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Q: The 2012 Kia Rio Ibought in July was myfirst car and I was so ex-cited, but I started to haveproblems with it only a fewweeks later. The ABS, air-bag and steering wheel

light came on and mysteering locked. I got thecar to my nearest dealer-ship, where it was found tohave over 15 codes logged.They were cleared and thecar returned the next day,

but this has now happenedanother four times. So farthe steering has been rewi-red, the dash removed andnow a new junction boxhas been fitted. I have con-tacted Kia over and over

again asking for the car tobe replaced, but the dealerlaughed at me and said itwill never happen, that it’snot their problem and theyadvised me to take them tothe Consumer, Trader &

Tenancy Tribunal, which Ihave. We have been tocourt twice now with noresults and a hearing dateis coming up, but the loancar that I have had hasbeen taken off me. My car

has been off the road for 36days while they have triedto fix it, now they want meto pick the car up as theyclaim it has been ‘‘fixed’’.I’m scared to drive it be-cause of the steering issues— I’m scared I may have anaccident. I need my car forwork, but the court hear-ing is at least two weeksaway. Please help me, I’mrunning out of options.

Sara Woodes, email.A: You clearly don’t trust

the dealer, so you could con-tact Kia and ask them to haveone of their technical repre-sentatives check the car overfor you to assure you that ithas been fixed. That could bedifficult given the case is be-fore the consumer affairs tri-bunal, so it’s perhaps best inthe circumstances that youeither borrow a car or hireone until the case is settled.

Q: I am thinking of buy-ing a new Subaru Forres-ter 2.5 with the CVT trans-mission and I would like toknow if the transmissionis up to towing a smallcaravan around Australia.I currently own a 2005auto and this has been finetowing my van, but Im notsure about the CVT.

Alan Paxman, email.A: The Forrester with CVT

transmission is rated to tow1500kg, but you also need tomake sure you stay withinthe maximum weight limitfor the car. Provided you arewithin those limits youshouldn’t have any troublewith the CVT.

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