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.
  • kitb@lemmy.worldEnglish
    76·
    1 year ago

    None of the recalled cars are EVs, and yet the main photo used in the article is the EV9 and the headline is ambiguous enough to suggest it’s EV fires causing the recall.

    I’m not saying this is necessarily intentional, but it seems suspicious to me.

    • neonspool@lemmy.worldEnglish
      29·
      1 year ago

      i generally like reuters so i submitted feedback (bottom of reuters website) regarding that article in the hopes that something will come of it. i agree that it does seem very weird to do

  • BonfireOvDreams@lemmy.worldEnglish
    20·
    1 year ago

    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.

    • Vlyn@lemmy.zipEnglish
      14·
      1 year ago

      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.

        • scottywh@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          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.

    • dongEnglish
      13·
      1 year ago

      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.

    • BruceTwarzen@kbin.social
      8·
      1 year ago

      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

    • amigan@lemmy.dynatron.meEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      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.

  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBEnglish
    9·
    1 year ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    WASHINGTON, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Hyundai (005380.KS) and Kia (000270.KS) 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.

    The automakers say internal brake fluid leaks can cause an electrical short that could lead to a fire.

    The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said owners should follow the advice of automakers and park vehicles outside until repairs are made.

    Kia America’s recall covers 1.73 million Borrego, Cadenza, Forte, Sportage, K900, Optima, Soul Rio, Sorento, and Rondo vehicles.

    Hyundai is recalling 1.64 million Elantra, Genesis Coupe, Sonata Hybrid, Accent, Azera, Veloster, Santa Fe, Equus, Veracruz, Tucson, Tucson Fuel Cell, and Santa Fe Sport vehicles from model years covering 2011 through 2015.

    Hyundai plans to notify owners to bring vehicles to a dealer to replace the ABS module fuse.

    The original article contains 309 words, the summary contains 150 words. Saved 51%. I’m a bot and I’m open source!

  • Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Kia is having a hell of a reputation burn.

    Kia’s looked great price wise two decades ago.

    But now they’re just toys for thieves, with how lax their security is.