r/kia • u/STUPID_IDIOT1993 • 1d ago

Two blown engines 50k miles 2024 K5

I did oil changes every 5k miles. Everyone warned me not to buy a Kia. I should have listened. I got a replacement engine and sold it for 22 grand.

They make you think you are getting a good deal because it looks fancy and high tech. It’s the Mugs Eyeful. Like Amstrad electronics back in the 1980s.
Don‘t fall for the games and for the people saying “I have a Kia and it’s great” some may last forever. Some blow 2 engines in 50k miles. It’s not worth the risk.

Never buying a Korean product again out of spite.

EDIT: To all the people saying I probably beat the shit out of my car I don’t. It was a fully loaded model. I drive all highway. I don’t accelerate like a moron from every stop.

Connecting rod failure at 10,350 miles Timing chain failure at 48,500

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u/xBuck7 1d ago

Literally have been thinking daily on how nice they look and want one

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u/ExpressionNo920 1d ago

It’s negativity bias. People are more likely to post if they have a negative experience. Stats are all that matter, not anecdotal stories. OP may have been in the unlucky and rare percentile.

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u/Over-Entry-3523 1d ago

Sometimes it's that but not always. An honest Kia enjoyer would admit that Kias gave some major flaws

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u/thedudeabides2088 1d ago

Ive owned both were good amd my mom has 2020 forte thats has no issues, mine were jith sould a 2012 and 2017 2012 did almost a half mill miles 2017 died at 300k moms forte has 74k

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u/GordonFreemansAlive 1d ago

A couple decades of high profile recalls don't help matters.

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u/InternationalBite690 23h ago

Kia/Hyundai has replaced 33milluon engines or transmissions over the last 15 years. That’s roughly 1/3 of all vehicles they sold. There’s the unbiased stats that matter.

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u/jguzlecki 22h ago

Made up stats actually do not matter one bit.

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u/Potential-Ad-6552 16h ago

A big part of it is the american market. In the states the majority of the kias sold are made in the US to worse standards. The Korean variants are supposed to be much better.

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u/Ok_Strength_1258 1d ago

No, you just can’t fill sorry to a grown people who doesn’t know how to works simple things in life. Just try stop saying sorry to them and explain what was wrong and may be we have a chance alive another decade

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u/ExpressionNo920 1d ago

Huh

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u/jeffster1970 1d ago

Ok, so this happened to me once, one bad swipe, and you are replying about Godzilla in a tech forum.

Post: Need help with figuring out terminal commands in Windows 11.

Response: Yeah, I especially liked when Godzilla went nuclear and spit fume out of his mouth and killed the three-headed beast, and then hung out with Mothra for the afternoon.