PSA: KIA is what we thought they were...a POS

Background:
2016 KIA Sorento SXL
60,000 miles
10yr/100k mile warranty (not sure on what still)
Exact Car


My wife loved the car when we first bought it. Has all the bells and whistles of a 2016 car. By 40k we started having a few issues. Nothing major, just little things
1. Cruise Control: sometimes you press the button and it comes on, sometimes it doesn’t. Sometimes after it comes on, it’ll let you set the speed, sometimes it doesn’t.
2. Back Hatch Door: It opens by button. Sometimes it’ll open, sometimes it unlatches & immediately latches back. Over and over
3. Sunroof: It has the big full window, panoramic whatever sunroof. Hasn’t worked right in 30k miles. Had to pay them $140 just to diagnose it. Diagnosis: “nothing wrong. You need to lube it sometimes”. Wanted to do it for a charge. I’ve never lubed a sunroof in my life. I think the real problem is they put a shite motor in to move that big glass. As it closes, it gets slower and stops like a battery getting low. Have to muscle it the rest of the way
4. A/C: only blows cold air when dial is set @ “Max cold”. If you turn the dial to 65°, it blows room temp air. This started @ 30k

And now the big one
5: Oil leak: it’s currently sitting at the Seigen location for a leak that started as a drip and has become huge in a couple weeks. Just got the call that it’s due to the oil pressure switch and something else....$1000

Not a single one of these things was covered under this 10yr/100k mile warranty.

1-4, individually, are relatively minor...but when you realize they aren’t covered under warranty on a car that is currently only at 60k(and they all started 30-40k in) and they start piling up, you get a little concerned. So we said “this thing is gone before we hit this 100k threshold”. Then we get this oil leak. Soooo...

TL:DR - Don’t be fooled by their fancy new gadgets and nice looking vehicles...KIA is still KIA. Sell you a nice looking car that doesn’t last and nickel and dime you to death to make themselves a fortune at the service department. Trading it in by the end of the month


OH, 1 more point...
Residual Value: Brand new the MSRP was 41 or 43k...60k miles....Est trade is 14-16k. Maybe that’s normal for an SUV, idk. But that seems terrible to me

So for all of you that see that Telluride and think “man, that’s a nice vehicle for a decent price”....IT’S STILL A KIA