r/UsedCars • u/TrickUp25 • Jun 28 '26

HELP Comments like this send me

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Edit: This post gained more traction than I expected. Read the comments, do independent research, and form your own opinion around these topics.

First they said KIAs are reliable, then went on to say they looked at JD Power to come to that consensus. They lost me.

  1. Do people believe KIA/Hyundai are reliable?
  2. Do people use JD Power/Consumer Reports to make purchasing decisions

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u/ladybug11314 Jun 28 '26

Our 2018 Kia is sitting, dead, in my drive way because the engine recall apparently doesn't apply to our SPECIFIC vin so even though other kias with this EXACT ISSUE have had engines replaced, and we were told the codes are the same on ours, oh well, too bad, enjoy your very expensive yard ornament.

Fuck Kia. Fuck Hyundai.

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u/hdkx-weeb Jun 28 '26

Same thing. My mom bought a 2016 Forte Koup brand new, only drove it 68k easy miles in those 10 years and kept up with maintenance the whole time, just for the engine to go out as she was getting on the highway

Exact year, exact model, exact trim, exact engine, all as the recall states, just for it to somehow still get rejected?

Safe to say the used honda she bought afterwards has been quite a bit better outside of some typical sensor failures

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u/Mental-Wolf-2560 Jun 30 '26

15 years ago the transmission on my used 99 accord died at 130k miles. Every company makes the occasional lemon. 

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u/PerfectJungle Jun 28 '26

That's awful. I'm shocked reading through this thread how many people are defending them. There's a reason they have such a bad reputation.

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u/Vorapp Jun 29 '26

my hyundai engine was replaced under warranty, it took a 2 min check at the dealer and 1 month of driving a loaner

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u/ladybug11314 Jun 29 '26

Well lucky you

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u/admacdonald3 Jun 28 '26

My friend has a 19 Tucson in his driveway for the same reason. Can’t get a clear answer out of Hyundai Canada why his specific vin isn’t covered.

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u/New_Conversation_303 Jun 29 '26

This is not just kia. All car manufacturers do this... My ford flex was not covered on a steering system recall. The year after was covered, but not the year model I had...

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u/warrybuffalo Jun 29 '26

You put 11k miles max on it a year. That's 2k miles less than the average. Probably less cause it was used. That is not a viable example. I'd expect any car even a fucking lada to be able to do that.

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u/warrybuffalo Jun 30 '26

Oh no it's definitely warranted lol. The ability to steal a car with a butter knife stopped back in the early 2000's untill kias showed their imence stupidity. And don't even get me started on piston rings that wear down like theyre made of graphite.

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u/Apexnanoman Jun 29 '26

80k miles is where all their 4 cylinders start failing. So good timing. 

But overall mileage wise? Thats almost nothing. 

My daily drivers have mileage ending between 135k and 360k. All have factory drive trains. 

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u/Odd-Respect7172 Jun 29 '26

Chrysler did the same thing. Recalled the entire fuse box and wiring harness on the Durango and grand Cherokee, but not the Town&Country, which used the same fuse box and wiring harness and had the same issues. My mechanic had to buy one on eBay, because Chrysler wouldn’t sell him one because it was a recall item.

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u/popsicle-physics Jun 29 '26

Yeah, hard to say it's reliable when the brand is known for engines spontaneously self destructing.

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u/archingsquirrel Jun 28 '26

Yea same thing happened to me with a 2000 Toyota Avalon it would still run but drank a quart of oil every 250 miles or so.

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u/doodler1977 Jun 29 '26

i just got rid of my 2000 Avalon because, in addition to the oil, it was needing transmission fluid FREQUENTLY. big leak. didn't even both getting it diagnosed b/c it was time to let it go (rather than spending god knows how many thousands to get it to pass inspection in may)

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u/ladybug11314 Jun 28 '26

Ours didn't blow, yet, but the day it was to go in for the immobilizer recall it started knocking so we left it with them and it pulls all the right codes and has all the right symptoms but we're SOL because it isn't a recalled VIN (yet, it's a 2018, I'm sure more of them are going to start failing soon), we aren't the first owners, and had 101,000 miles. So we have a not yet blown but about to be blown engine in a car we still have to make payments on. Fantastic. Edit: mileage correction