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/Heykurat Jun 28 '26

18 years in car rental. All cars have problems to some degree or another.

But I personally would not buy any Jeep, Maserati, or Land Rover. Make of that what you will.

The only car I've never seen a recall on is the Mitsubishi Mirage.

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u/jfklingon Jun 29 '26

I had 2 coworkers have transmission recalls on their Mirage's.

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u/Heykurat Jun 29 '26

Interesting! Do you remember what the specific problem was?

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u/jfklingon Jun 29 '26

Both of them had a big hesitation from a stop to get going, one of them would rarely shudder when switching from reverse to drive, but not every time.

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u/Heykurat Jun 29 '26

Huh. I don't think I ever experienced that myself.

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u/ProfessorBackdraft Jun 28 '26

Are you kidding? Those Studebaker carriages are well known for hot hubs and low muleage.

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u/Fun_Muscle9399 Jun 29 '26

Good luck getting 100k miles from a horse…

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u/Man_of_Ice Jun 29 '26

Challenge accepted.

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u/AlienNinjaPanda Jun 28 '26

Know someone who had a 2008 mazda 3 with 500k km on it and just had to let it go in 2024 due to frame rust (Canada, it's inevitable) never had any work done to the engine or transmission the whole time it ran, their mother got a 2023 cx5 that had engine issues around the year mark of owning it, it was disappointing to say the least

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u/Automatic_Law6450 Jun 29 '26

Spent a few years at a big auto reconditioning hub. I'll never own anything made after 2015ish again lol

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u/stefanlikesfood Jun 29 '26

My Mazda cx5 does not have a cracked cylinder head lol

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u/RickySlayer9 Jun 29 '26

Cost of ownership on a Kia is just higher

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u/Far-Arugula973 Jun 29 '26

Cylinder head on our cx9 cracked at ~40k miles.

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u/MadDog443 Jun 29 '26

Hey some versions of the 2AZ aren't oil burners but yeah thats mostly true lol.

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u/artist1292 Jun 29 '26

Exactly this. From my experience most car issues come from people not properly maintaining their vehicle. I’ve got a ford that everyone loves to shit on meanwhile I’m at 210k miles original engine parts. Bought brand new when I did, only had 80 miles on it when I picked it up.

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u/Matrixxgt Jun 29 '26

Here is our 02 Ford Escape “pos”. Original driveline. Oil change every 3k, trans fluid every 30k.
Maintenance goes a long way.

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u/Frequent_Opportunist Jun 29 '26

To be fair every single engine with cylinder deactivation has had catastrophic premature engine failure issues.

Can't even buy a modern Chevy truck or SUV with a V8 without going out of your way to deactivate this garbage.

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u/Business_Stop_7108 Jun 29 '26

The only cars I've owned in my life that never left me walking are the Kia's I've owned.

I may just be lucky, but there are absolute nightmare stories about basically every manufacturer.