Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | |||
| 10/15/2003 | 39044 | ||
| The oil pan plug fell off of the oil pan and i was not aware of it until i had driven the vehicle at least 20 miles. i had to pay for a tow to the kia dealer, eventhough, i was told that the vehicle was still under warranty.(5 yrs or 50,000 miles) i took it back to the dealer to complain about it still leaking oil and was told that i would need to take it to the service department. i did buy the vehicle used three weeks ago and have had nothing but problems. | |||
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - COOLING SYSTEM - FAN | |||
| 06/17/2003 | 29284 | 3 | 06/28/2000 |
| Engine overheats a lot.when i start the car at time smoke came from under neat of the steering wheel. ac line frozen . cooling fan not working. first time they replaced junction block, second time they replaced the water pump,,,gasket and third time they replaced the relay....replaced cooling fan. *ak | |||
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - ENGINE | |||
| 08/07/2003 | 1 | ||
| While traveling on the highway without prior warning, the vehicle would vibrate and the check engine light would illuminate on the dashboard. please fill in additional information. dealer was made aware of the problem. *ph | |||
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - ENGINE - GASOLINE | |||
| 11/09/2000 | |||
| Vehicle runs rough, idles very high, and has odors coming from engine into passenger area. *ak | |||
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - EXHAUST SYSTEM - EMISSION CONTROL - CATALYTIC CONVERTOR | |||
| 03/10/2004 | 1 | 05/13/2000 | |
| Silencer pipe split which is no cause or damage from consumer, this was a defective part, my car has made an excessive exhaust noise for quite some time, which at first was diagnosised as the catalytic converter, later to discover from an authorized kia dealership that that was not the case the silencer pipe had split due to poor production. this i believe in turn also has affected my performance of my car and caused the purge valve that i must also replace to have failed leaving the check engine light on and when registeration comes due my car will not pass smog. i have had every scheduled maintanence outside the dealership no one could diagnosis the problem. everyone can not afford to go to the dealership with their outrageous charges but i had to breakdown and go to pay 82.00 for a diagnosis for at least 420.00 worth of service that i must pay to get the problem corrected 315.00 to replace silencer pipe that was already defective from manufacturer and 90.00 for the purge valve these charges according to kia dealership include labor. already losing the 82.00 for the diagnostic. my car has only 57493 miles within the 4 years i have had it. i have had to also had the air bag module control replaced that had been defective from manufacturer on 6/21/01 and continue to have the same problem but my car is no longer under warranty thus i have to pay for another defective issue from kia, which was of no charge the first time but used my warranty?*ak | |||
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - EXHAUST SYSTEM - MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE | |||
| 06/13/2001 | 12126 | 2 | 06/28/2000 |
| Problem with the exhaust and muffler. lots of noise coming from under the car.they replaced the silencer the first time, gasket-exhaust pipe, the second time they replaced the silenner,,gasket-exhaust pipe, nuts | |||