Hi, it's my first message here, but not my first week with my 2019 Kona EV delivered in February 2019. Yes I got all the problems you can get, water pump changed because of check engine from coolant damage, I got the problem before it became a recall, reducer changed twice.
Anyways, since the beginning I have a deep vibration that is not constant, I drive on cruise control and the vibration come and goes. The steering wheel doesn't shake like an unbalanced wheel. It's worse with winter tire. It seems to be related to the torque applied. Going on an over pass on the highway the vibration get worse and going down (regen) also create vibration. Going on a level road is 50-50.
Last summer I strapped my car to a dyno (that I paid for) so we can look under the hood and the technician told me that a drive shaft was vibrating, got back to the dealer with this information and they changed the left drive shaft. After the change the problem was a little less apparent, probably because I wanted to believe that it worked. But this summer the problem is coming back.
Did any of you guys experience that vibration, it's a deep vibration, my hanging part of my pants shake a little bit. My dealer tells me he sent my comment up the chain, but since I'm the only one at my dealer reporting that problem he basically told me that they (up the chain) won't do **** about this.
A mechanic told me that it is usually drive shafts that do that kind of problem, when there is too much torque they degrade very fast and they vibrate, told me that even when removed from the car they look fine, but new drive shafts solve the problem. I don't want to request drive shafts replacement again if it isn't gonna solve the problem.
Anyway I hope to find some fellow Kona EV owner with the same problem so we can have more weight when we place a call up the chain...
Thanks for reading this long post up to this point
FrAllard
Anyways, since the beginning I have a deep vibration that is not constant, I drive on cruise control and the vibration come and goes. The steering wheel doesn't shake like an unbalanced wheel. It's worse with winter tire. It seems to be related to the torque applied. Going on an over pass on the highway the vibration get worse and going down (regen) also create vibration. Going on a level road is 50-50.
Last summer I strapped my car to a dyno (that I paid for) so we can look under the hood and the technician told me that a drive shaft was vibrating, got back to the dealer with this information and they changed the left drive shaft. After the change the problem was a little less apparent, probably because I wanted to believe that it worked. But this summer the problem is coming back.
Did any of you guys experience that vibration, it's a deep vibration, my hanging part of my pants shake a little bit. My dealer tells me he sent my comment up the chain, but since I'm the only one at my dealer reporting that problem he basically told me that they (up the chain) won't do **** about this.
A mechanic told me that it is usually drive shafts that do that kind of problem, when there is too much torque they degrade very fast and they vibrate, told me that even when removed from the car they look fine, but new drive shafts solve the problem. I don't want to request drive shafts replacement again if it isn't gonna solve the problem.
Anyway I hope to find some fellow Kona EV owner with the same problem so we can have more weight when we place a call up the chain...
Thanks for reading this long post up to this point
FrAllard