Hyundai and Kia are recalling a combined 3.37 million vehicles in the United States due to the risk of engine fires, telling owners to park outside and away from structures until repairs are complete.
I cannot for the life of me begin to understand who would still want to buy a kia. The company fucking cuts so many corners that inevitably cost the consumer, irrespective of the engine itself being completely unremarkable.
Is quality control between US and Europe different here? Haven’t had a single issue with my Kia Rio since I bought it 8 years ago.
Besides the motor being lackluster performance wise, but I knew that going in. But hey, for 14k€ (including A/C, navigation, rear camera) it was still a deal.
I’ve owned lots of Fords in the US over the years and there’s nothing worse about them than any other manufacturer as a general rule.
Sure, there are exceptions and people will always take their own anecdotal experiences to heart as indicative of larger problems as a whole with a manufacturer but they make fine vehicles.
In fact, one of my current vehicles is a 2011 Escape that I’ve had for years and I’ve got no major problems with or complaints about it.
They are shit cars, but this is nothing compared to the other car manufacturers; sticking pedals on Toyotas (21 dead), Ford Pinto (500-900 dead, was an $11 part production deemed unnecessary), GM knew about a faulty switch in 2003 but only fixed it in 2014 (and 174 deaths), Volkswagen lied about emissions causing god knows how much damage, even airbags have killed like 24 people due to a defect. The list is endless, and no car company is better than the other.
I cannot for the life of me understand why people would live in a country where this is allowed just because a bunch of congressmen need a new yacht or child slave or whatever they do with their money
Just wait for the inevitable fanboy posts that always use the same verbiage, accusing jealousy because Hyundai is “killing it” (oh, they’re killing something alright) and that all cars have problems, and theirs hasn’t had any problems.
I cannot for the life of me begin to understand who would still want to buy a kia. The company fucking cuts so many corners that inevitably cost the consumer, irrespective of the engine itself being completely unremarkable.
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Is quality control between US and Europe different here? Haven’t had a single issue with my Kia Rio since I bought it 8 years ago.
Besides the motor being lackluster performance wise, but I knew that going in. But hey, for 14k€ (including A/C, navigation, rear camera) it was still a deal.
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I’ve owned lots of Fords in the US over the years and there’s nothing worse about them than any other manufacturer as a general rule.
Sure, there are exceptions and people will always take their own anecdotal experiences to heart as indicative of larger problems as a whole with a manufacturer but they make fine vehicles.
In fact, one of my current vehicles is a 2011 Escape that I’ve had for years and I’ve got no major problems with or complaints about it.
I own a 2012 Kia soul in the US and it’s been a great car.
They are shit cars, but this is nothing compared to the other car manufacturers; sticking pedals on Toyotas (21 dead), Ford Pinto (500-900 dead, was an $11 part production deemed unnecessary), GM knew about a faulty switch in 2003 but only fixed it in 2014 (and 174 deaths), Volkswagen lied about emissions causing god knows how much damage, even airbags have killed like 24 people due to a defect. The list is endless, and no car company is better than the other.
Bikes ftw.
Firestone and Ford (271 died)
I cannot for the life of me understand why people would live in a country where this is allowed just because a bunch of congressmen need a new yacht or child slave or whatever they do with their money
Yeah, why buy a Kia when you can just steal one with a USB cable?
Just wait for the inevitable fanboy posts that always use the same verbiage, accusing jealousy because Hyundai is “killing it” (oh, they’re killing something alright) and that all cars have problems, and theirs hasn’t had any problems.