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[tiger862]

Thank God for extended warranty

600K-Mile Kia Sorento Driver Milks 10-Year Warranty for 9 Engines

A viral Reddit post about the high-mile Sorento only tells part of the story.

www.thedrive.com

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[Graham Piccinini]

Thank God for extended warranty

600K-Mile Kia Sorento Driver Milks 10-Year Warranty for 9 Engines

A viral Reddit post about the high-mile Sorento only tells part of the story.

www.thedrive.com

See this thread:

600k Kia went through 9 engines

Dude got a 10 year, unlimited miles warranty, then bolted after the ten years, LOL. Maybe atikovi's mall cruiser looks like the sane option...

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[joekingcorvette]

I guess he got his moneys worth out of the vehicle.

 

[aquariuscsm]

So by calculation, each Kia only lasted 60,000 miles. I personally have never known anyone who's blown an engine.

 

[HyundaiAbuser]

The article states that he floors the car literally everywhere he goes. And to boot a renown problem engine = blown and replaced with warranty

 

[Samurai1225]

My Kia engine lasted 70k before it went poopy in its pants.

 

[Hootbro]

KIA should have cut him a check after the third or fourth engine and crushed it.

 

[Fahrvergnügen]

So by calculation, each Kia only lasted 60,000 miles. I personally have never known anyone who's blown an engine.

Go work at Hyundai and you will get to see. It looks like and engine junkyard. Pure garbage.

 

[Rinspeed]

Go work at Hyundai and you will get to see. It looks like and engine junkyard. Pure garbage.

Heard that from a few techs, that and the crappy resale value screams stay far the hell away.

 

[FJ45]

KIA should have cut him a check after the third or fourth engine and crushed it.

They should crush brand new kias, absolute junk!

 

[Kuato]

I remember in the early 2000s, they were selling a Kia Rio for $13,000, and a second one for $1.

At that time, engines were going bad under 30,000 miles.

I think "never" is enough Kia for me.

 

[miden851]

KIA, noKIA for me!

 

[Escape08]

After the warranty expired, I think he/she will sell the Kia, buys a new Kia and get the extended warranty again.............

 

[doublebase]

Sow thing about this story seems a little far fetched for me. Reading through it, it sounds like the owner “floored the car all the time”. Yet, he had an extensive maintenance plan. And yet still, they thought he was a drug dealer??? Found bricks of marijuana in the back of the vehicle. So, he’s a drug dealer that likes to maintain his vehicles properly...yet likes to drive like an animal with bricks of marijuana in the back. Makes sense. Floor it with $80,000 grand worth of weed in the back seat. Yeah that makes sense. And while you’re at it, make sure you keep up with those tranny services, 5,000 mile oil changes and coolant flushes.

And if you’re a tech at THAT dealership, you know that he floors it all the time? You speak to the customer and watch his driving habits? What? While you’re buying weed? And then you tell the world that you’ve been servicing El Chapo’s KIA? Yeah, I’m not buying any of this.

 

[jimurphy]

Go work at Hyundai and you will get to see. It looks like and engine junkyard. Pure garbage.

So KIA still stands for Korean Inferior Auto?

 

[Fahrvergnügen]

So KIA still stands for Korean Inferior Auto?

Man you have no idea. More engines you can shake a stick at. I thought ford was bad when I worked there but Kia/Hyundai has them beat.

 

[Propflux01]

Whole story sounds bogus. Esp since it started as a reddit post.

 

[Fahrvergnügen]

Whole story sounds bogus. Esp since it started as a reddit post.

I have worked for Kia, I can assure you engines were replaced a lot. It’s not if it’s when, from 40,000 to 125,000.

 

[Ronsant]

Wow, I can’t believe that all these Hyundai and Kia engines are blowing up and this is the first I’ve heard of it.
my neighbor has had nothing but good luck in the last 10 years. Elantra, Sonata , and now a genesis. He handed his cars down to his sone and his wife has a Kia crossover.
I would have thought this type of failure rate would be in some gearhead news outlet ?

 

[Fahrvergnügen]

Wow, I can’t believe that all these Hyundai and Kia engines are blowing up and this is the first I’ve heard of it.
my neighbor has had nothing but good luck in the last 10 years.

Is it a 3.3 V6