u/Paquitaladelbarrio12

IMPORTANT!! - I was not wearing my seatbelt and apparently this triggers some sensors that make the car put itself into park at low speeds!

So yeah that's pretty much it, wondering if it's ever happened to any of yall?

Put the car in B attempted to drive off but pretty much instantly car put itself into P, I never buckled my seatbelt either, thought it was weird, buckled my seatbelt and car drove normally after that lmao, what a weird quirky car this is.

I'll try to lay down the numbers and explain myself as best as I can.

I'm currently financing a 23' Kia Forte (70,000 miles), my payments are $530 a month, I still owe around $20,000 and my loan reaches maturity around April 2030.

As it stands, I'm not sure I would even get $10,000 for trading in my vehicle (might be more, might be less) so that would put me at around $10,000 negative equity, assuming those numbers are correct.

I want to trade it in toward a used lease (specifically something under $15,000) in order to lower my monthly payments, as well as get out of any sort of monthly payment responsibility earlier than 2030.

Is there any way I can accomplish this realistically?

Been looking for a way to just test these without actually having to buy any samples or anything.

Question's been asked a million times, but I've found no concrete answer, some people suggest first opening the door then pressing P (does not work at all, opening the door seems to trigger the "off" sequence at least on my car) I've heard about a so called auxiliary climate or something like that? But it seems that to trigger it you actually have to turn off the car first and then turn it back on? Which sort of defeats the purpose.

I've thought of (haven't tried, dangerous) activating auto hold, and without taking it out of drive just stepping out, but logically opening the door would trigger off sequence anyway.

I know there's "ways" to do it, such as with OBD port devices, but I'm not that tech savvy, I would have to take it to a shop which would be expensive I reckon.

I love the car, but sometimes these safety features are frustrating when it comes to real world usage, I'm tryna get my mail and go😭

If it's not the alarm, which I already figured how to disable, it's the main screen, or the climate control screen, something's always on in the cabin.

I've tried pressing the lock button on the keyfob, which does initially work but even if I shift my body weight a little bit, the center screen comes on.

I just want a way to turn off all accessories without having to leave the car with my keyfob.

Thank yall!

Simple question, what would be a realistic lowest I could get this car for? I was thinking maybe asking for 40,000, I see other similar models of this going for more (CPO specifically) seems a pretty good deal to me MY 24 btw.