Kia Mojave Transmission. New comment. Expert assessment of cars

Large SUVs our motorists love. And this is despite the fact that in close megalopolis, it is extremely uncomfortable to ride on such cars. Nevertheless, huge "passing" both used and are in considerable demand. It is a pity, but new SUVs are quite expensive. And then nothing remains anything else, how to pay attention to the secondary market. Proposals there - for every taste and wallet. One of the possible options is Kia Mohave Korean SUV.

As a concept car, under the name HM, the SUV was shown in Detroit back in 2005. This model, according to Koreans, in the future was to become the flagship of the brand and settled on the step above the notorious Kia Sorento. Three years later, the serial Mohave was already on sale in the US market, and in 2009 the car reached South Korea and Russia.

Engine and gearbox

Technically, Mohave is similar and with a relative Sorento, and with the Hyundai IX55 SUV. In 2012, the Korean SUV began to be equipped with a new 8-speed automatic box, which was positively affected by the car's economy. But as for the third row of seats, thanks to which the whole can be moved to Mohave, he was offered from the very beginning of the release of this model.

Interestingly, in our market Kia Mohave appeared immediately in the restyled version. Two engines were available for the car: a diesel 3-liter capacity of 250 horsepower and a gasoline unit with a volume of 3.8 liters.

The last on Mohave is rare. So focus on it when buying a car is hardly worth it. Especially since a much more economical diesel engine was extremely successful. In the hands of a caring owner, changing the oil every 10 thousand kilometers, to a run in 200-250 thousand kilometers a diesel engine will not give an occasion for anxiety. I am glad and the fact that diesel is digesting our not the best fuel. So frequent replacement of expensive nozzles can not be afraid.

Sometimes in the secondary market there are brought from the North American Mohave market. On such cars, a 6-speed "automatic" will be installed. But no matter how cool, and eight steps in the automatic box, which was installed on a car after restyling, allow you to ride faster, and consult fuel less.

If "Avtomat" suddenly began to switch transfers with shocks, first it is worth going to the dealer and figure out what's the matter. It is possible that expensive repairs will not be needed at all, and unpleasant shocks will disappear after flashing the box control unit. But the words of the servicemen that the oil in the "automatic" should not be changed, it is better not to listen. If you want to ride a long time and without problems, then it is better to change it every 60 thousand kilometers.

Interior of the cabin and suspension

Opinions regarding the quality of finishing materials and the accuracy of the salon assembly among the Kia Mohave owners will differ. Someone complains of "crickets" and permanent violets, someone assures that it is not necessary to find face inside. Perhaps the current situation speaks of unstable assembly quality, so ride and listen to outsiders before buying Mohave is definitely.

Equipped with Korean SUV good. Many cars occur even. But it will probably become a source of headaches. The camera is still disconnected, forcing Mohave owners to contact the corporate service. But the new camera will not last for too long. After a couple of years, it again begins to turn off spontaneously.

From other claims to the Korean SUV - a quickly sealing steering wheel, because of what many potential Mohave buyers have a feeling that the mileage before selling the car was seriously adjusted.

The basis of the Kia Mohave design is a powerful frame. The Korean SUV independent, the drive is complete. The latter is connected or automatically, or forcibly. Interestingly, in the rear suspension Mohave is used. In many crossovers and SUVs, they have proven themselves in the best way, but not only at Kia Mohave. Rather, the body position sensors will be summarized than the pneumatic racks themselves fail. Sensors are rare. In our conditions, the wiring going towards them is first. Inspecting the suspension, it will not hurt to draw attention to a considerable number of non-protected nodes and aggregates. And this means only one thing - consider Kia Mohave a serious SUV and constantly use it at rough terrain. Rather, it is just a large spacious car, which allows you to move around with relatively smooth solid coverage.

In the first sold, Kia Mohave, you can find small spots of rust, but there are few such cars. Most of the owners of Mohave about corrosion did not even hear. As well as about the fact that this car is hijacked. The criminal world of Kia Mohave is not interested. But the motorists in the direction of "Korean" seek about the big and unpretentious SUVs are still looking more and more. They can be understood. For acceptable money Mohave offers a reliable design, spacious salon and good driving qualities.

Video: Kia Mojave Test Drive

After the present spring Sorento miraculously turned into a crossover, Kia remained only one model of increased passability - Borrego / Mohave. To satisfy the needs of Russian off-road lovers, it has already begun to produce at the factory in Kaliningrad

This Borreaga (more precisely, its last version), the American man is enjoying more than a year: the car was an off-road nail of Detroit-2008. And now the Russian turn has come. Mohave will be its own, assembled in the Native Fatherland - the company in Kaliningrad has been working in this direction.

The machine is comfortable, with a pneumatic suspension, adjustable pedal node and other options familiar to the resident. With this, it is made on the frame, but there are no bridges with continuous beams and in the risen - an independent suspension in front and rear. Of the two schemes envisaged for Mohave - rear-wheel drive and all-wheel drive - our readers, for obvious reasons, is interesting for the second. With her and we will understand.

1. Carrying element - frame to which the body is mounted through eight vibroopor
2. Internal combustion engine (gasoline V6 and V8 or diesel V6)
3. Automatic classic type gearbox: hydrotransformer and planetary gearbox
4. Front bridge drive shaft
5. Disposal box with a downstream transmission made in the form of a planetary row
6. A single-section cardan shaft of the rear axle drive
7. Exhaust gas output system
8. 82 l fuel tank
9. Rear axle with optional self-locking differential

Learning Matchast

It would seem that unusual in transmissions like Torque-On-Demand? The design has long been known, worked on a hearing. However, when discussing the principle of its work in relation to Mohave, the edition of the editorial staff was divided - there were, so to speak, the debate. Some said that the coupling placed in the transfer box had two fixed positions - discs or open, or completely compressed and did not slip on each other (that is, the rigid lock). The second argued that the power selection on the front axle may not be discrete. To understand the question, let's start from the stove, or rather, from the dispensing device supplied by Borg Warner.

The first element encountered "along the way" power flow is the planetary series that performs the functions of the downstream. It is activated by servo drive: the executive element moves the plug, the plug "pulls" a shock carriage. Behind the planetary, a multi-disc friction clutch, operating in oil, and an electromagnet, this coupling controller is placed. The driven coupling discs are connected by a row with a gear transmitting power (through a gear chain and another gear) to the drive shaft of the front axle drive. The driver manages all this farm through a toggle switch located on the central console.

With 4L and 4h provisions there are no ambiguities. The coupling is completely closed, while the leading gears of the main gear of bridges as it were rigidly planted for one shaft. At the same time, if the adhesion of all wheels with expensive and other conditions is the same, then the cardan shafts are loaded with an equal torque. The difference is that with 4L, when the pitch is activated, this moment is higher. Here the driver is important to remember that due to the rigid connection when moving on good asphalt, significant overloads are possible in transmission and accelerated tire wear. With differential communication, such phenomena does not occur.

As for the coupling, then, according to KIA specialists, it really functions smoothly, as needed loading the front wheels. Selection occurs not only if there is a clutch difference between the front and rear wheels and when accelerating (slowing) the car, but also in stationary modes. For example, at low speeds, the thrust on the front bridge varies from 5 to 20%.

Other machinery

In the North American market on Borrego, two motors are installed - V6 and V8. Both are gasoline, equipped with adjustable phases of gas distribution by correcting the angular positions of all camshafts. Diesel, to which Russians can count in the United States, there is no V8 motor in Russia (only on this modification, airbags are installed for the driver's knees). All three aggregates work with hydromechanical automatic boxes. Only gasoline V6 - with a five-speed ACP, and two others - with a six-speed ACP. Both automatic activists in the presence of a manual selection program.

The self-locking differential of the rear axle is provided, it is a pity that in the Russian Federation the option is not available. Another interesting feature of Mohave is high maneuverability: the diameter of the reversal is only 11 m.

Interestingly, the main competitors of Mohave KIA managers are seen such popular cars in the Russian Federation as Mitsubishi Pajero and Nissan Pathfinder. As the newcomer will show himself in such a serious company, we will see next year.

text: Sergey Arbuzov
pHOTO: manufacturer

26.03.2017

Kia Mojave (Other Name: Kia Borrego) - the mid-sized SUV of Kia Motors, which was designed specifically for the American market. Large SUVs are an old passion of most car enthusiasts, even despite the fact that such machines are not entirely convenient for operation in large cities and have a fairly high cost. If the budget for the purchase of a car is unlimited, then the choice of cars of this segment is indecently large, but if the budget is limited, I recommend to look at Kia Mojava with mileage.

A bit of history:

A prototype for Kia Mojave was the concept of Kia KCD II Mesa, which was shown to review the public in 2005 on the Motor Show in Detroit. This model should have become the company's flagship model and take a niche to the step higher than Kia Sorento. At the development stage, the project was called "HM". The name Mojave car received in honor of the desert of the same name in California, where the test site of the North American division of Kia is located. The official premiere of Kia Mojave on the World Arena took place in 2008 on a driving school in Detroit. The design of the car was developed by the famous German designer Peter Shreyer. Initially, the car was sold only in the United States, but, a year later, the geography of sales expanded, and the crossover went on sale to the markets of South Korea, Europe and some countries CIS. Cars are produced in Korea, Kazakhstan and Russia.

This model was built on an upgraded platform from, while maintaining an independent suspension of all wheels and a four-wheel drive. Also, in the development of a car, many developments were borrowed from another Korean SUV - Hyundai IX55. Auto equipped with a frame structure of the body and has some features characteristic of the American market machines, such, for example, the electrically regulating the pedal node belongs. In 2016, information about the tests of the new Kia Mojave, whose debut should take place in 2017.

Disadvantages and weak points of Kia Mohava with mileage

Traditionally, for Korean cars, paintwork is not the highest quality, there are comments and to corrosion resistance of the body. So, for example, on cars of the first years of release, you can find small foci of rust. The main places to pay special attention to - thresholds, wheeled arches, trunk lid, door edges and front of the hood (especially frequent bugs appear in the radiator grille area).

Engines

Kia Mojave is equipped with two types of engines: gasoline - 3.8 (274 hp) and diesel - 3.0 (250 hp). The diesel engine has proven itself only from the positive side, it has not only good dynamic indicators, but also a large margin of strength. However, for the trouble-free and long life of the power unit, it is necessary to change the oil at least once in 8-10 thousand km of mileage. The only advantages of this engine is that its fuel equipment has been adapted to our operating conditions and diesel fuel is not the highest quality. Thanks to this, the owners are very rarely faced with problems in the fuel system. Fuel consumption, depending on the driving manner, hesitates from 12 to 15 liters per hundred.

The engine is equipped with a timing chain drive, this node is very reliable and with timely maintenance of the power unit does not require a replacement of 200-250 thousand km. The main problems faced by the owners do not occur with the engine itself, but with its attachments. For example, clamps, fixing the power of the hydraulic power steering system, weaken the radiator protection bolts, etc. weaken. The gasoline engine 3.8 is also quite reliable, but, due to a large fuel consumption (about 20 liters per 100 km in the city), the car with such a power unit was not in demand among motorists and is extremely rare.

Transmission

Kia Mojave can be equipped with the following types of gearboxes - five-speed mechanics and an eight-step automatic machine, a six-speed automatic transmission is installed on cars imported from the USA. Operating experience has shown that all boxes are reliable and have a fairly large resource of work. But, in the opinion of many owners and servicemen, the most optimal option for the acquisition is a car with an eight-speed automata, as it combines good efficiency, softness of switching and reliability. If this transmission switches the transmissions with delays and jerks, most likely it is required to update the software control unit for the automatic transmission. But, in some cases, the cause of the incorrect operation of the transmission can serve as valve hydraulic contacts.

Also, there are no special complaints and the performance of mechanics, even the clutch here is at least 100,000 km of run. The car is equipped with a full drive system, the front axle is connected using an electromagnetic clutch or forcibly, when choosing a special mode of operation of the transmission. From the disadvantages of this system, it is possible to note only a quick overheating of the coupling with frequent slips. It is worth noting that when overheating the system automatically turns off the front-wheel drive, which can be an unpleasant surprise when trying to overcome the complex area of \u200b\u200bthe road.

Features and disadvantages of chassis Kia Mohava

The car is equipped with a fully independent suspension: in front set McPherson racks, rear - multi-type with pneumatic balls. The chassis is very hardy, and, even with a tight operation, its resource will be about 80,000 km, and, with the average loads, most of the suspension elements will delight the mileage of 120-150 thousand km. On cars that often jumped off-road, while trying to make collapse, dimensions and angles may not become. Many specialists claim that this comes from what leads frame, therefore, before buying, it is necessary to check the frame geometry. The most common problem with which the owners of this model are faced, this is the failure of the body position sensor, when diagnosing it turns out that the sensor is working. The main reason for this ailment is in poor quality sensor wiring (after the first winter, the wiring begins to rot). Of the disadvantages of the brake system, you can note a small resource of the front brake pads - 20-30 thousand km.

Salon

The salon is made of medium-quality materials, and, here, about the quality of the assembly, the owners respond differently. Some argue that the salon is assembled poorly, because of this, there is a large number of crickets and other extraneous sounds. But, there are those who consider the salon very high quality and put this car in one row with more expensive models. The main reason for different opinions appeared due to the fact that the market introduces various assembly machines, for example, machines are collected in Korea possess better quality than Russian copies. The car has enough rich equipment, however, not all systems boast of good performance.

Most often, the owners are purchasing a rear-type camera, the fact is that it regularly turns off (1-2 times a month), and to eliminate the problem, you will have to go to the service. Also, it is worth noting that once in 2 years the camera has to be changed. There are complaints and to the performance of the climate system, the main problem is not in the climate control itself, but in its wiring (curse contacts). If the washer of the glass suddenly stopped working, most likely, the replacement of the fuse is required, which is located in the cabin. On some copies, the owners came across the failures of the audio system and the on-board computer, which is installed on the instrument panel.

Outcome:

It is a fairly reliable and unpretentious car, and thanks to good chassis, roominess and good equipments, the car can compete with more expensive cars of this segment.

If you are the owner of this car model, please describe the problems that you have to face during the operation of the car. Perhaps it is your feedback that will help readers of our site when choosing a car.

Respect, editors Car auto

➖ Handling
➖ Fuel consumption
➖ Suspension

pros

➕ Dynamics
➕ Reliability
➕ Spacious salon
➕ Patency
➕ Noise isolation

The advantages and disadvantages of Kia Mojave 2018-2019 in the new body are identified on the basis of reviews of real owners. More detailed pros and cons of Kia Mohave 3.0 diesel and 3.8 gasoline with a machine gun and a full-wheel drive 4x4 can be found from the stories below.

Ownership reviews

At the moment, the car is in my operation for 3.5 years (mileage 70,000 km), which allows me to give more weighted estimates of its performance characteristics.

Engine, perhaps, the main advantage of Mojave in the eyes of the public. But, for me personally, it is not so significant. The engine is frisky, picks up from the bottom of Niza, a tangible supply "under the pedal".

Box machine on 8 steps. The origin is unknown. In general, the box does not cause complaints: switches smoothly and does not tupit.

Four-wheel drive. The system of full drive, of course, is not off-road, but for my modest purposes is quite enough. So far I have not stuck anywhere, but I did not climb into a serious off-road.

Suspension. Front - springs, rear - pneuma. In the stock, the anti-American suspension is soft, suggests a good road surface and is afraid of sharp rebuildings. In general, I like it. Of the minuses: Floss, sometimes rearranges the rear axle on irregularities.

Controllability. Well, what could be the handling of such a barn? The steering wheel is empty and "long", and the brakes are somewhat wadded.

Interior. In beige performance, it looks very expensive and cozy, and the muffled backlight in the door inserts under the tree (by the way, quite natural) gives the interior of the highlight. Plastic in the main mass is hard. Seven seven salon itself. One of the most spacious salons in the classroom. But you get used to you quickly, and I want even more - for example, as in the new patrol.

Noise isolation. At the height, many prases. As for the audio system, it gives a completely acceptable sound from a good source. Radio sound is mediocre.

Review about Kia Mojave 3.0D (250 hp) at 2012

Video Feedback

He took a new one in the salon in August 2013. Double (2015 and 2016) traveled in Europe for 6.5 - 7.5 thousand kilometers with daily runs up to 1,500 km. According to good roads, it moves very comfortable, the power of the extended (of. The dealer reprogrammed brains with the preservation of the warranty to 300 hp). In general, Kia Mojave is a very reliable car without much breakdowns (no exploitation has ceased due to repair).

Advantages:
1. A bunch of 3.0-liter V6 turbodiesel with an 8-speed ZF machine - this is a song (I measure on the empty machine overclocking to 100 was 7.2 s after chipovka).
2. The car never got up because of the breakdown, went every day.
3. Catering is awesome (somehow we went on vacation through Helsinki Airport as part of me and four women - imagine how much baggage was like - everything fit in the trunk together with the purchases made in Finland).
4. Extremely decent patency (after all, there is a blocking of disduction and a prayer).
5. One of the last real frame jeeps.

From the flaws, I note:
1. Machine - the flagship of the brand KIA, but already very outdated. There are no heaps of small rain sensor, etc., the camera in the rear view mirror, outdated multimedia and instrument panel.
2. Pneumatic suspension is a quiet horror (wildly rigidly in small irregularities, before lying policemen have to slow down, the remote sensors of the rear suspension, changed every winter, changed the warranty, but it is quite uncomfortable to ride with a non-working podachka).
3. A very long consumption - without special traffic jams 13-15l (summer-winter). When in the spring at work was transferred to the center (on Petrogradka) with surviving traffic jams, consumption confidently crawled to 18-19 liters.
4. Since modern diesel (Punforskins, TNVD, etc.) had to carefully treat the choice of refueling (well at least there is no particulate filter).

Eugene, goes to Kia Mohave 3.0 Diesel (250 hp) AT 2013.

Where can one buy?

Mail engine 250 hp Picks up with a bang, auto economical, consumption at a speed of 100 km / h corresponds to the declared plant by the manufacturer, roomy, suitable for a family to seven people, a warm salon. Service is simple and prices for spare parts acceptable and not expensive, cheaper by 50% than on and Prado.

During the mileage period, the warranty changed the engine control unit, steering thrust, rearview chamber. Front Cardan replaced - on the control company.

He himself changed the front and rear shock absorbers and the springs to Pradovsky - the front routing was left, the car became stable on the go and at a speed of more than 100 km / h, replaced the front hub bearings.

Review of Kia Mojave 3.0 Diesel on the automatic machine 2010

In general, Kia Mohav is so-so car. After not exactly what the winnings in the price-quality ratio. Although I'll think about it can still overpaid 20 greenery thousand and take a more reliable brand. Moreover, the warranty announced by the plant just an empty sound!

Pluses: Salon wide and spacious, climate control and other comforts of comfort at level, rear view camera and parking sensors without comments, at the level, and what is on the rearview mirror, then this is an amateur. Additional seats rather plus than minus. The ABS is a little late, on the track is good, keeping the road, the fuel consumption is pleasant, the truth is the side computer of Lukavit, can show 9.5 liters per hundred, but in fact a liter is 1.5 more.

A tank with good capacity, a decent stock reserve, it is especially noticeable when you go on Kazakhstan's expanses with runs between big cities (read refueling with good gasoline) by 500 or more km. The engine leaves a pleasant impression - the pickup is good, tears from the intersection, and with the overtakers almost like a sports car.

In the minuses: there were unpleasant and incomprehensible breakdowns, but they are all. Twice had to remove the gasoline tank, in the first case, failed the power supply of the fuel pump (replaced), God was pretty and did not happen. Then the smell of gasoline unexpectedly appeared, it turned out to flow at the bottom of the tank (the armor is whole, and there is a flow ???), strange, had to be filmed and brewed.

On the forums there are many complaints on the stiffness stiffness and shock absorbers - it's true! My rear shock absorbers fastening with a difference of 30,000 km (first after 90 thousand). Revised the cup of fastening and shock absorber head. I also had to brew welding. Consequently, the stated characteristics are not true! Due to the elongated base, the longitudinal squabble is destructive for this car. Rear passengers can be forgotten about comfort if the road is not very smooth and long.

Faisula Rakhmetov, reviews about Kia Mojave 3.8 (275 hp) AT 2010

Korean analogue of the Toyota Land Cruiser Prado, and on the fact "American" to the bone's brain, Kia Mohave is an absolutely niche product on the Russian market. And how not to be Nishev, if it is a huge seven-party frame SUV with Diesel, the design of which has long time to change in favor of modern trends of autoinadundry? The same Prado looks much better, not to mention a bunch of other competitors. And, nevertheless, in connection with the restyling of 2016, and for the Russian Federation, only in the spring of 2017, Mohave became definitely prettier, especially inside. All details about it read in our review!

Design

The new chrome grid of the radiator is not highlighted as a head optics around the edges. On the side of the car with American roots looks no more interesting than the UAZ Patriot, and because the domestic machine is almost twice as cheaper! The change in the pattern of light alloy disks to the situation was not strongly influenced. "Feed" from the updated Mohave is purely practical - with uncomplicated lamps, suitable on the rear wings, and a huge lid of the trunk. Behind the door of the luggage compartment hides a truly chic amount of cargo space, which cannot but rejoice. With two folded seats, this volume reaches 2.7 cubic meters, which, taking into account the smooth gender, allows you to organize full-fledged bedrooms without any problems. No wonder the car was designed for the United States! The electric drive at the door of the trunk, as it was not, and not (only the usual closer is provided), and the opening is low for people whose growth exceeds 180 cm.

Design

As the foundation of the restyling version of Mohave, the former framework is performing: in front of it is the suspension on dual levers, and the back is a multi-dimensional. For the surcharge, the rear pneumatic suspension (and self-locking rear differential of increased friction) is offered, but it should be borne in mind that there will be little sensible on the harsh off-road from it, since the design of an SUV is distinguished by cross-handed hasshes, and the smoke clearance has a cross-line model - just 195 mm, although The manufacturer claims that under the bottom of as much as 217 mm. For serious ride of rough terrain, the clearance is frankly modest.

Adaptation to Russian conditions

The Mohave 2017 model year is unambiguously option for the city and light off-road, and not for extreme Russian conditions, even despite the presence of a frame and a full drive. For operation in Russia, it is not perfectly prepared, but not bad: it has an 82-liter fuel tank with steel protection and a jack hidden in a organizer under the floor of the cargo compartment, as well as a full-size spare wheel, an alarm button for calling emergency services at an accident "ERA -Gallons, stabilization system, assistant when starting up the mountain and separate climate control. For winter, heated outdoor mirrors, in front and rear seats, steering wheel and windshield in the area of \u200b\u200b"janitors". In addition, there is a cabin electrotane.

Comfort

The climate control unit layout (3 zones) is logical and understandable, the climate management is already available in the initial configuration. Automatic windows were obtained only by the front doors, and on the rear producer decided to save. On the ceiling - air ducts, lighting plafof, visors to protect against the sun with the retractable section and the electrical (hatch - in the top version). The front armors can not boast of the ideal landing, but they quickly get used to them. Driving place - with adjustment of the lumbar backpage. For the first time, Nappa spare leather with perforation is first used for the first time, this is the privilege of the most expensive Premium option, like the armrest with a cooled box for drinks.

The standard equipment Mohave includes frontal and side airbags, anti-lock brake brake (ABS), stabilization systems (ESC) and helping to lift up mountain (HAC), cruise control, parking sensors "in a circle" and rain sensor. For an additional fee, it is now possible to obtain monitoring of dead zones (BSDs) and 4 Circular Video Opera (AVM) Cameras, which demonstrate the situation in front and rear in various variations. There are no more innovations in the field of security.

Information and entertainment complex and the dynamics of Mohave updated. From now on, the JBL columns and a media system with an eight-fashioned color touchscreen, navigation, buttons on the steering wheel, Bluetooth and AUX / USB connectors for connecting mobile devices, as well as Apple CarPlay and Android Auto-android Auto, are put on the car. The processor has a new "multimedia" 2-nuclear, 1 GHz, RAM - 1 GB, OS - Android 4.2 Jelly Bean. The sound of the system is excellent, the graphics at a decent level, but the responses for pressing the fingers are not very fast, and the navigator capable of showing at home in 3D is sometimes confused in the testimony.

Kia Mojava Specifications

Under the hood - an old-kind three-liter diesel engine EN590 with a return of 250 hp at 3800 rpm. In South Korea, he gives out 14 "horses" more, but in Russia this option is simply not beneficial in the grace of transport tax. A newest box-machine with 8 steps works with it - with it Mohave accelerates to 100 km / h in just 8.7 seconds, which is an excellent indicator for a huge SUV. Maximum speed - 190 km / h. According to the manufacturer's statement, the consumption of "heavy fuel" is 9.3 l / 100 km, in the city - 12.4 l / 100 km, and on the highway - 7.6 l / 100 km. However, judging by the reviews of car owners, real numbers can be different.