Doubtful... they can't even get nav updates out on time.

However on my '22 I don't have any issue with carwashes? I just shift to neutral and make sure wipers are off. Not sure what else would be needed.

 

Seems to me @dmdrabin made it pretty clear what else would be needed. If you've been driving, things like retracting the door handles and closing the windows (maybe) wouldn't be needed, the car would already be configured appropriately. But the owner's manual says to fold the mirrors, and of course the automatic car washes very much needs for autohold to be off.

The OP also mentions locking the charging port; I don't know what that would be. My charging port doesn't lock as far as I know. If the car is locked, it won't open with a press (I think), but there's no physical lock on it.

It's not a long list of things to prep for the carwash, but it's not just "neutral and wipers off". I'd rather Kia work on things like redesigning the ICCU so it doesn't break, but I'm not going to complain if they add quality-of-life things like making it simpler to get ready for the carwash.

 

Carwash? What's that? My baby doesn't get touched by anyone but me.

 

A lot of people need to be reminded here that the first adopters (us) have been abandoned by Kia a long time ago. Kia is just worse of a company than other car companies when it comes to dropping support. Teslas from 10 years ago are still getting frequent substantive updates, where I've gotten four updates total (meaningless updates of course) since I bought the car two years ago.

Kia has already abandoned their ccNC cars, too, in terms of infotainment updates and fixing bugs and has moved onto their Android Automotive architecture that is supposed to come out with the new Genesis GV90 in Summer 2026.

If you want lasting support, don't buy an HMG car. It is what it is.