Originally Posted by wemay
Our Santa Fe 2.0T has been the most reliable vehicle we've ever owned.
Sadly Wemay, you can say that over and over in these forums (I have) and you'll still find people bashing Hyundai / Kia vehicles. Although Mainia got a bad one, and he rarely passes a chance to point out the engine failure issue, he bought another Hyundai--interesting, but in the end it seems Hyundai took care of him satisfactorily.
Hyundai / Kia cannot deny they've had some engine failures in past years, I believe the 11% failure rate Mainia cites is highly exaggerated, in consideration of the total number of engines they produce worldwide. There's also a common inherent implication that Hyundai / Kia is continuing to produce poorly designed engines because they don't understand the nature / cause of the failure--I highly doubt that. This isn't H/K's first rodeo. . . .I'd sooner think that their designs continue to evolve to include production improvements that they don't necessarily want to publicize (to avoid liability exposure from older designs), just like any other major OEM does. I believe you can draw a direct correlation between the early Theta II failures and H/K's willingness to quietly warranty those failed engines, and replacing them with new engines with updated designs--they aren't obligated to divulge those changes, or to advertise the fact that they had problems in early designs. What matters is they care about making customers into repeat customers.
My son now owns the '14 SFS 2.0T that we had--I don't worry about that engine failing him. I now own a '19 SFU 2.4L, and I don't lose any sleep over that engine either.
