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our family bought a sorento new in 2003. we still have it but drive it sparingly now . its got 160k. runs and drives great but hardly trouble free over its 17 years. no big issues just lots of small stuff.
 
I know we’re getting off topic now, but Hyundai’s “fix” for the odor problem is to deep clean all the headrests. And if a customer returns again after cleaning the headrests the dealer is instructed to deep clean them again. In “extreme” cases they may need to replace them all the headrests. They should be replacing all of them no questions asked imo.
 
I know we’re getting off topic now, but Hyundai’s “fix” for the odor problem is to deep clean all the headrests. And if a customer returns again after cleaning the headrests the dealer is instructed to deep clean them again. In “extreme” cases they may need to replace them all the headrests. They should be replacing all of them no questions asked imo.

They are not cleaning them -they are treating them. And yes-after being "treated" if the smell doesn't go away they will replace them. Everyone's sense of smell is different-to some the treatment may be enough-for others not so much. It's like anything else-a business decision.

At this point-the Koreans (it seems) are better at standing behind their products than some others.

I won't reiterate my posts about how Hyundai replaced my Son's Sonata motor-well after the warranty expired-and way before the court settlement nor, in my case how Subaru lost a customer for life over a $600.00 paint job.

So yea.
 
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They are not cleaning them -they are treating them. And yes-after being "treated" if the smell doesn't go away they will replace them. Everyone's sense of smell is different-to some the treatment may be enough-for others not so much. It's like anything else-a business decision.

At this point-the Koreans (it seems) are better at standing behind their products than some others.

I won't reiterate my posts about how Hyundai replaced my Son's Sonata motor-well after the warranty expired-and way before the court settlement nor, in my case how Subaru lost a customer for life over a $600.00 paint job.

So yea.

Cleaning, treating, the point is Hyundai should just be replacing them. It got this much bad press already they might as well make it right and be done with it.

We understand how much you love Hyundai’s. I own one too. It’s gotten tiring reading your defensive posts whenever anyone criticizes a Hyundai product. Just accept our differences in thought and move on.
 
Cleaning, treating, the point is Hyundai should just be replacing them. It got this much bad press already they might as well make it right and be done with it.

We understand how much you love Hyundai’s. I own one too. It’s gotten tiring reading your defensive posts whenever anyone criticizes a Hyundai product. Just accept our differences in thought and move on.

If you don't like my posts and are "tiring of them" I would suggest using the block feature that I hear works well on BITOG.
 
They are not cleaning them -they are treating them. And yes-after being "treated" if the smell doesn't go away they will replace them. Everyone's sense of smell is different-to some the treatment may be enough-for others not so much. It's like anything else-a business decision.

At this point-the Koreans (it seems) are better at standing behind their products than some others.

I won't reiterate my posts about how Hyundai replaced my Son's Sonata motor-well after the warranty expired-and way before the court settlement nor, in my case how Subaru lost a customer for life over a $600.00 paint job.

So yea.

Sorry but fumigating headrests in brand new $40k+ cars that stink like garlic isn't anything to brag about.
 
Found this thread because my wife wants a Telluride. She currently has a Sorento that we bought new in 09 and for the most part the car has been fine. I was all excited because I figured there was no way a 2021 Telluride had the same engine as the 09 Sorento. I looked it up and I was very unhappy that it is indeed the same engine with a half liter more displacement.
I know everyone is going to flame me and say it's reliable and it is... Here's the catch... We keep cars a long time. Long enough to wear out the rubbing blocks for the DOHC timing chains and have issues with the cam rotators. The CEL will not go out because the cam timing is out of spec. This is a 300 dollar repair if I do it myself but my wife would just rather get the new car.
So... Has anyone had one of these engines for a while and not had this happen? Hers has about 185,000 on it. Just as an FYI, my Suburban has 205,000 miles on it and I plan on keeping it a while longer.
 
Found this thread because my wife wants a Telluride. She currently has a Sorento that we bought new in 09 and for the most part the car has been fine. I was all excited because I figured there was no way a 2021 Telluride had the same engine as the 09 Sorento. I looked it up and I was very unhappy that it is indeed the same engine with a half liter more displacement.
I know everyone is going to flame me and say it's reliable and it is... Here's the catch... We keep cars a long time. Long enough to wear out the rubbing blocks for the DOHC timing chains and have issues with the cam rotators. The CEL will not go out because the cam timing is out of spec. This is a 300 dollar repair if I do it myself but my wife would just rather get the new car.
So... Has anyone had one of these engines for a while and not had this happen? Hers has about 185,000 on it. Just as an FYI, my Suburban has 205,000 miles on it and I plan on keeping it a while longer.
As was already mentioned earlier in the thread, if you keep cars a long time, and you want 15-20 year longevity, get yourself a 4Runner. That’s what we did.
 
Don’t do it. I’m surprised no one has mentioned the big recall about the smell they make and it happens to all of them so they are trying to figure it out same with the Palisade. I would never buy a Kia anyway they have just proven to be too unreliable especially the new ones. Get something more reliable like a Ford or Toyota.
I wouldn't say they've proven to be unreliable, but I would say they're too new to know how just how reliable they will be. Dealers overpricing them is taking away the incentive to buy them...part of the lure to the Korean makes has always been their price vs other makes. If they're priced as high, or higher than the others, then there's no reason to buy them. They certainly aren't better...
 
I wouldn't say they've proven to be unreliable, but I would say they're too new to know how just how reliable they will be. Dealers overpricing them is taking away the incentive to buy them...part of the lure to the Korean makes has always been their price vs other makes. If they're priced as high, or higher than the others, then there's no reason to buy them. They certainly aren't better...
They are competitive at the MSRP. Most dealers are selling them at MSRP. Yes-there are always some dealers who think they have a unique gem and try to sell it accordingly. BTW-you can't get a 100,000 power train warranty on the competition as a standard thing. They have more standard equipment and features than the direct competition (Ford Explorer-for one.) There are enough Tellurides out in the "real world" now that I'm sure accumulative miles driven are well over 1 million. Personally-I have not heard of any WIDESPREAD power train related issues.

I see a lot of opinions on this thread and very little arm chair Internet research.

Let's move back to "Thin vs. Thick".
 
to me, KIA is hunting for all those stimulus checks and all those child tax credits from families 😁
 
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My neighbour bought a new one recently, now him AND his wife each have one; I guess he liked it that much. He traded in his approximately 13-15 year old LX Lexus SUV (with almost 300k kms.) which served him very very well according to him. When I asked him, "You went from a Lexus to a Kia?", he said "Yes, it won car of the year!", I just nodded and thought to myself, yeah but it ain't no Lexus.
 
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As was already mentioned earlier in the thread, if you keep cars a long time, and you want 15-20 year longevity, get yourself a 4Runner. That’s what we did.

You must like replacing door lock actuators.

Toyota isn’t a Magic bullet to avoid repairs - they just have the better logo.
 
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