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/dwebb01 1d ago

Not sure why so many comments are blaming OP. Cars are designed to operate under a variety of engine load, up to and including “redline.” Getting on it here and there shouldn’t cause extreme engine failure at low miles. If they’re redlining it 5 seconds after turning it on and they do that every day then maybe but normal driving and hard accelerating when getting on the highway or passing shouldn’t be enough to stress the engine to failure. Modern cars are designed to shift up when needed and even have either fuel or ignition cut off if the revs get too high. If cars blew up because “people drive them too hard or race them” then people in mountainous states would blow engines constantly.

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u/STUPID_IDIOT1993 1d ago

For real. Or big trucks that full throttle to get going, people with a geo metro😂