Air conditioner stinks (after getting the ventilation opened when parking it, the bad smell went away).
Suspension noise and no good feeling.
Air conditioner and heater malfunctioned (no control until I restarted the engine).
Gas mileage was not as advertised.
- Advertisement : 18MPG (City : 14 to 22 MPG) / 26 MPG (Highway : 21 to 31 MPG)
- Gas mileage I had : 18-20 MPG (City) / 22-23.5 MPG (Highway) I have never gotten more than 23.5 MPG, even with 60-65 mph on highway using cruise control. The gas mileage on highway is a lot inflated.
Helicopter wind noise when opening the rear windows over 50 mph in speed. Very uncomfortable noise. You feel pain in your ears. No kidding.
Seats can be dirty very easily (very cheap materials used).
Overall, the 2008 Kia Rondo V6 is a really nice car.
Very responsive in driving.
Good gas mileage in the city (18-20mpg).
6 air bags (driver, passenger, side, and curtain).
Recommended. 5 stars.
All cars make that "helicopter noise" if the rear windows are open at speed.
Agreed on the helicopter noise, doesn't even have to be the rear windows. My Galant does that, so I either open all windows to some degree or keep them shut.
Helicopter noise that I mentioned is extremely high in degree compared to other cars. I am not kidding.
Some cars are (much) noisier than others with windows open.
Our VW Touran (another small minivan type) was making a horribly loud noise compared to anything else we owned.
Helicopter noise comes in all cars, open the front window slightly and opposing rear window to relieve.
I am the person who wrote the above review. This is an update. It has been 1.2 year (14000miles). I drove the car to another city on highway (65-75 mph) for 1.5 hour. After a round-trip, I got 24.7 mpg on highway. It has been improved.
Heli noise is called the Doppler effect. It could be really painful to the ears, some cars would be worst, adjusting windows opening is a good hint.
Wow.. AC malfunctioned, seats get dirty easily because they are cheap, wind noise hurts your ears, gas mileage less than expected and "Suspension noise and no good feeling." as you put it... and you give this vehicle a 5 STAR RATING?!?! What does it take to lower your score here?
This is why manufacturers keep producing low quality cars... because no matter what they lack, people still love them. To me a five star car would perform flawlessly over the entire time I had it needing only minor maintenance. I have had only a couple of "five star" cars in my garage over the years. This would be a three star at best for me with the problems you've listed.
I understand that Kia Rondo is not a 5 star car.
Recently I got 14 mpg in city. Gas mileage is very disappointing.
I do not see much difference btw in city and on highway. Average 50/50 is about 20 mpg.
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