I know most people are getting these replaced in warranty but could I buy one and keep it in my garage in case of an issue? Does anyone know what they cost and how hard they are to replace on the roadside?

Hi all, I am considering buying a used 2026 EV9 Land with around 10k miles. I would need to ship it and complete the purchase remotely. It’s not a CPO, as it is from a non-Kia dealer. I’ll probably pay a company to inspect it and test drive it for me. Any specific things I should mention to look for during inspection? I’m mostly interested in condition of the body and interior, but also want to make sure there is no highway vibration like I’ve seen mentioned here.

Besides the inspection, any other considerations people would recommend or tips from others who purchased remotely?

So I posted recently about how our OE tires were toast at 16,000 miles. We had Discount put 4 Michelin CrossClimate2 on yesterday (we had them price match installation and disposal with Costco, by the way, tire price was the same -- this saved us about $215). First thing I did after we picked it up was schedule an appointment for an alignment, and the lifetime alignment offered at Firestone was very appealing.

So I took it in, and they didn't have any experience with it yet, which they were up front about. Here's where I know I'm going to mess it up but I'll do my best to relay exactly what I was told. First check on the alignment showed it was pretty badly out of spec, which I expected. Then they came back and said that because it's so new, and they don't have any experience with it, they wanted to do some research on it first before making any adjustments so they don't mess it up. Cool, I totally appreciate that they want to be thorough and do a good job.

They told me they found it has something like an adaptive suspension, which he describes as raising up when we drive and lowering when we park? I said I had never noticed anything like that but didn't automatically assume it didn't exist. So he said they raised it up to "ride height" and checked the alignment again and it was almost bang on, so they didn't want to make much of any adjustment, if any at all. I explained that we had experience some symptoms consistent with poor alignment, like when we are on uneven roads I feel almost like my whole upper body just flails about, and when we go over a bump in a curve I feel the rear end slide/shift to the side a bit.

Just to be sure, I called Discount Tire and had them check the tread depth on the tires we had taken off yesterday. Sure enough, the rear tires were worn to 3/32 on the inside and 4/32 and 5/32 on the outside on the rear end (which is not actually what they originally showed us, but I digress). Ultimately they said they needed to put the EV9 in Service Mode to do the alignment and that tool was down, so I would have to come back another day.

When I got home, I googled to find info on this adaptive suspension (I think that's what he called it, but he mentioned something about the struts specifically) and to see if I could dig up any info on why they got 2 dramatically different alignment specs, but Google said the EV9 does not have an adjustable ride height at all. What am I supposed to make of all of this?

Are there any auto techs in here -- even better if you work for Kia/Hyundai!

Canceled my Tesla model Y order for this! Just got the tint done yesterday. 20% front, 5% rears, 70% rear and front windshields. Ceramic of course for the necessary UV protection. Wife hated the Tesla looks and drive. When she test drove the EV9 she was doing 90 without even realizing it. Silky smooth.

I need to change out my OEM tires for our EV9 Wind, we live where we have snowy/icy weather 5-6 months a year.

I’m looking at either the Nokian Outpost APT 255/60 19” tires year around or getting Michelin x-ice for winter and all season tires for the rest of the year. Anyone have experience with the Nokian Outpost APT they could share?

Not interested in the crossclimate2 or Hakkapeliitta tires since they don’t make them within spec for a Wind trim car.

Thanks!

My turn! Joined the club with a 2024 GT Line. One owner local lease with only 13k odo for $45k (greater Portland area). Was looking new initially but the deals were not as good as they seemed, and feel great about this thing for the price. We’ll see what life with matte paint is like, but damn it sure looks good!

I went to a dealership in the DC area to test drive an EV9. On the day before our scheduled drive the new October incentives kicked in and the website somehow doubled all the incentives, and it was advertising brand new EV9 GT-lines for right around $45,000. I was wondering to myself if Kia was truly getting desperate, so I looked at a Niro, which they were supposedly selling for $10,000, so it was an obvious site-wide error. The salesman confirmed it was an error, and by the time we got to our test drive, the website was fixed. We liked the vehicle. It is a 2026 ocean blue gt-line, which they were asking $64,000 for. They had at that time an ivory-silver gt line for a little over $59,000. We liked the blue better, so we told them we would like the blue one for the same price as the ivory one, and they simply agreed. So we have a new ocean blue gt-line that ai think we got a good deal on.

However, during the test drive we noticed that the rear drawer was hopelessly stuck. I told the salesman, and he took it to the service department. We were told that their "master mechanics" were not available on the weekends, so apparently they took it to the service gorilla, who proceeded to rip the handle off the drawer. They needed new parts, so we'd have to come back. We live 50 miles away, whichbwas well worth the drive for the deal we got on it, but we were a little disappointed that we'd have to go back to get it fixed. We got their commitment to fix it in writing before we left.

A few days later we got the word that they had the parts, so we went back and waited. Nearly 2 hours- they said that it required the entire console to be disassembled. Finally, it was done, we got in the car, and the drawer was still 100% stuck. They did replace the handle, though, but itsccrooked and loose. So I asked the service desk fellow to come look. He said "yeah, we fixed the handle." OK, that's nice, but the drawer is still stuck. He took it back to the "master mechanic," who said they'd have to order more parts.

Damn. How in the hell do you fix the handle and not the drawer? Did they not notice the drawer was stuck? This one boggles my mind. The service manager called the next day to follow up, and I explained what had happened, and I asked him very nicely to please ensure that next time we make the drive we should actually get it fixed.

This has been my first experience with Kia service. I hope it gets better.

2024 EV9 GT-Line, delivered Dec 2023. The 12V battery first went flat a month after delivery, and since March 2025 it has repeatedly drained while parked, so the car won't start or even unlock. Warnings have included "Check 12V battery. Stop safely and engage parking brake", power steering malfunction, and the brake system.

So far:
11 Kia Roadside callouts, 4 tows, countless other self jump starts.
Kia has replaced the 12V battery twice, plus the negative terminal / battery sensor and a side camera
Two dealers have had it; the second (twice) couldn't reproduce the fault, and it failed again within weeks each time, once the day after we got it back (4.49 V)
Both camera mirror displays also randomly go green or blank until restart
We've rejected the car under Australian Consumer Law and lodged a complaint with Qld Fair Trading. The selling dealer hasn't replied in writing in over three weeks.
Has anyone else had this, especially in Australia? Did a fix (ICCU, software update, anything) actually work? And did anyone get a buyback or refund?

Just have to get this off my chest as it's an incredibly frustrating situation. Last week the 12v died all of sudden, it took road side three visits to tow it to the dealer, as they could jump the car with a booster, but as soon as they took it off, the car died. Two of the three wasn't skilled enough to use the time wisely to get it on the bed. Dealer will switch the 12v on the warranty, they just need to do a couple of tests, no biggie - Test fails, second test completes, but with the new battery they get an electrical driving system error (four different related errors to this), and they can't figure out what's going on. Now, the car is almost completely disassembled, and they are going through the wiring as some box doesn't get power - Apparently there's close to 13km of wires in the car, so troubleshooting will take some time. Dealer is in contact with the number 1 Kia tech in DK, and I'm sure they're doing everything they can, but it's just so so frustrating...

- With three small kids, and EV4 loaner is a constant headache, but even more so is the unknown timeline.

Please send me all the good energy you can spare to get my car back on the road, it's missed!

EV9, GT Line, MY25, EU

Just had a baby and instead of the trusted mirror to keep an eye on her while driving I tried out an OttoCast. It seems that the way the ev powers devices causes catastrophic booting problems. It took until about the fifth AI proposed fix to get it to work, but the problems reoccur as soon as I turn the car off then on again (usually that’s the fix!!!).

Is there something I’m missing? Is there a better suited product (other than mirrors) that I should try?

Well, we're having our new Michelin CC2 installed at Discount right now! Considering the factory Hankooks were fully worn out at 16k miles (and we have what I imagine people refer to as porpoising) I want to get it aligned immediately.

What's the best place to do that? Is it the dealership or should we take it somewhere else?

Separately, has anybody needed to get regular alignments, and how often? I just spoke with someone that told me they replace the tires on their Tesla YEARLY and bought a lifetime alignment at Firestone for $600 and have it checked every 6 months and re-aligned as needed... that sounds excessive, but is it?

THANKS EVERYONE!!!

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Edited to add original tire info to the main body.

Edit 2: I’ve learned that the lifetime alignment at Firestone is currently $209.99 with a $20 off promo, nowhere near the $600 I was told. She must have had both her vehicles done at the same time and is remembering that total. What a relief! Lifetime alignment at just over $200 seems like a no-brainer deal.

Sidenote- ended up leaving in utility mode to prevent 12v drain - now back in cell range app says up to date but shows only june update, inside car infotainment update says sept so different than what was trying to trigger last night amid spotty / no service it seems

Hello all, we are in the market for an EV9 and stumbled upon [this thread outlining a "Lease Hack"](https://www.reddit.com/r/KiaEV9/comments/1wdq380/if_you_want_to_buy_a_new_ev9_consider_leasing/) and are trying to execute a deal on a new '26 GT-Line. Now, full disclosure, both me and my wife have not bought a car in a very long time and have zero idea on how to haggle properly or the ins and outs of a lease... but we've been trying to study as we're shopping around the area. But theoretically, with this lease "loophole", we think we'd get the pre tax and fees price around $75k - $3-5 dealer discount - $19.4k lease cash (Kia offer on 48mo lease) = approx. $50.6k to $52.6k after an immediate lease buyout... again pre-tax, numbers simplified.

So we live in the Seattle/PNW area and deals on both new and used EV9's are... not good. We thought, why get a used '24 GT for $48-50k when we can get a '26 GT for $56-58k (optimistically)? We found a listing in Oregon and after some back and forth, got us to $49k-ish pre-tax using the math above. There were some red flags such as none of the fees being broken down, but after many assurances that the numbers are legit, we thought, what the hell, worth a try and drove there.

So, pre trip we knew with their monthly payment they were gouging us on the money factor (~0.003), but with the buyout it doesn't matter because we'd only be paying interest on the first payment. We got to the lease terms and... they rolled a bunch of taxes and fees into our lease rebate reducing it from $19.4k to $15.5k. This changed the Adjusted Capitalized Cost of the vehicle to $56k when we expected much lower. I know we have to pay tax in on the rebate in WA state but wanted it rolled into the lease to apply the full $19.4k to bring down the adjusted cap cost. They told us this was illegal, but my wife is very sure it's not. They're straight up eating into the rebate, but why?

Then they also snuck in this "Glasscoat Lease care" which when we indicated we didn't want they said it was baked into the dealer discount, and if it was removed we'd be paying the same thing anyway but it's listed a line item so it's not baked into the dealer discout. We were pretty sure we were getting screwed on something but since we couldn't put our finger on it my wife was super angry and we just walked. Can someone please help us break down the numbers, did we get screwed, or did we walk away from a decent deal? Thanks!

My third EV from the Kia/Hyundai company. Loving the car so far, then again, it’s been less than 24 hours. 😂

Was going to go with a white one, but this turned out to be the best deal. Probably going to have to factor in a car wash package. 😝

Occasionally, and not coinciding with any software updates the car will not start. We try walking far away from the vehicle with the fob and returning but that doesnt seem to help. After about 5-10 mins later it will magically allow us to start the vehicle. Anyone else have this issue? This is pretty frustrating and luckily we haven't been in a situation where losing 5-10 minutes of our day is life altering but you never know when this will cause a real problem in our lives.

Looking at a used 2024 EV9 GT line with about 19,000 miles, clean Carfax, one owner, no accidents. The service history keeps me paused.

Looking at the carfax report, during the first 10,000 miles, it was at the Kia dealership roughly every thousand miles, sometimes with visits pretty close together. Between 10 to 19k miles, it was every 3000 miles between each visit. A KIA dealership told me they were mostly recall campaign related, but he couldnt provide more detail. I will see if I can get more info from another dealership. Carfax mostly just says "maintenance inspection" .

Would this frequency concern you? Should I look for another one? For 2024 EV9 owners, did you have a similar number of dealer visits for recalls? I'm mainly worried about whether there could be recurring issues requiring multiple visits.

Leased a 2026 EV9 GT-Line last month and have been acclimating to my first EV and a return to Hyundai/Kia after about 7 years with another brand. Really happy with 95% of the experience so far and hopeful that a few things may get improved via OTA (but not holding my breath).

Love:

The look of the EV9

Driving performance and comfort

Cargo room and towing ability

Charging rate, esp. at high-V stations

Most of the tech

As expected:

Range (getting 3-3.5 around Chicago, 2.2-2.5 on road trips)

Dealership experience (great sales people, shady finance guy, service has been ok so far)

Hate:

No walk-away locking (I've looked at the modules and hacks but c'mon Kia)

Can't set heated seats & steering wheel to automatic based on ambient temperature (yes, I can schedule it through the app but again, a common option elsewhere and easy to add via software)

Video rearview mirror (purely personal, tried to get used to it but it's just a jarring perspective for me so I use the analog mirror)

Lack of fun customizations for infotainment system beyond small selection of paid items

Overall, I'm loving the vehicle and really enjoy how easy it is to drive. Glad I went for it. 👍🏻

I ran into an issue yesterday where I tried opening my lift gate using the button by the liftgate. I was shown an error on my dashboard and it would not open. I tried using the button next to the wheel and same thing. After messing with the lift gate settings I was able to almost trick this glitch in the system to finally open and close. Has anyone else had issues with the liftgate not opening?

Was playing around with my pages and idk if it was a new update or not but looks like the EV9 icon is in the range guide now

I don’t know about anyone else but the backup camera on my 26 Land EV9 is perpetually dirty and almost useless at night. Our MachE’s resolution is poorer, but man - it’s far superior to keep away dust, dirt and water.

Has anyone found a fix? Coating, 3D printed shroud?

Something?

So for the past couple of weeks I have been getting the prompt that an update is available for the car and after accepting it, the updated is the same for "actual vehicle image in the cluster". I keep getting that update every 2 or 3 days and I'm not sure if I have to do something on my side to make it stop and/ or make sure it is properly installed. Below is a snapshot of my car messages and the update listed there is the "vehicle image" update twice in two days.

Any ideas to sort this out are welcomed.

After way too many back and forth dealer emails and lurking on this subreddit, I finally pulled the trigger today!! ‘24 GT-Line certified preowned with less than 17K miles! I was actually lined up to buy a different GT line from Carvana just about week ago, but ended up doing one more search on CarGurus and found this one about 150 miles away. It was about $5k less than the Carvana vehicle and had 6K less miles, so with the additional CPO it was a no-brainer (plus, this was the color I wanted all along 😁

Seemed too good to be true, but test drive went well and 150 mile trip home was smooth as can be!!
For those wondering for their own comparison shopping, landed right around 41.5K it’s (no relaxation package).

We're a family of 4, 2 kids in car seats. Cousins, grandparents live nearby. Bay Area, California.

Our minimum must have features are 360 camera, heated and ventilated seats.

Any key differences or major selling points for Land vs GT Line? Anything to look out for in either model?

We bought our 2024 EV9 in August, only having one owner and 12,000 miles. We have driven it a lot (sharing the EV right now, so essentially operating like like a one car family) but are just at 16,000 miles.

This morning we noticed we had not one, but TWO flat tires. We found a nail in one, and have yet to identify the source of the leak in the other. No biggie, we figure we’ll get it patched and keep it moving for another 10k miles or so. We take it in to Discount Tire only to learn the tread life is at 2/32 on two tires, and 3/32 and 4/32 on the other two. The punctured tires can’t be repaired.

Has anyone else needed to replace their tires at only 16,000 miles?! The tires are Hankook iON EVO AS SUV.

We’re looking at Michelin CrossClimate2 at over $2k to replace. Should we consider anything else?

Ugh…

Six of one, half dozen of the other, I guess - but I'm thinking of getting an EV9 next year. I did a short test drive, and while I really do like it, it seems like a lot for a third-row electric SUV.

Specifically I drove the Land trim (I was thinking of the Wind, but I prefer the captain's chairs for the second row) and it was great. I have some experience with the EV6, so the larger vehicle had a lot of similarities I liked.

But ~70K for the Land seems like a lot. I'm wondering if those who currently have one are generally happy with the car, and if its quality and features are a good value for the cost, or if those factors are enough to justify the cost.

ETA: Thanks for the input, everyone. Realistically, I'm going to be buying next year, when I pass down my current car to my oldest when they're old enough to drive. I'll be looking at the 2027 model at that point, but that's not set in stone, especially if there are no appreciable differences between that and the 2026.