Learning to drive a vehicle is not always easy, and occasionally it may seem like a good solution to select an automatic Kia Picanto, if it’s for very easy convenience or ease of use, this type of transmission is becoming more and more wide-spread. Nevertheless, while they may seem like a perfect solution, there may also be complications with the automatic gearboxes of your Kia Picanto . This is exactly the theme of our content. First, we’ll quickly describe the different types of automatic gearboxes, then, in a second step, which complications you may face with the gearbox of your Kia Picanto , and, at last, how to resolve them.
The different kind of automatic gearbox of a Kia Picanto
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Gearboxes have the advantage of being known to be trustworthy, as you don’t need to use your clutch pedal and everything is electronically and mechanically managed there will be no early wear of your clutch or other components that could be put to the test by misuse on your part.
Nevertheless, depending on the type of automatic transmission your Kia Picanto is equipped with you will have more or less reliability, we will present them to you now:
- Classic automatic gearbox: It will use a torque converter, which will control the gear changes, it’s the oldest technology, it has evolved a lot in the last decades (more gears and a better management of the gear changes).
- Robotized automatic gearbox: This is a manual gearbox with a robotized system that will change the driver’s action. This type of gearbox is less and less basic because they are viewed as very slow. We also often feel a coupling during deceleration.
- Dual-clutch automatic transmission: This is the greatest automatic transmission, it works on similar concept as the robotic transmission, but thanks to its dual clutch, you won’t have any more complications with slow speeds or increased fuel consumption. They are often equipped on luxury models.
- Continuously variable automatic box: It is similar theory as on a scooter, a variator will come to control the differences between acceleration and motor speed, they are particularly slow and tend to be unresponsive during the acceleration phases of your Kia Picanto.
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I’m having complications with the automatic transmission on my Kia Picanto
We now start the part that absolutely attracts you the most in this article, what are the complications you may come across with the automatic transmission of your Kia Picanto? As mentioned above, generally speaking they are more reliable than manual transmissions, however, here are the most important complications you may face:
- As revealed over, no matter what type of automatic gearbox, they are often known to be slow and have inertia when accelerating. Nevertheless, this phenomenon is supposed to appear just when the car is started, not when it is launched. If it feels like it occurs all the time, the clutch or converter is most likely dead.
- I have the impression that a gear in the automatic transmission of my Kia Picanto no longer shifts or jumps: If you have the impression that your gears no longer shift or tend to jump on your Kia Picanto, there is a part that is most certainly to blame for this failure. In fact, the solenoid that works as a “switch” to engage the gears must not be working properly, second option, a speed or engine speed sensor may be defective and send the wrong information to your gearbox.
- If you experience drops caused by the automatic gearbox of your Kia Picanto: If you experience a clutch when you go up or when you slow down, it is either your oil which is too old and which does not lubricate any more adequately all the mechanisms of your gearbox, or else a sensor which gives bad info
- My Kia Picanto’s automatic transmission is leaking: Finally, if your Kia Picanto’s automatic transmission is leaking, it’s most likely one of your spy seals is too worn.
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How do I fix automatic transmission complications on a Kia Picanto?
And finally, we’re going to try to give you the strategies to resolve the automatic transmission complications on your Kia Picanto . Find them down below:
- Oil leak on the automatic gearbox of a Kia Picanto: Discover the source of the leak, and change the concerned gasket, get it achieved by a professional, opening a gearbox is not easy. It will cost you a few hundred euros, especially for the labour. Do not think twice to read our content on gearbox oil leaks on Kia Picanto.
- Sensor problem: No matter which sensor is involved, a replacement is the just remedy, sensors do not repair themselves, you should count from 100 to a few hundred euros depending on the difficulty of access to the one that worries you.
- Couplings: If you have complications with the couplings on your Kia Picanto, you will only need to do a whole gearbox replace to gain comfort and preserve your gears.
- The automatic gearbox of my Kia Picanto slips: In this case, you clearly have a dead clutch disc, you will have to replace the clutch, and on some models you won’t be able to replace it without doing a standard exchange of the gearbox, be prepared to spend more than a thousand euros.
There are other automatic transmission complications on Kia Picanto, such as electronic problems or pressure complications, but this list lists the most important ones, in any case, for such complex mechanisms. When you feel a problem on this level, we suggest you to go fairly quickly to your mechanic.
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