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A Kia K5 owner recently shared an alarming noise her car randomly makes when she turns it on. She says that not even the Kia dealership can figure out what\u2019s causing the sound.<\/p>\n
TikToker Lyss Grace (@lyssa.gracem<\/a>) says that the only way to get the noise to stop is to let her car idle for around 40 minutes. Grace\u2019s TikTok recording of the sound has roughly 150,000 views and many comments speculating about what is causing it.<\/p>\n Many people blame the fact that the vehicle is a Kia. Others are convinced that the issue is actually caused by an audio feature designed to play engine noises in the cabin.<\/p>\n Grace\u2019s video starts with the camera trained on her Kia K5\u2019s steering wheel. When she turns the key, the car starts making a loud noise that\u2019s somewhere between grinding and whirring.<\/p>\n \u201cDoes anyone else\u2019s Kia K5 make this noise randomly and it won\u2019t stop unless you cut the car off or let it sit for 40+ minutes?\u201d she asks in a text overlay.<\/p>\n In the video\u2019s caption, she writes that \u201cthe sound gets worse with the rev of the engine.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cYou can\u2019t touch anything to turn it off,\u201d she adds. \u201cKia can\u2019t figure out what\u2019s wrong with it unless I bring it in while it\u2019s doing it, but it happens randomly and at the most inconvenient times.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2018Did You Drive Off The Lot?:’ Woman Gets Buyer\u2019s Remorse After Signing Car Paperwork. Now She Wants to Know If She Can \u2018Cancel\u2019<\/a> A few TikTok users who replied to her video speculated that the K5\u2019s audio system may be at fault.<\/p>\n \u201cClearly an audio\/amp issue bro,\u201d one penned. Another remarked, \u201cIt may be the speaker because it makes fake engine noises.\u201d<\/p>\n K5s<\/a> play engine noise inside the passenger compartment via its Active Sound Design feature.<\/p>\n The car company<\/a> says this feature \u201cmakes virtual engine sounds when you press the accelerator pedal for driving pleasure. You can adjust the volume and change the settings for acceleration pedal response and sound style.\u201d<\/p>\n If it is being caused by Active Sound Design, this feature in Grace\u2019s K5 may be malfunctioning because it comes on randomly. It would make sense that it increases when she revs the engine, as Grace says.<\/p>\n This isn\u2019t the first time the Kia K5\u2019s Active Sound Design has generated confusion.<\/p>\n Last year, a Redditor asked<\/a> what it\u2019s used for.<\/p>\n \u201cI believe it plays some of the engine noise in the cabin,\u201d one person replied. \u201cIt’s pretty dumb but I’d be lying if I said I have mine off.\u201d<\/p>\n For several people who commented on Grace\u2019s post, the sound is just proof that she needs to get rid of the Kia.<\/p>\n \u201cAnyways so I hear Toyota has good options,\u201d one person quipped.<\/p>\n Another joked, \u201cThere\u2019s actually a really simple fix to this just head on to your local Honda dealership they got plenty of options.\u201d<\/p>\n Motor1<\/em> has reached out to Grace via TikTok comment for further information. We\u2019ll update this if she responds.<\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A Kia K5 owner recently shared an alarming noise her car randomly makes when she turns it on. ...<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2805,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-event-coverage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bruntonwolf.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bruntonwolf.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bruntonwolf.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bruntonwolf.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bruntonwolf.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2803"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.bruntonwolf.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2803\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2806,"href":"http:\/\/www.bruntonwolf.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2803\/revisions\/2806"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bruntonwolf.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bruntonwolf.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bruntonwolf.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bruntonwolf.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}A Feature Or A Bug?<\/h3>\n
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