation maps.

Same here. I did the OTA update. Do I need to update through USB drive for navigation?

[Behemoth]

Originally Posted by 07CR

Little confused here. There seems to be two updates released one is OTA while the other is through USB drive. I am confused whether both are same or different, since I believe the USB drive updates the map my india navigation software, while the OTA clearly mentions that some enhancements to sounds of nature and navigation maps.

The OTA update is just a minor feature addition. The full update which is done through USB is a full 17GB file which updates the Infotainment unit firmware as well as all the Navigation system data too.
I doubt that any Sim services would allow even download of a 17Gb file (rar compressed) so you should do it with the Navigation updater process I had shared earlier.

[actinium15]

Originally Posted by 07CR

Little confused here. There seems to be two updates released one is OTA while the other is through USB drive. I am confused whether both are same or different.

Can you post the versions of Software, Firmware, Navigation App and Maps you see your car after OTA update here? I did the USB upgrade and here are mine:

Software: SP2i_PE.IND.S5W_M.V005.001.231223
Firmware: SP2i_PE.IND.301.231123.MICOM.D
Navigation app: STD5W.IND.KIA.231208.ef4fd0f
Map: IND.16.50.71.013.511.0

(to retrieve them, long press the SETUP button on the center console until the 'General Settings' screen appears.

[Mr Anderson]

Originally Posted by bharathdonti

OTA update of the Infotainment software

Do we get the 3D view option when using 360° camera like in the new facelift sonet?

As of now 3d view is not present.