Complaint Review: Kia Motors - Irvine California
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- Kia Motors 9801 Muirlands Blvd Irvine, California U.S.A.
- Phone: 949-470-7000
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- Category: Auto manufactures
Kia Motors RIPOFF a mechanic's best friend and a black hole for your money Irvine California
*Consumer Comment: I WILL NEVER BUY A KIA AGAIN EITHER
*Consumer Suggestion: If you want real results-contact The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration-they will get you justice!
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I bought my wife a 1998 Kia Sephia LS years ago because I thought that it would be a dependable and gas thrifty car. While the latter was true, I found myself spending more money on this piece of junk than I could have ever imagined. I have replaced the brake pads and rotors on this car over ten times in the last six years! The head gasket has blown twice, (it is blown right now) the car is hard to start after adding fuel, it surges when driving down the road, it will not stay aligned and it eats a set of tires every eight to ten months.
If I had known that I would have the kind of repair bills that I have had with this car I would have bought her a lexus and been done with it. I have no desire to make a car payment and a mechanic payment every month. I can't imagine how a Kia salesman can sleep at night. Just knowing that he has sold someone's wife and the mother of their child a piece of crap that could possibly get them killed.
I am going to make it my business to inform everyone that Kia products are garbage and that the engineers and mechanics at Kia are not making any attempts to make the situation better. Please do not buy these vehicles!!!! They are worthless pieces of junk!!
Kevin
emporia, Virginia
U.S.A.
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#2 Consumer Comment
I WILL NEVER BUY A KIA AGAIN EITHER
AUTHOR: Toni - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Monday, April 17, 2006
I bought a 2004 Kia Sedona brand new off the lot. It had 7 miles on it after I test drove it. A month after buying it I had to have the rotors replaced because they were warped. A couple of months after that I had to get the seatbelt replaced in the back because it would not retracted.
Then a year and 1 month after I drove it off the lot. I lost control of it and hit a tree head on. I had no steering and the driver side axle came out of the transmission before I hit the tree. Keep in mind I was on my parents paved driveway going between 10 and 15 miles an hour. If I had been on the interstate I have no doubt my infant son and I would have been seriously injured or killed and possible someone else.
I will never ride in another Kia ever again.
#1 Consumer Suggestion
If you want real results-contact The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration-they will get you justice!
AUTHOR: Pete Helfrich - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Saturday, January 08, 2005
(Dear Editor: I am posting this message on ALL KIA related reports, for safety reasons. The NHTSA gets real results)-Please allow me to post this... All Kia owners need this info-it could save a life!!!
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration mission is to: Save lives, prevent injuries, reduce vehicle-related crashes.
I filed a report on my 2001 Kia Sportage (faulty vacum hoses/torn solenoid-due to poor design)--and they called me back THE SAME DAY!! They are going to investigate the situation. This is not the first time that NHTS has gone after KIA-read the reports!! They slammed down on them for their cheaply made 4 wheel drive hubs (to name just one of the many junk parts that Kia makes).
Be sure to have all your service documents handy. Express how unsafe you feel driving a KIA. And please; if you have had a problem with the vacume hoses/solenoid--PLEASE FILE A REPORT!! Kia does not fix this under their crappy 10 year plan!!
Just type National Highway Traffic Safety Administration into any search engine-and put Kia in their place!
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