How to Use Your Tire Mobility Kit (TMK)

[louscalmanini]

So I'm sitting in a Mexican restaurant in Henderson, NV waiting for the local Kia dealership to fix the flat tire on the Kia Soul my wife and I took delivery on less than 2 wks ago. I'm not upset about the flat tire, it happens. What I'm upset about is the fact that the Kia Soul does not come with a spare tire, not even one of those little, fake, donut spares. The Kia Soul comes equipped with a little, plastic, 'plug- into- the- dashboard' compressor and a container of 'Fix-a-Flat' goo.

So instead of spending the 30- 45 minutes it would have taken to change a tire and get back on the road. So far the experience looks like this -
-30 minutes figuring out how to use the 'Fix-a-Flat' contraption and realizing that it's not working
- 2 hours waiting for the tow truck to show up
-45 minute ride back to the nearest Kia dealership
- 30 minutes (so far) for the Kia dealership in NV to talk to the Kia dealership in CO to get the warranty information straightened out
- We'll see how long it takes for them to do the actual repair

I should be in San Diego right now, spending time with my wife. Instead, I'm eating a mediocre, over- priced Mexican lunch, waiting for my car to get fixed.

I say all that, to say this. This cheap, corner- cutting idea that Kia had for replacing spare tires with a glorified 'Fix-a- Flat' setup DOES NOT WORK!!! According to me, according to the tow truck driver that towed my car, and according to the service manager at the Kia dealership where there car was towed.

DO NOT BUY A KIA WITHOUT A SPARE TIRE!!!

[johnnyappleseed]

In the effort to provide better fuel economy AKA let’s squeeze as much money saving tactics to increase profits

[coney]

Come on Hyundai!! At least make a spare tire an option. This crappy tire inflater gizmo is a joke. Honestly, when I bought my Hyundai, I didn’t even know that it didn’t come with a spare tire, otherwise I would not have purchased the car.