Simple solution Don't buy a Hyundai or a KIA....

Same thing happened to my wife’s car. They wouldn’t replace her engine with under 100k miles. We did everything right. Had the ksds done when it was up and they still refused to repair it. Offered us 500$ for the car and we declined and ended up selling to someone else. Hyundai and Kia is full of shit. I’ll never buy another one again.

I literally just went through this myself. I bought my kia sportage with 19k miles as the second owner. It was the best vehicle I personally ever owned. I changed the oil every 5k and took great care with the car. At 135k the engine blew on my way to work. The lady at kia told me I wasnt eligable for the engine replacment because the car had unserviced recalls. However as the second owner I never received one recall notice. What a crock of bull.

Had a Kia, motor blew, had it replaced by third party prior to the recall because the dealership said "there's no recalls or problems but you can have it towed up here and run a diagnostic and send it to Kia" aka, out of my pocket costs. Month later recall came, couldn't get my money back. Got rid of that hunk of shit and never buying Kia again.

This is why I drive a Toyota.

I was lucky. I bought the car CPO from a Kia dealer. I got the recall notice in the mail and had the work done. The engine blew at 85 k and I was covered. However Kia gave me a hard time about reimbursing my rental car costs.

A new 2024 car of my choice would be better than any rebuilt engine .

I had a 89 Yugo that made KIA look like a Honda Accord.

I’m going to be clear about the denial of engines. Whether you get turned down is what techs and service managers that are running the show. We’ve never denied them unless there wasn’t an update (as of a couple of years now) or before the update issue, we flipped them out. We never had problems. So we found out that there are three people that are involved: techs, service manager, and most importantly the warranty clerk. KIA is getting in trouble because of crappy clerks mostly, but techs may misrepresent the issue and the service manager might deny the fix. But you’d have to know all this to know all this :/

I've had my 2014 Santa Fe for 3 years now. I made sure I kept up with all of my services then boom my engine goes janky at 108k miles. The dealership told me I could get a 500 dollar diagnostics that would take up to 3 weeks before sending the results off to be reviewed. Then proceeded to tell me I would most likely be denied because I'm the second owner but if I was approved, it would take 3-6 months to be repaired. He found a warranty for an engine replacement ONLY if my engine locks up... I'm legit stuck.

I have a 2017 Hyundai Sonata. I have warned Motorworld that engine is burning oil. Now my engine stopped working & the car did not give any warnings. Hyundai will not be covering it because it’s only for certain parts in the engine. Even tho the whole engine needs to be replaced. It is fascinating how you can tell a mechanic somethings wrong and come back with a “we found the problem” about a month later the engine stops working. I religiously have brought this car for its DUE services to hyundai motorworld now here we are.

The point i wanted to get out was i have proof it was taken to Kia to get the hidden recall, and they didn't do it. They argued saying it wasn't true, that it was never there, and once i proved it, they changed it to i should have known and done again. If you can't trust if the dealership actually did their jobs then the whole thing is pointless. You're doomed if you do. You're doomed if you don't. Not to mention all the other excuses they come with to deny if you got the ksds.

I’m not sure actually years this effects but my first year kia soul 2010 I drove for 10 years put 183k on it and never had a problem now my daughter has it 3 years and she’s got 224k still runs perfect

you must also have proof of oil change from where you had it done or you must have receipts that you purchased oil and a filter if you done the oil change yourself. no shit!... Kia is trying to get out this loop hole do not get caught in it.

Catch is, you gotta be an attorney to prove you deserve engine replacement at the dealership.

No, push it, push it, push it.They finally replaced my motor!!

Well. In all fairness some Hyundai motors last a long time. Even Toyota has had issues with oil burning relatively new vehicles as a result of government regulations for higher mpg.

If the recall for elantra too? My wife's 2017 elantra motor quit working. It only had 104k miles

And Huyndai engine went out smh just two weeks ago

I guess its a 5yr/60k unconditional warranty, if its over that many miles or years- open recall or not, your screwed, and its only lifetime to original owners or warranty transfers. Everyone gets the 5yr/60k warranty, im the 3rd owner. Im getting my 2019 konas engine replaced for free. I had 58k..

Understanding the pro's and con's of a gasoline direct injection motor is paramount. I have a 13 Rio with 143,000 miles and not one break down.

Hyundai is not Honda I said buy a Honda 😭

I am getting my engine replaced right now on my 2015 Hyundai sonata. I am the second owner and never was told about the possible engine issue. I hope the replaced his engine

Sabotage, metal shaving . Unbelievable. It's dirty people put pieces of metal in the engine

The catch is you need all your maintenance records.

I don't blame well-meaning folks who dare not to touch any Kia or Hyundai vehicle

I will never buy their autos again. It's not metal shavings. It's crap engines, and they know it.

If you drive a Hyundai or Kia you literally demonstrate to society that you know nothing about not only cars, but how to not waste money. You literally show that you can’t do 25 minutes of research before buying something.

Shady.

Hyundai replacing my motor for free on my 2018 with 130,000 miles it's all about being the original owner

I just bought a 2024 Kia forte and it won’t start starter or alternator ..like are you serious .. I’m in Sacramento pick up kid from sierra college go to leave won’t start .. guy from Kia says ( NOT BIG DEAL) he could of cared less..I have had the car 6 weeks to top it off the salesman picked it for me wouldn’t let me pick my own car..

Hyundai/Kia are the epitome of unreliability. Even though I've never driven one, I can tell just by looking at their vehicles, that they are flimsy, uninspiring POSs!

just sell it bro

no kia in drive way,,but a dodge??>?hhhahahahah same sht

Hyundai is garbage tier and Kia is their budget brand. You'd have to be BADLY misinformed, or outright DUMB, to choose to own a Kia.

My kia sedona blew the head gasket at 97k miles. They quoted me $12,000 for new engine and labor. I couldn't afford it and parked my van for 1 year while making payments on it. This week i got a letter in the mail stating my warranty was extended for this issue and it will be fixed free of cost. I dropped it off the next day. I have to wait 4 to 5 months to get my van back with a new engine. I lost 1.5 years of use on it. Will never buy Kia again.

I'm in the same situation with my Hyundai sonata redicules so why send notice out to people home even if you not the first owner Im pissed my engine had ,133.000