Sometime after the 15th.

 

Hello and welcome to the forum. Recently cars arriving at Kia's import facility is near Immingham have been taking anything from a few days to 3 - 4 weeks.

 

Congratulations Philip! We have one on order too (October), so will be a while behind you. We do have a test drive booked for Wednesday though. Keep us informed with how you get on.

 

Any update Philip? We had our test drive on Wednesday, which went very well. The salesman then shocked us by saying we could (should?) have our EV9 by the end of the month! This would be great but the tax on the Sorento runs out at the end of Jan so I'm now in two minds whether to press ahead with the service and MoT booked for next week. Oh, such first world dilemmas!

I suppose our cars could actually be on the same boat. What did you order? Mine's a red GT-Line.

 

What I did when changing cars in this situation. Was told dealer service & mot were due & booked. They said OK leave them & thankfully arranged new car pick up same day.
So they did not service or MOT P/X car until it was ready to sell.

See what dealer says.

 

Thanks iooi. Looks like the OP, having joined and asked his question, has gone away.

My car is apparently in Kia Uk”s compound so looks fairly definite for delivery this month. I suspect a batch of RHD EV9s were shipped in for dealer stock and I was lucky that there was one matching my specification. I think the dealer provisionally booked it pending our test drive last week and has now confirmed he wants it and we just have to wait our turn with whatever transport resources are being used.

 

Today i went to collect my KIA EV9 blue GTline s and there is a problem with the gloss black wheel arches they have some kind of bleaching affect so could not collect all this time spent waiting and im not very happy if this is KIA car Company trying to do high end then i think they have a few problems ahead

 

Sorry to hear that Philip. We’re due to collect ours on Tuesday, so I’ll try to remember to have a good look at the wheel arches! Presumably you were offered the option of taking the car, with the arches to be replaced under warranty when in stock?

 

We were offered to collect but its so bad it seems its impregnated into the plastic. Photos attached.

 

Looks like something was not clean when processed, so causing air bubbles underneath.

Bet it will take a while to source new parts.

 

This morning we went to inspect the car and seems nearly every wheel arch had problems and we have a paint correction torch to check imperfections .We run a funeral carriage company so detailing is important to us

 

I'm amazed if it left the factory in that condition & even more amazed that the dealer attempted to get you to take delivery.🤷‍♂️

 

We think this damage came up after the valeting process they had truckwash in garage and this has some form of acid in this

 

That does look pretty dreadful. Hope you don’t have to wait too long for the issue to be resolved.

 

well if its to long i have allready contacted another dealer and tells me he can get one in two weeks

 

Hi all today my dealer has found the issues with wheel arches. The aarches seem to have a film on the outside and when not heated properly it separates and leaves air behind solved with a heat gun.Just beware when you purchase to check the plastic film over the top and be carefull when cleaning as this film is very soft and can scratch easily.

 

I've had two Sportages, and both times the protective film has been left over the reversing camera. It's not until you've reversed a couple of times and thought the picture is naff, that you realise what they have done. It's just a small disc of blueish clear plastic. But a whole trim!

 

Surely the protective film has to be removed on handover, as it is only there to protect on delivery.
Certainly not seem any plastic film of gloss black time on Niro's I've had.

 

The white protective covering is there for transit under that is the wheel aches covered in a gloss plastic over the arches to give a gloss plastic finish .

 

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Hi Can anyone confirm whether or not the UK spec Kia EV9 comes with the digital grill that has varying LED light patterns? I've seen this on many US and Euro reviews but not on any of the UK reviews. Thanks

 

No. Digital light pattern grille not part of the spec. Believe it is illegal in UK?

 

It's a trim piece on UK offering, it's fragile anyways so make sure you get it coated. I'm certain it will be soft recalled.

 

According to your post in this thread, that would make the warranty void?

https://www.kiaownersclub.co.uk/threads/rustproofing.76913/#post-534793

make your mind up 🤣

 

UK sidesteps now available, for those who haven't yet noticed they have been missing all this time.

I don't think 2nd row console fridge or built in dash cam will make it to UK (there is a blank in the center storage behind the phone charger pad).

Remember they went for 1/4 off in SK to clear the September stock.

 

We’re just back from our first real world long distance journey in the EV9, Hampshire coast to Skegness, Lincolnshire. We stopped at our daughter’s near Newbury on the way up and topped up from a neighbour’s charger. An attempt to do a DC charge (BPPulse) en route failed so we pressed on to Skegness and re-charged to 98% (BP Pulse 7kw) before the return journey. With a couple of stops and minor detours, this was 234miles and we arrived home with 70 miles on the GOM and 23% SOC. So, very consistent with the claimed range of around 300 miles.

Now I just have to find out why our DC charging attempts failed - particularly bewildering since we had a successful test charge on a similar local charger a few days before setting off.

Oh, I nearly forgot to mention that the car acquitted itself very well. The driving was shared with my wife and daughter who both found it enjoyable to drive. So much so, my daughter was fearful that she might find her manual Qashqai rather clunky by comparison. Maybe there could be an EV3 in her future? Could prove to be an expensive trip!