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The warranty covers it and you will lose if you try and sue.

if the transmission keeps having problems and your state has lemon laws, then you won't lose

The person I replied to claimed he would demand a brand new vehicle from Kia versus them replacing the trans under warranty.

Nothing to do with lemon laws as a one time repair would get laughed out of court.

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Posted by BuckyCheese

Member since Jan 2015

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Posted on 8/4/19 at 3:56 pm to GatorReb

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The Kia dealership close by to us that we test drove a Telluride at a couple weeks ago also adds on top a lifetime/unlimited mileage warranty. Found that pretty impressive

Read the fine print and I'll bet it just like the Kia warranty. You have to bring it to them, and them only, on a service schedule and if you miss one your warranty is gone.

Those lifetime warranties dealers promote are just marketing as frankly few people keep a car long enough for it to come into play anyway.

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Posted by tokenBoiler

Lafayette, Indiana

Member since Aug 2012

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Posted on 8/4/19 at 4:17 pm to AUstar

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GTFO with that shite. Pray for you? For a bad tranny? God damn that's a first world problem if I've ever seen it.

Sounds more like a bad computer than a bad tranny.

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Posted by GeauxColonels

Tottenham Fan | LSU Fan

Member since Oct 2009

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Posted on 8/4/19 at 4:23 pm to tokenBoiler

I bought a Sorento the first year they did the massive redesign....2009 maybe. Had absolutely no problems with it other than recalls. Put over 100k miles on it before moving on to another vehicle only because our other vehicle was paid off as well and we prefer having only one note at a time. I seriously considered getting another Sorento but opted for something different.

My dad has also had two Sorento's with no problems at all. They make fine vehicles. But, like any manufacturer, there will be some bad units. It's inevitable.

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Posted by johnnyrocket

Ghetto once known as Baton Rouge

Member since Apr 2013

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Posted on 8/4/19 at 4:38 pm to lsu xman

Again I had a 1995 hardbody 4x4 v6 Nissan shipped around Xmas that did that. It was loaded with winch, roll bars, power sun roof, power rear window, chrome bumpers, upgraded suspension package, spray in liner and nicer tires. I saved $4 over getting a 1996 unit. Upset yes. Upset enough to say screw it I want to pay $4k for 1996 with less options. No way.

Nissan use to have transmission cooler and radiator in a one piece unit. What happened was at the connections to hoses for the radiator leaked into the transmission cooler. Mine ended up. having radiator fluid in the transmission.

They put all new transmission, radiator, radiator cooler as separate units, water pump, thermostat, and new computer for the transmission.

Then they gave me 100,000 mile warranty on the transmission, radiator or related parts, engine, and transmission cooler

Could not complain as it broke under warranty and not down the road out of warranty.

Really for small truck after that I never had major problems. Had small quirks nothing expensive happened to it.

Gave my son in law the truck in 2003.
He redid the interior and runs it off road even today. Even the Ac still works in that 1995 rice burner.

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Posted by Obtuse1

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Member since Sep 2016

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Posted on 8/4/19 at 4:43 pm to BuckyCheese

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Read the fine print and I'll bet it just like the Kia warranty. You have to bring it to them, and them only, on a service schedule and if you miss one your warranty is gone.

Do you have a link to the verbiage in the Kia warranty? A manufacturer can not force you to bring the vehicle to them for service to keep a warranty intact. Magnuson-Moss prevents that. That doesn't mean you don't need proof that the services were performed (by another shop or yourself) but you only have to prove that if a particular required service could have caused the failure ie they can't deny a warranty repair of an electric seat mechanism if you didn't change the crankcase oil.

Extended warranties not underwritten by the manufacturer can have somewhat different requirements.

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