Fixed Tow bar Kia Sorento

I can tell you that there is no problem with my 2015 to 2019 model.My only wish would be auto turn off when reversing with the caravan attached!I turn them off manually at the initial manouvre but then they re activate if I pull forward for another bite!

Agree with fluffy one. Our 2018 KX3 has a fixed ball. No problem.

Isn't there a switch to switch off the parking sensors? 

Also we had a KIA fitted towbar and electrics and somehow it knows when the caravan is connected to the electrics and switches them off automatically, just a thought.

On mine there is a manual switch on the centre consul but I need to turn it off every time I pull forward and then reverse.The car rear foglights and reverse lights turn off automatically when connected to the caravan.

Just a heads up.

When we bought our 2015 Sorento we asked about a tow bar being fitted and were informed if it was fitted 'away' from Kia any electrical problems which may occur during the 7 year warranty may not be covered.

Yes same here, clever really, or so it appears to me.

it should be easy enough for a competent auto spark to modify your car's wiring to turn off the rear parking sensors when your trailer/caravan it attached .... (everything is easy if you know what you're doing 😉 )

 https://www.caravantalk.co.uk/reverse-parking-sensors-and-towing/

Some years ago the good lady who used to work at the Austin and her job was in the management car lease scheme, one of the managers who had fitted a tow bar to an Austin princes  rang the department to say the back doors would not shut properly so he was asked to bring it in, on inspection the tow bar had been fitted incorrectly and the body work had been stretched so much the back doors would not stay closed

As a person who ran a specialist tow bar fitting company for 30 years I find that extremely hard to believe !!I am trying very hard to remember the mounting points for the tow bar on a princess but as I recall there is no way that the tow bar could cause a "stretching" of the rear of the car so as to prevent the doors closing correctly!

I have checked with wife she contacted her ex boss and he has confirmed that's what happened