2023 Kona Limited - FAQs and opinions

[NevadaTech]

Hello, just an endless listing of things that may help other people. Some of these things were questions I had while looking to buy my Kona. And, yes, some of these may just be me ranting. Starting off with

Windows

• yes, the back windows roll down all of the way
• no, you cannot open all of the windows from your key fob
• yes, both front windows will auto-fully-open AND auto-fully-close once triggered from the driver's door's window switch console
• and conversely, both back widows are only momentarily opened and closed from the driver's door's window switch console

Infotainment USB Audio

• only the USB port by the phone charger can play audio files
• the lower USB port, under the center console is power charging only
• audio files can be mp3, ogg, flac; those are the only formats I've tested
• I have successfully tested up to 32GB USB sticks, I don't know the top end

 

[NevadaTech]

Rant - Car Locking Volume

I don't know if it is just my car or all Kona(s) but the volume level when I lock the car from the keyfob is incredible low. If I am in an active parking lot, standing in front of the car, and lock it via the fob, I rarely hear the chirp. The caution lights blink with the chirp and I can see the car is locked.

Is you car's volume 'normal'?

 

[NevadaTech]

One Pedal Driving

It is actually listed in the manual. It is also a fail. The pedal you use is the 'gas' pedal. To slow down you can release the gas pedal and your regen settings take effect. To actually stop the car you must use the paddle behind the steering wheel. So it's kind of a one pedal + one paddle.

More fails on this... when you brake with the paddle, the brake lights don't turn on. So coasting up to a stop light, then paddle to fully stop, at no point does your brake light come on. Yikes.

A win on paddles... when you come to a complete stop with the paddle (say at a stoplight), then release the paddle, you stay stopped. Nice. At this point I would randomly tap the brake pedal so people coming up behind me see I am stopped.

 

[KiwiME]

The brake light is ‘on’ (on my late 2018 build) right up until the car stops when using the left paddle hold. It’s not ideal but I just use the brake pedal to stop anyway for that reason and several others.