Kia Sportage Hybrid (MHEV) Tensioner Failure
The 1.6 CRDi diesel hybrid-electric Kia Sportage is a “mild hybrid”, its basically a regular diesel engine with a motor with an “upgraded” alternator and 48v battery pack that can …
The 1.6 CRDi diesel hybrid-electric Kia Sportage is a “mild hybrid”, its basically a regular diesel engine with a motor with an “upgraded” alternator and 48v battery pack that can …
All of these part numbers are applicable to both Kia and Hyundai so you can source from either. The girdle bolts can be re-used by the main, big end and …
Both Kia and Hyundai have seen swathes of failures of the 1.6 mild-hybrid diesel engines fitted to the Sportage and Tuscon, various attempts have been made to recall and correct …
I cannot stress this enough! Avoid them like the plague, they are complete and utter JUNK!
created this page to share my somewhat disappointing experience with the KIA D4FE engine and the fun I had repairing one which hopefully will help others. The D4FE is a full aluminium …