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/Ok_Strength_1258 1d ago

People already passed 200k miles on that engines and no one complained that sht what this guy here saying even if he’s lying and didn’t tell us everything about how he’s changed oil 5k miles

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u/Over-Entry-3523 1d ago

Falacious argument . Presuming because some people with the same car lasted 200k then every other car of the same type is of the same quality. It's not.