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Motor 1
02-07-2025
- Automotive
- Motor 1
‘Fine Print:' Should You Really Buy Kia Dealer's 'Million-Mile' Warranty? Here's What You Need to Know
A driver passes by a sign advertising Kia's 'Million-Mile' warranty and admits he is tempted to cash in by trading in his current vehicle. The internet advises him to read the fine print first. TikTok user @diecastloverr posted a video about the promotion on May 8. The video shows a Kia dealership with a banner outside advertising its 'Million-Mile Warranty.' In the on-screen text, @diecastloverr writes, 'Kia is kind of tempting me to trade in my car.' In the caption, he writes, 'Is this real? I feel like it's AI. Tempting.' Is Kia's 'Million-Mile Warranty' Too Good to Be True? In the comments section, many viewers suggested @diecastloverr first read the promotion's fine print before making a final decision. Others simply used the comment thread to express their skepticism—and in some cases, downright disdain—for Kia's reliability. 'Can only imagine the ridiculous stipulations and how easy it is to be voided,' guessed one person. 'They give that warranty because you'll need an engine every 100k miles,' wrote a second person. A third person joked, 'They meant million mile tow truck service warranty.' However, not everyone hopped on the Kia hate bandwagon. 'I have a 2024 Telluride Prestige X-Pro. It's incredibly luxurious for what we paid,' wrote one person. Another person backed up the sentiment. 'My mom bought a Kia Stinger back in 2020. It's yet to have issues. The inside is pretty nice too. Modern Kias are pretty good cars as long as you keep up with maintenance, of course,' they wrote. Kia's 'Million-Mile Warranty' Explained It's important to note that this is a dealership-specific warranty and not one from Kia's corporate office. @diecastloverr shot the video in Virginia, so let's take a look at the fine print of the extended warranty offered by Safford Kia of Fredericksburg. The dealership is proud to offer an exclusive version of the free warranty, which it calls 'the most comprehensive' on the market. 'Almost every component of your Kia powertrain will be covered—right down to the seals,' the site reads. The warranty lasts for 1 million miles over an unlimited number of years. It covers engines (including turbocharged and supercharged models) and transmissions, including automatic, standard, transfer case, front-wheel drive, and rear-wheel drive. The fine print on the website does note, 'all warranties and roadside assistance are limited. See retailer for details.' Motor1 reached out to Safford Kia of Fredericksburg via its website contact form to learn more about the fine print of this specific deal. Motor1 reached out to @diecastloverr via TikTok comment and direct message for comment. Now Trending Veteran Mechanic Puts Brand-New Engine in Jeep Gladiator with 45,000 Miles. It Turns Into an 'Absolute Nightmare' 'Look at This. Tell Me What's Wrong:' Man's Wife Has A Volkswagen Atlas. He Can't Tell if the Speedometer Works Get the best news, reviews, columns, and more delivered straight to your inbox, daily. back Sign up For more information, read our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use . Share this Story Facebook X LinkedIn Flipboard Reddit WhatsApp E-Mail Got a tip for us? Email: tips@ Join the conversation ( )
Yahoo
26-03-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
These Are Your Worst Experiences With A Recall
Car owners worldwide wish that every vehicle rolled off the assembly line perfectly designed and manufactured, but nobody's perfect. We asked earlier this week for your worst experiences with a recall. The comments section was filled to the brim with tales of mechanical woes and lackluster customer service spanning decades of automotive. There were faulty cars that were refused recall service, and vehicles claimed to be repaired but still had the reported issue. Not to spoil anything, but not even dealership employee are immune from a frustrating recall. Without further ado, here are the most egregious stories: Read more: These Are The Dumbest Looking Cars Of All Time, According To You In 1991, I had a 1986 Fiero and there was a recall about the exhaust manifold, which could crack and lead to a fire risk. I was in college and took it into the local Pontiac/BMW place for the recall, which took a couple I drove off, the gauges were all messed up, the windows rolled up and down without commands, the headlights came on and turned off randomly, etc . I turned around within 100 feet of the dealership and drove it back, and told them they had messed it up, which of course they claimed they did not. So, I opened the engine hatch/truck and found the of unplugging the wiring harness to get to the exhaust manifold, they had cut it. They butted the two halves together and wrapped it with tape. They claimed the car was like that when they got it, but I happened to have a picture of the engine bay available. They refused to replace the wiring harness, but they did splice each wire they cut. I ended up with the car running right, but a ball of electrical tape the size of a softball back entire time, the BMW salespeople kept strongly suggesting that I get a new car. They offered $100 for the Fiero in trade-in because it was messed up. Submitted by: hoser68 The Kia Stinger forums are filled with horror stories of people getting their Turbo Oil line recall done and the dealerships having no idea how to work on the engines, Kia quoting a 3-hour job that supposedly takes six and some places thinking they need to drop the whole engine.I need to get mine done, and I'm worried. Submitted by: ProjectNeo My dad had a 1975 Corvette and back around 1978 or so he had a set of Firestone 500 radials put on the car. They were recalled and replaced before there was any issue, forward 20 years and my dad lets me take the car on a road trip about 200 miles from home. My buddy and I hear a noise from the right rear and sure enough, the tire's gone flat. I nurse the car to a safe spot, jack it up and drop the spare from underneath and, boom... there's a 20-year-old Firestone 500 just waiting to finally see daylight. Submitted by: BuddyS Getting a recall taken care of from a defunct OEM is really difficult... I had a 2006 Saab 9-2X (essentially a rebadged Subaru Impreza) that fell under the Takata recall. I get the recall letter from GM telling me that the car needs to be taken to a certified Saab service center in order to get it taken care of. Problem is, Saab had gone under 8 years prior. Logic would dictate that any GM dealership or even a Subaru dealership could handle it but nope. I had to call GM's customer support line to find an aftermarket shop that GM was willing to work with to handle the recall. The shop was a 2-hour drive in a complete different county from mine. Submitted by: RemainKalm916 Where to start? Well, my worst experience with a recall was the Chrysler A-604 transmission back in the early '90s. Good old Lee Iacocca pushed this new FWD application 4-speed auto out to the market well before it was fully was a disaster on all a young Chrysler District Service Manager at the time, I had the misfortune of dealing with a lot of VERY angry customers who bought new cars that very quickly failed the cars went into limp-in mode, which locked them in 2nd gear and made them barely drivable, aside from limping them into one of our overwhelmed dealers who neither had the parts nor enough transmission techs to fix issue was not so much that there was a recall. It was that we were ill-prepared to fix them, even when the recall came out. One of the challenges with NHTSA regulations is manufacturers are required to send recall notices out within a very tight time window, regardless if they have the parts or training to do the course, being Chrysler in the early '90s, we ran fast and loose with quality on most fronts. There were plenty of disasters somewhat akin to the A-604, but it was the pinnacle of doing things the wrong way.I still remember driving in one morning to see one of my dealers when my own company car's transmission went into limp-in mode.I was not amused. Submitted by: Factoryhack 2017 Kia Optima PHEV. Get a recall notification to install anti-knock software to keep the engine from grenading. Never had an issue with knocking or ticking before this. Pick the car up after the work is "done". Within 20 miles of driving, engine starts knocking on the freeway and completely grenades. Between that, hybrid battery failure, wiring harness failure, and a short in the stereo that drained the 12V system, it sat at the dealer for 18 months between Dec 2021 and April 2024Cherry on top: they offered me a $2000 "goodwill" payment tied to an NDA and a clause that said if I sold the car and the next owner sued them, I was on the hook for the damages. No thank you Submitted by: dubgasm 2018 Pacifica hybrid. It was undrivable due to a wiring issue in the transmission. We had to wait 4 months for a new transmission because of the UAW strike. Chrysler did cover a still waiting to get the charging system recall fixed (again) so it doesn't burst into flames when charging. We haven't been able to charge it for over a year, and that's the main reason we bought it over Honda/ first and absolutely last FCA product we will ever buy... Submitted by: DCnative The Hyundai engine recalls on my manual 2014 Elantra mid-2021, I got the knock-sensor recall upgrade from Hyundai Canada meant to monitor my engine for signs of engine knocking. It would put my engine into a safety mode if any engine knocking was discovered. Potentially, I could get the engine replaced under warranty. The warranty had been extended to 10 years or 200,000km. I fell within both criteria, January 2022, the knock sensor engages and I limp back to the dealership in safe mode (can't rev the engine over 2000 RPM in safe mode). Hyundai Canada had the car for 4 weeks, no communication with me. Finally, they gave me back the car, claiming my oil filter was the issue (they said it wasn't OEM and that caused the knock sensor to falsely engage). Next day, the knock sensor kicks in while on the highway as I drove 110kmph; it was like someone slammed on the brakes and I nearly got rear-ended getting off the highway when it happened. I parked the car at home, called the dealership back, told them to come tow the car back and fix the issue and that I wouldn't drive it again until fixed as it was not safe to 3 weeks, they wouldn't give me an update or rental. Finally, after 4 weeks, they said they found metal shavings in the oil pan and engine and I got a rental car. 6 weeks total elapsed before I got the car back with a brand new engine, but they made me pay for a new oil pan (they said the warranty wouldn't cover it and it was needed). Sold the car only a few months later. Submitted by: Jeffaulburn Here in Canada, some Hyundai models have a recall for premature rusting on the brake lines and subframe. My 2015 Veloster was under this recall. As a tech of a Hyundai dealer, I knew it had to be done. The day I drove it in, the brakes were getting worse and worse. After being left in the parking lot for a few hours, the brakes were completely lost and it had to be driven in using the handbrake to stop it. Submitted by: ThatYoteGal The airbag recall for Acura several years ago.... Was told to park my car and not drive until parts became available.... That ultimately was 6 months... Fortunately, my lawyer got Acura to supply a free rental from Hertz for the entire time. The Hertz rental experience is a whole other story and near disaster. Submitted by: Jdg000 I got a ticket due to a recall once. I brought my Miata in for an annual inspection/preventative maintenance. The recall fix required a computer reset, which they did before running the emissions test. But when you reset the computer, you've got to run the engine for some number of miles (maybe 100?) before you can run the test. I only drive the car maybe 1500 miles a year, so it took me a while to hit 100 miles. And in that time, I got a late registration ticket. Submitted by: Give Me Tacos or Give Me Death I knew a guy in college who was on his way to pick up some mail that had been delivered to his previous address. On the way, he was in an accident and was seriously injured by a bad Takata airbag. The mail he was going to get included a recall notice for the airbag. 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Yahoo
24-02-2025
- Yahoo
Violent crash in Los Angeles leaves tamale server in critical condition
A person selling tamales on the street was one of three people rushed to the hospital following a brutal crash in Los Angeles' Koreatown on Monday morning. According to preliminary information later confirmed by Los Angeles Fire Department officials, the incident occurred just before 6 a.m. at the intersection of Western Avenue and 3rd Street and involved two vehicles that appeared to T-bone each other and then collide with a pedestrian. Canceled pursuit of reckless driver in L.A. County ends in deadly crash 'It looks like two vehicles collided, and during the collision, they hit somebody on the sidewalk,' LAFD Public Information Officer Cpt. Adam VanGerpen told KTLA. 'They were struck as a tamale server sitting on the sidewalk.' The other patients included two adults and a minor; all but one were taken to a hospital, Cpt. Van Gerpen said, and while their exact conditions were not immediately known, they were not said to be critical. Aerial footage obtained by Sky5 shows debris littered across 3rd Street as crews were clearing the scene and evaluating the drivers. The two sedans involved, a black Chevy Volt and a red Kia Stinger, ended up a fair way from each other on opposite sides of the street, which indicates that speed may have played a role in the crash, according to Cpt. Van Gerpen. 'It looks like speed was definitely a factor…there are a lot of skid marks,' he said. 'People need to just slow down, especially since this happened just before six in the morning.' Minibike rider, 16, killed in collision with hit-and-run driver The intersection of Western and 3rd is expected to be closed for several hours as the collision is investigated. KTLA photojournalist Chris Gierowski contributed to this report. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
19-02-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
6 vehicles we will miss the most when they leave in 2026
The automotive business is a cutthroat game, and not every car survives. A vehicle can end production primarily due to waning sales, declining interest in certain segments or powertrains, changes in technology, a decrease in profitability, or a combination of these factors. If a vehicle isn't up to snuff with market demand or fails to align with company strategy, it essentially heads for the chopping block. Even if a vehicle is adored by critics and owners (e.g., Chevy Camaro, Kia Stinger), its survival is unlikely if it can't make a strong business case for itself over time. Even a vehicle that's been around through numerous generations can still get killed off, no matter how established it has become. Here are six vehicles we will miss the most when 2025 is hard to believe the venerable A4 sports sedan is at the end of its road, so to speak. The car has been a member of the Audi stable since 1995, and it has consistently been lauded for its driving manners, style, comfort, and safety. It has always competed with the BMW 3-Series and the Mercedes C-Class, striking the best balance of sport and luxury between the three contenders. View the 10 images of this gallery on the original article It would be stupid for Ingolstadt to kill the A4 in its totality, and technically, it's more of a name change than anything else. The gas version of the A4 will be given the A5 name, and the A4 will likely get revived as an EV in the not-too-distant future. The current A4, as it stands, will end production after the 2025 model year. Along with the A6 and A8 sedans, the A4 has been the longest-running production car Audi has made, and we'll be sad to see it go away in its current slow-selling V6-powered grand touring RC coupe will be dead at the end of this year, but it's the naturally-aspirated 8-cylinder RC F performance-focused version that will cause us to shed tears when it disappears alongside its lesser brother. The RC F has managed to survive 10 years of production, and during that time, it has received high marks for its smooth and potent powertrain, long-range comfort, and rakish aesthetics. Expensive sport-luxury coupes have always been a tough sell, and the $94,000 RC F has never sold in big numbers. View the 6 images of this gallery on the original article As Lexus moves toward a strategy that employs multi-technology electrification, multiple powertrain options, and fuel efficiency, a thirsty V8 no longer makes sense. It's too bad because we adore the RC F, not because it's the quickest sports coupe around but because of its wonderful combination of Batmobile-like styling, sporty cabin, sonorous 472-hp V8 engine, adaptive suspension, limited-slip differential, and Brembo brakes. It truly is the last of a dying breed. There are probably only a handful of people who know that Subaru still produces the Legacy in its sedan form. Buyers typically flock to the far more popular Legacy wagon, now simply known as the Outback. The sedan has been around since 1990, and this 7th-generation version will be the last. Rather than missing the Legacy sedan in its mushy-driving current form, we will lament what the Legacy embodied: a practical, roomy, four-seasons capable, and attractive family sedan. The last thrilling Legacy was the 4th-generation turbocharged Legacy GT. View the 7 images of this gallery on the original article We honor the Legacy for its pioneering all-wheel drive sedan configuration in a segment that had precious few contenders. The Legacy stayed true to its form over its entire lifespan, and other entrants, namely the Buick Regal, Ford Fusion, Chrysler 200, and Dodge Charger, didn't live as long. You can still buy the Subaru Legacy sedan, and every trim level comes standard with the brand's excellent Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive system and EyeSight Driver Assist sedans look as good as the S60, both inside and out. The slinky Swede has been around since 2001 and spanned three generations, each one better than the one before it. The third and current generation offers mild hybrid power, all-wheel drive, and what can easily qualify as the most beautifully executed interiors and exteriors in the business. The top trim 456-horsepower S60 T8 All-Wheel Drive plug-in hybrid delivers 41 miles of pure electric driving range and will still hit 60 mph in 4.1 seconds. View the 5 images of this gallery on the original article Sedans are a hard sell these days, and the S60 is a casualty in a segment consistently led by the Germans. The S60 has always presented a strong alternative case for the European sports sedan, but it never resulted in robust sales. The current S60 is coming to an end only halfway through its life cycle, and that's a tragedy because it does so much so lump these two motoring icons together into a single devastating blow to the automotive world. Both the hardtop and convertible versions of the wonderfully telepathic 718 will reportedly end when 2025 comes to a close. Their mid-engine configurations are balanced, and their steering feel is some of the best around. Consequently, 718s are beloved by automotive enthusiasts and car critics alike. Even though both cars still sell tremendously well, Stuttgart has seen fit to kill off the gas versions, replacing them with electric powertrains. View the 7 images of this gallery on the original article There's a silver lining here. After the news broke that Porsche would kill both the 718 Cayman and Boxster, their strategy to go hard after electrification has softened. Porsche EV sales have not been nearly as strong as they once were, and the brand is currently reassessing the possibility that the gas Cayman and Boxster will have their lives extended. We can only Macan is a new legend in the sport-luxury SUV segment. When it comes to driving thrills, it's one of the best, if not the best. Aside from the electric Taycan and the Cayenne Coupe, the Macan is the newest model in the Porsche stable, having been introduced in early 2014. Last year, it was reported that Porsche would discontinue all gas-powered Macans in favor of an electric version. There are currently four trim levels ranging from the turbo-four 261-hp Macan S all the way to the twin-turbo 464-hp Macan GTS. View the 7 images of this gallery on the original article It's very possible that Porsche will actually bring back the Macan in gas form, and that confirmation could come at any time. The brand is rethinking its electrification strategy in light of the reduced demand for EVs across the board and hits to its once-hot Taycan electric sedan. The Macan is currently the brand's best-selling vehicle, and its demise could be a huge mistake. When some vehicles reach the end of production, they go with hardly a tear shed. Then there are those we will mourn for years. These six vehicles have had a tremendous impact on the industry, and they're all dying before their time, in our opinion. Whether it's the stunning Volvo S60 or the telepathic Porsche 718 series, none of these should disappear from the automotive landscape. Love reading Autoblog? 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Yahoo
10-02-2025
- Yahoo
Pair carjacked in south St. Louis: Police
ST. LOUIS – St. Louis police are investigating after two men were carjacked Saturday evening in south city. According to a spokesman for the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, the carjacking happened before 8:30 p.m. in the 5600 block of South Grand Boulevard, the dividing line between the Holly Hills and Carondelet neighborhoods. Police said two men, ages 37 and 21, were sitting inside a black Kia Stinger when two men wearing ski masks appeared and pointed guns at them. When will it snow in St. Louis? Two winter storms expected The armed men demanded the victims exit the vehicle. One suspect got in the Kia and drove off, while the other suspect followed in a black Infiniti. No injuries were reported. Anyone with information on the carjacking can contact the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department. Tipsters who wish to remain anonymous and are interested in a possible cash reward can call CrimeStoppers at 866-371-TIPS. Only tips submitted to CrimeStoppers that lead to an arrest are eligible for a cash reward. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
