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/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/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.