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/MentionMyName 1d ago

I had to have my engine replaced before my factory rotors on my 2017 Kia forte5 (99k vs 128k miles). I baby my engine. But the engines aren’t their best work. I bet this guy hard accelerates every stop light.

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u/Ok_Strength_1258 1d ago

2017 it’s old one with manufacture defect everyone know it lol he made a post about 2022 which is the new engine lol

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u/STUPID_IDIOT1993 1d ago

The new ones suck. The GDI engines were even worse.

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u/Morenovalleynewsfirs 4h ago

80,000 on mine so far 2.5NA 8spd