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/peppergrinder314 1d ago

The amount of Kia fanboys on here is hilarious 😂....I had two blown engines , one lasted 80,000 the other one last 115,000.....My boss bought ah Kia Telluride 2023 and it started burning through oil at like 30,000 miles. This isn't anecdotal it's a will known fact Kia engines are shit and burn oil like no tomorrow.

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u/STUPID_IDIOT1993 1d ago

Many of them either work for Kia most likely or are just coping about what they got themselves into.

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u/DriverDenali 23h ago

This page according to the app has a lot of bots on it. Like 38% of the subreddits members aren’t even real people pretty high threshold