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Kia and Hyundai recall 3.3 million cars, tell owners to park outside (www.cbsnews.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/cars

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It's time for another fire-risk recall from the Korean duo! Yet another problem for their infamous decade of vehicles '10-'19 roughly. Skipping immobilizers, undersized wiring (fire), leaking brake fluid (fire), garbage GDI 4-cyl engines (fire), leaking high pressure fuel pumps (fire), trailer wiring defects (fire) and more just weren't enough. Now another brake fluid leak in the braking system can cause another short and cause a fire.

The "fix" is a fuse replacement. It doesn't fix the actual leak so it's a band-aid at best. But also par for the course for the duo.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Looks like theirs about 6 years worth of bad parts on both these companies. Lots of mechanics won't work on them and telling owners to trade them in and get another brand.

[–] PM_Your_Nudes_Please 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, newer Kia’s are… Alright I guess? But it used to be so bad that mechanics would joke that “KIA” was short for “Killed In Action” because they’d tow so many in from the sides of highways.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Can confirm called that here as well. My parents owned a 2003. Worst car they owned. Currently, My neighbors 2018 had been in the shop nearly every month this year.

[–] CADmonkey 4 points 1 year ago

My neighbors have a little Hyundai SUV, it has that 1.6 GDI engine and they say you have to top the oil up every time you put gas in it. A quart every 300 miles. Its not that old, either. They want to get rid of it, but the price of cars has been a bit silly lately.