Long-Term 2022 Kia EV6 Service Update: Fun with tires and software upgrades

It’s almost time for the long-term wrap-up on our 2022 Kia EV6 GT-Line, but before then, we took it to the local dealership for a tire swap and a pair of software updates. Software updates have been a consistent theme throughout our couple visits to the service center, as Kia has had one or more each time we show up.

The first “upgrade” for our long-term EV6 was described to us as a VCU software upgrade that adjusts the car’s emergency parking brake behavior. Now, our EV6 automatically engages the parking brake when you put the car in Park. It’s certainly a small update, but worth noting for those who own an EV6. The second update concerns an issue with temperature units randomly switching from Fahrenheit to Celsius when using remote functions, like the app that connects with the car. We didn’t notice any such switching of units when exercising the app, but now it should never exhibit such an error.

Those software updates took a couple of hours to complete, which seems like a long time at the dealer, and it certainly is. We spent a lot of extra time with the dealer for this service appointment, too, on account of some tire snafus. You see, one of the original all-season tires picked up a nail right before we swapped onto winter rubber. When the time came to switch back to the all-seasons post-winter, we needed a new tire and ordered one through the Kia dealer that would be performing the work. Right before we left for our service appointment, we got a call saying that they accidentally installed our tire on a different EV6 the previous day and would need to order another one. Lovely!