The automatic clutch fluid on the Niro cannot be serviced at home. You an easily drain the fluid; but, when you need to fill and bleed the system, there is no bleed valve. The service manual states you need to hook the car up to a computer and run a program to bleed the system and the computer program you need is not generally available to the public. $200 for 20 minutes of work and $5 of hydraulic fluid. Had I known this, I would have not purchased this vehicle. Probably never going to buy a Kia or any vehicle which cannot be self serviced again.
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The automatic clutch fluid on the Niro cannot be serviced at home. You an easily drain the fluid; but, when you need to fill and bleed the system, there is no bleed valve. The service manual states you need to hook the car up to a computer and run a program to bleed the system and the computer program you need is not generally available to the public. $200 for 20 minutes of work and $5 of hydraulic fluid. Had I known this, I would have not purchased this vehicle. Probably never going to buy a Kia or any vehicle which cannot be self serviced again.
- J T., Fort Wayne, US