Good morning all. This past fall I bought myself a lovely, southern 2012 Kizashi S trim AWD car. Overall I love the car and it reminds me of a much better looking and fun SX4 which I used to have and loved. The only difference I have noticed is the awd system seems to not always respond during the past snow storm.
Example: If I’m at a stand still and slam the gas it only spins the front two wheels and then after a couple seconds it may use the rear or if you let up the pedal and then press it again. Or if you are making a turn it will keep under steering for a couple seconds. Which esp off it doesn’t steer as bad but still doesn’t feel like the tank the sx4 was.
During the same storm I went down a road with about 8in of snow in it and made it through but at the end the awd system says it overheated and was turning off. So restarted the car and it worked fine with no more message. I also turned off esp at that point and it never gave me a message again.
Finally, that same day I had to back my car out of the garage in about 8inof snow as the driveway still wasn’t plowed, and it did it but then said the awd overheated, so I restarted the engine to clear the message.
Can someone please tell me what’s going on and if I’m doing something wrong or something? I feel like I’m missing something here or perhaps the car has an issue.. thanks all.
Example: If I’m at a stand still and slam the gas it only spins the front two wheels and then after a couple seconds it may use the rear or if you let up the pedal and then press it again. Or if you are making a turn it will keep under steering for a couple seconds. Which esp off it doesn’t steer as bad but still doesn’t feel like the tank the sx4 was.
During the same storm I went down a road with about 8in of snow in it and made it through but at the end the awd system says it overheated and was turning off. So restarted the car and it worked fine with no more message. I also turned off esp at that point and it never gave me a message again.
Finally, that same day I had to back my car out of the garage in about 8inof snow as the driveway still wasn’t plowed, and it did it but then said the awd overheated, so I restarted the engine to clear the message.
Can someone please tell me what’s going on and if I’m doing something wrong or something? I feel like I’m missing something here or perhaps the car has an issue.. thanks all.