the bank repoed a 2008 kia sorento,, 42 k on it,, engine died,, kia rep pulled the dipstick and said the oil waasnt changed and red flagged it with no waranty,, this vehicle came to my shop,, previous customer has oil change records for the past year only,, and every 3000 miles,, kia wanted them all,, kia never even did any sort of inspection or diagnois on this vehicle,, after removing the intakee manifold and doing a compression check i had no compression on any of the right side cyliders,, found that the timing chain on that side has jumped,, and bent the valves,, very amazed by kia's rep,, to be able to pull a dipstick and tell whats wrong,, he said the oil was burnt on the stick,, funny,, it wiped right of with a shop rag,,,they said the customer told them to keep the vehicle after they denied there claim,,, after spending that much money on a new vehicle,,, i would have told them WHERE to keep it too,,, this will be ending up in court im sure with the back against kia 1290b0b
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| 1. Written by love my kia sorento owner on February 9, 2012 from heathsville, virginia, US i never had a problem with "warranty issues"but i must say no car with less than 50,000 should lose a timing chain my sorento has 100,000 and runs fine had the 50,000 mi9le sevice done and am scheduling the 100,000 mile service |
| 2. Written by the judge will be deciding on on February 2, 2012 from boise, idaho, US even the owners manual states " normal" (( which most people think there are) 7500 miles oil changes,, the another local deal tells everyone 5000,, i was a gm tech for 25 years,, i never seen this happen before,, guess alot has to be said for american made |
| 3. Written by duh on February 2, 2012 from fairfield, california, US Nobody reads the contract.... IN WRITING - that the buyer SIGNED, this was all stated before a penny exchanged hands. In order to qualify for the warranty - the driver has to submit to the rigorous maintenance of the factory's specifications. This means an oil change every 3k, from start to finish, not whatever paperwork the buyer happens to have pieces of. |
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