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I want to be clear, I am a Kia, owner and customer that uses his vehicle for his personal business and up to this event had every intention to upgrade my Kia this year. For purpose of a new van to expand my businesses as well a nice mobile office. I had the Sedona in mind. I will never purchase anything from Kia again. I will upgrade my vehicle not with a Kia.
My two buisiness are a courier service and home inspectior. I was contracted my a local courier service, one of my stops was Bloomington Kia, I had a delivery of a bumber. The parts guy that meet me in the delivery area was Tim, I told him I have a delivery for him and need a singnature. I asked me where did it come from. I mentioned the name, but could not remember the exact name. I had 3 other deliverys in my Kia, and could not remember the exact name that it came from I was close, but told him IM looking it up right now. He started shouting at me, and I quoate. "Its your job to know where it comes from" I said IM looking it up right now. He continue to shout at me, belittle me. Lecture me how my job is to be done. I said "You dont need to lecture me, I know what my jobs is." He then shouted at me to get out! Get! Get! and the same time using his hands in a shoeing away motion. I left, as he was shouting at me.
I then really want to order a luggage rack for my Kia Sportage, I was happy to see I had a delivery in Bloomington Kia, so I could order a part for my car. How every, this simple request was obstructed by Tim, when I when to the parts counter there was a young lady at the computer. I asked If I could get something ordered, she said I don't work up front here I will get you someone. Well, she grabs Tim to help me. He immediately tells me to "GET!" Get Out! I turned and walked out, and told him I wouldn't order any thing from him anyway.
I then, call my contractor and immediately told him what happened. With out me telling him the guys name, mainly because I didn't know, he says it sounds like Tim. He said he could keep me away from there. I thank him and said yes please.
Fast forward to Friday night 6/28/19 Kia needs a delivery to a auto shop. I get the call, so I go pick up the part. Hoping I would not have to run into the same guy Tim, there have been a couple young ladys there they are friendly and kind. No problems with them, I was hoping one of them would be there. But, no such luck. It was Tim, what happened next was some of the most egregious behaviour, stunning adhorrent. He opens the back door and starts laughing at my face. Walks right up to me and loudly starts laughing in my face. Then he starts shouting for Chan, his manager. Not much of a manager, but he Tim is continuing to shout "Chad come quick, its the guy I told you about"" He continues to shout this to Chad. I tried to defuse the situation, I said, IM not here for troublle, I just want to pick up the part and get going. I dont want any trouble. But he did not hear me over his own shouting for Chad to come quick to see the guy he was talking about. He walks back in to back door to meet Chad and he immedialtely starts to make wrong statements and comments about me. I said that wasnt true. I did told you I did not want any trouble, then I started to tell Chad what he did to me the first time I was there (Tim) . Chad jus said, its your word against his. Completely complacent and walk me out.
I left completely astonished to what just happened to me, I went to the counter where I asked for Chad again. I told him I will be making a complaint with his manager.
I turned and walked up to the front. I asked a receptionist to see a manager, I tolder her what just happened and she said I should see the sevice manage. I left to see him, but he had left for the day. I told to other service guys what just happeded, they suggested to speek with the Dave, the location manager. They graciously took my name and number.
Dave calls me the next day, and here is his apinion, and I quote. "Well, you where on my dollar" I said to him, So that gives you the right to treat me how every you want too! He immediatley back track that statement. But lets be clear, that is his sentatment. Im on his dollar he treat me or anyone else however he wants. if they are "on his dollar"
I will never purchase another item from Kia, I will not build my businesses using Kia products. I am so dicussed with this complany attitude towards a workiing class person, how they can treat you how they please. If your on there dollar.
Kia lost a customer and gained an enemy!

I take my 2012 Kia Soul to Montrose Kia in Sheffield, Ohio because of a recall on the catalytic converter. I tell them that the car is doing all the things that it says it would do if the converter was bad and that the engine light came on. First she says do you have your keys and do you want to have the diagnostic check done which would be a 118.00 charge. I say no, I figured the recall was the reason why the light came on and that Auto Zone does it for free. She takes keys and leaves. An hour and half later the keys are still on her desk and I say we will be leaving... my husband goes to ask about car not knowing i told her we were leaving....he asks how long on car?....she says I thought you were leaving. another 2 and a half hours later car is done she says go to checkout for keys....no explaining about car other then the printout which just says it was updated and I need an oil change and to replace a parking light....we leave only for the car to act up again and the engine light comes on again. I don't want to take it to them so what do I do. While you are driving it hesitates then the rpm gauge just stops working. Sometimes the car stalls sometimes not. The engine light comes on. It doesn't say they changed the converter or if they back checked for any damage to the engine. Why have a recall if they don't check everything. What am I suppose to do?

Air Bag light is on, brought it into shop & was told $2,000 to fix the air bags. I was told that they will not work until fixed, just went out.

I bought a Kia 2019 Sportage in April 2019, the sales representative asked about how much money did I have to put down. My reply was nothing, because the advertisement stated no money down, After selecting a vehicle the paper work process began. The salesperson Rolland Owusu-Ansah then stated to me that he and the Sales manager Sang Dang discovered that I would receive 3500 back due to the trade in of my current vehicle a Kia Sportage 2017 which I purchased in 2016. I of course was very excited, Rolland stated to me that the check would come to me in about 45 days and I would turn the check would be used for the down payment in the amount of 3500 dollars. Rolland and the manager also stated that I would need to write a check for the 3500 to be deposited by Kia win 45 days. As the 45 days approached I became a little concerned so I began calling Rolland to inquire about the refund I should be expecting, Rolland stated he spoke to Kia finance and just be patient the check is coming. I stated to Rolland that if the check was presented that it would cause fees to my account. Rolland stated that it's only the overdraft fees. Well to date I have received three overdrafts totaling 115.50. Well the only check I received was for 436.81 for my gap insurance refund. I immediately called Rolland to inquire about this check because I was informed that a check for 3500 would be arriving soon. Rolland stated that no that was not the check and I should be expecting the check for the 3500 dollars. I held onto the check for several weeks after I received it inquiring with Kia finance about the check I had received also about the check I was anticipating receiving. The Kia representative stated that the check I received was The Gap insurance and it was for my use however I decided to use it. The more I inquired with Rolland the more he became evasive and not returning the calls he stated that he would to contact me to Mike in finance. On yesterday I spoke with a Lisa from finance that stated to me that I have a 3500 check that was presented for payment, and of course I didn't have the money to cover it assuming that there was a 3500 check on it's way to me to cover this. I was informed on yesterday that a refund was transferred inhouse to Kia for a little over two thousand. The check that I received for the Gap insurance should have been used for that balance after the 2,000 odd dollars was applied to the account which would have left a balance of $870 as opposed to a balance now being odd of 1,315.00. This is my third care with Kia and I really feel that I was totally misled to believe that things were going to work out smooth, the problem was the check was to never come to me as I was informed Kia received monies almost immediately and I was not informed. Even after inquired with the dealership I was still given the run around. This will be my last transaction with Kia Motors, I have referred several people to Kia who bought cars but I'm done with all that. No one has stated that I will be reimbursed for the overdrafts. I would have never written a 3500 dollar check on my account without the funds already being there, but I was convinced by the dealership in Timonium that this was a sure deal. At this point I am very hurt and disillusioned with Kia motors and their subsidiaries; because I thought I was a valued customer. Customer service ranks first with me, and when that falls short I refuse to spend my money any where were people are not honest and forthcoming where I am concerned, if I had been informed in the being that some monies had already been applied and that amount there may have been a more favorable outcome for me. I feel like Nationwide Kia in Timonium received what they needed from me to make money and that was their only and main concern NOT ME1 Sincerely an extremely dissatisfied customer!!

I have been a customer with Kia for over 12 years. This will be my 4th Kia I have purchased and do not get me wrong I love all my Kias,
Recently I went in to have my Sorento's sunroof looked at we were there for 2 1/2 hours and told they would have to order parts. They did called an let me know my parts were in I dropped off the car the night before by 4:30 p.m. someone from Kia in Florence made sure that my car was delivered to my work upon completion, great well that's what I thought. Two days later when I finally had a chance to look over my car (fyi I work two jobs back to back and the second job I do not get home til after dark) I noticed grease stains on my liner where they worked on my sunroof and grease all on the door jam (unsure if this is what you call it) immediately I took pictures and sent to Angela Feldkamp at Kia via email. No phone call was received from her she only responded via email. However she did apologized and said she would make it right in the email, she also stated that she would forward the email over to Tony Darpel their service manager. Well, it took til Wednesday when my husband took my son's car over to Kia for an appointment he had to find out that Angela said someone will pick the car up to have it detailed. The following week she had someone from Kia Florence come to my work to pick it up to have it Detailed and returned to me the same day by the time I got off work at 1 p.m. Well this did happen but the Detailed vehicle not so much. Upon them returning my car I looked it over with them. I pointed out the grease stains still on the interior roof of my car and on the door jams of the the doors. I was told that Angela was at lunch, I informed the gentleman that dropped it off to have her call me. My car was picked up at 8:00 a.m. and dropped back off by 11:39 a.m., when I got off work at 1 p.m. no phone call from Angela. I drove to Burlington to Jake Sweeney Kia and spoke to Angela. I asked her to look at my vehicle she saw that they did not clean up their grease that was in my car and for that matter if they had someone detail it they got robbed. The car was not even vacuumed, nor were the grease stains removed. Angela did tell me she would get me a loaner and have my car detailed again. Hmm twice in one day now why would that need to happen if it was completed the first time the right way. I seems to me that Angela may have good intentions but she obviously is not following thru. I am unsure as to why they would of let that vehicle leave their lot without inspecting it. I am extremely unsatisfied and tired of being inconvenienced for something they have had two chances to get right and can't.
I have not heard from the service manager at all. This car was not a cheap car, and the disrespect that their technicians showed to my vehicle is uncalled for. How would they like it if I got into their vehicle that they paid 40K for and put grease all over the roof and the door jams.
Pretty sure someone that works hard like i do would not appreciate it.
I have phots but i cannot seem to upload them as to I only have them as a pdf.
Carrie Hill
859*445*9448

Submitted information in March to get reimbursed for my motor that was a recalled. I was to be paid back 2 car payments which I made when my Kia was being repaired. Everyone says something different and keep getting a run around. Check was approved and expedited 3 weeks ago(so they say) yet still nobody has a clue or correct information. WORST customer service EVER. When asked to have a supervisor contact you, they dont..you'll have to call back and demand to speak to someone. NOT IMPRESSED and would like answers NOW!!!! Kia consumer affairs is useless.

I had my KIA Sorento towed to Fucillo to have them look into the smart key system not working (unable to start my vehicle, no feature worked) on May, 6 2019. It is now June, 8 2019 and they still have not fixed the issue and seem to have no clue as to what is causing the issue. The last option was they are ordering a part that I was initially told would be in in a couple days and now is still not there after a second receive date has failed to be delivered.
When I talked to a service advisor I have only received "possibilities" that a part might fix the issue. I am beginning to feel very frustrated and even angry at my experience. They have left me with the impression that the service department is run very poorly and even incompetence. Definitely I will NEVER bring my vehicle back to their company again!
It has been over a month now without my vehicle! I own my own business and this is hindering my business and profiting in it!

The whale tail cover which protects the radio components on the roof fell off. I purchased a replacement whale tail online for $10.00 and went to the Kia dealership where I purchased the car to attach the purchased item. I was told that it is not a warranty item and the cost would be $450 to repair. I can't believe that any component which should have been permanently attached falls off and I as the consumer is forced to pay to replace it. I went to a local body shop and he replaced the one I had bought for free so the bottom line is how dare Kia charge $450 for an item that cost $10 to replace. I am a senior citizen on a fixed income with a husband who is wheelchair bound. That withstanding my next purchase of a car will certainly not be a Kia.

I have 2016 Kia Forte with a little over a 100,000.00 miles on it. My car was experiencing misfires, and slow acceleration. I took the car to Sons of Kia at 100 Sons Dr. McDonough, Ga. Explain that I what was happening to my car to the best of my ability. Even informed them I had a diagnostic done on the car. The service person from behind the counter informed me that Sons of Kia has to do their own diagnostic and it would cost a $125.00.
I told them to do the diagnostic but call before service on my car is done. They contacted me the same day and informed that my spark plugs and fuel coils would need to be replaced because they are after market parts. They were causing my car problems. I asked the service person would this fix the problem and would my vehicle be operational. In other words, would my car be fixed and running and be good to drive. she said, yes. it would. So, I said go ahead with the repair. Later, I get a call and she says the parts have to be order and car has to stay overnight. I said ok, do you have a loner or a rental. No loner but I could rent a car from Kia.
The next day before 3pm, She calls me to inform that the car was not running and it would need a catalytic converter costing $1900.00. This was after charging me $844.00 for changing out after market parts (spark plugs and fuel coils). I asked why she didn't inform me when the diagnostic was done that the catalytic converter needed repairing. I would have started with that repair first. She said, the diagnostic didn't show that code. i said, impossible this is a kia car and this is a kia dealership. If you had done a proper diagnostic then every code would have showed indicating a problem with this vehicle. She would not answer just looked at me.
She then stated, let get the master mechanic or mechanic manager that person never came out to speak to me about my car repairs. She returned repeating same things as before blaming the after market parts. I feel that I have been taken advantage of by this dealership because I left with a car that is not running and had to be towed away. The Service Dept. customer service is awful and I have been scammed out of my money by this dealership. The least Sons of Kia could do is talk with me. I feel disrespected to say the least. I bought my car from this dealership and will never recommend anyone to this service dept.
I made a complaint to Kia Corporation and was promised a call back and no call from anyone. Again, leaving me hurt and dissastfied with the treatment received by Kia Corporation and it's dealership bearing the name Kia. Someone could have tried to help me to bring my car whole again or not charge me exorbitant prices to have a three year old vehicle towed away.

I wouldn't even give this company one star. I bought a car from kia on the blvd with in a year my engine went and I need a replacement. I took over 3 weeks for them to tell me what was wrong and its now been three months and I still have not received my car back. EVery time I call they tell me they need to do something else and it will be another couple days. Mean time I have been paying for a rental car and car payments out of pocket they said they would reimbursed the rental car for the first 6 weeks and then when done reimbursed for the rest well I have been waiting a month for a check and when I email the head of Kia i get no responses. Mind oyu I have a full time job and kids who do after school sports and I am the one doing the pick p drop off and there answer when I told them I ant keep affording a rental car was take it back and find another way to do what i need to. I have never been so jerked around by a company. I would never recommend KIA EVER ! I REGRET CONTINUING BUSINESS. WITH THEM!!

My complaint is with service I receive at Horne Kia in Gilbert Arizona. My first oil and tire rotation 3months after purchasing my 2018 Kia Soul I asked them if they would take a look at a loose trim piece on front passenger door. They took the hole panel off put a bunch of washers in the door and sid they still didn't know what was wrong with it. They accidently fix the loose piece when putting the panel on. They left greasy finger prints on the door soft material. I noticed it on the way home I complained they send me an email response. It says what do you want me to do about it. The 2nd visit when I arrived I was not even acknowledge for about 10 minutes and thy had to track my service writer down. This past Monday 06-03-19 I tried to call and schedule service. There was no one available to answer according to the receptionist. She asked for my number and would have someone call me. I never received a call. I finally got through on 06/04/19. They said there was no appoint times for Saturday I could be a walk in. I am now to the point this is my last Kia/Hyundai and will never buy anything from any of the Horne Dealerships do to treatment in both service and sales.

How do I go about making a complaint about All-Star Kia in San Bernardino California. As of right now I’ve just written a poor service review on YELP.
I can be reached at 951-212-1132

Kia Vancouver, 396 SW Marine Dr, Vancouver, BC V5X 2R6, Canada
Took my car in for servicing at this location. Never bought my car from this location though.
After servicing, I get weekly unsolicited calls from sleazy salespeople. SO ANNOYING! If I am interested in purchasing a vehicle, I will call a salesperson. But to have weekly sales calls after servicing, is just a violation of my privacy and so unethical.
To make it worse, the grumpy tech was really sloppy in his workmanship. Left a mess in the car and didn't vacuum the car afterwards. Also forgot to put all the parts back together. How can you trust the lazy techs at this location when parts are left in your backseat???
I feel ethically raped by the salespeople and their lack of morals.

they took $1040.58 for bank 2 catilac convert after diagnosis said it was driverab ne no good or better some one tuned down the ildel screw

The only reason I gave 1 star is zero was not available. Case # 13151388 was opened on 4/30/2019 for a recall issue with my Kia Soul. Car was towed to Destination Kia in Albany, NY the following day. On 5/15/2019 I had not heard a word about my car and proceeded to call looking to get an update on the status. Neither the Consumer Assistance Center with Kia Motors nor the dealership knew where my car was. I called the tow company who told me that they had seen my car parked at the Kia lot just the day before and still neither the dealership nor the CAC Kia knew where my car was. Repeated calls and many hours on hold, one hold was for an hour and a half, Destination Kia finally found my car parked in their lot. On May 20th I still had not heard back from anyone so I called Destination Kia and was told the car was ready, but to get it towed back to me in Bennington, Vt, I would have to call CAC Kia. The representative there said they had approval to return my car to me that day. I called 3 times last night before 6 p.m. I was told once more someone would call me back. They did not. I called again today and at 12:50 a text from CAC Kia stated my car should arrive in 50 minutes. At 3:30 I called again to find out where my car was and I was told the tow company would pick it up in 25 minutes and deliver it to Bennington , Vt. one hour from Destination Kia. The car is to be towed to Enterprise car rental and they close at 6 p.m. I doubt I will see my car today. At 5:44P.M. Destination Kia called again for the address to deliver my car to. The tow company was just picking up my car. So the 4 P.M. time was a fabrication. By the time my car is delivered Enterprise will be closed. I am beyond frustrated and this experience leaves doubting I will ever own another Kia.

Bout a 2015 Escalade, was told the gps would be calibrated, Several Lies later I had to go pick it up 6 days later from a Cadillac dealer and it wasn’t touched. We to talk to GM and was told “We can go get it for you” Was very unhelpful and the absolute worst car buying experience you could ever imagine. And the very clean vehicle came back with grease all over the carpet...PATHETIC excuse for Service and help.

They approved my daughter and now they said she couldn’t keep the car really I guess we need to call the BBB it’s sad that y’all are still treating blacks the way you do

I purchased a 2014 Kia Sorento in 2013, brand new from Outten Kia in Hamburg, PA. I only have this car for 6 years and the paint I coming off in multiple areas of the car especially around the window, hood and roof area. in NO way should this be happening on a car that is only 6 years old. I also had to have the radiator replaced because the seam was coming apart and leaking. I loved this car when I purchased it, but I will not be buying another Kia unless this paint issues is taken care of at NO cost to me. if this is how you sell your product to the consumer then you need to change your practice. this is a terrible paint job by all means. I am expecting to hear from you with a reply.
Thank you

I just sent this e-mail to the Customer Service Department of KIA of Clay, NY, but I decided that I really needed to send it to the KIA Headquarters.
I have purchased four KIA vehicles in the past 8 years and have loved each one. However, I am extremely disappointed with an issue that I am currently having with my 2018 Sorrento. On February 20, 2019 I had an appointment with the KIA of Clay Service Department for an oil change and a maintenance check with my ten month old vehicle. I was told that everything checked out and was on my way. Five days later, I had a problem with the engine while driving, and my vehicle was then towed to the same KIA location. I was told that a part needed to be ordered for my vehicle, and that it could take anywhere from a couple of weeks to a month. I was also told that I would receive a loaner car, but there wasn't one available at that time. That was February 25th. I finally received the loaner car two weeks later, on March 11th. I cannot begin to tell you what an inconvenience that was for my family and I. Meanwhile, a month passed and I hadn't heard any information about my Sorrento. I made a phone call to the Service Department, and was told that the estimated time of arrival for the part needed would be on April 12th. Today is May 2nd, and I still have not heard any updated information regarding my vehicle. It has now been 2 1/2 months since KIA of Clay received my vehicle. This seems unbelievable to me. I continue to make my payments, since I understand that that entails a different department, but I will expect to be credited for not driving my vehicle at all in March or April, and I am not even sure about May at this point. Thank you for your attention in this matter.
Laurie Erwin (Laureen A. Nappa Erwin)

My wife's Optima was towed to the dealership Feb 8th 2019 in Anchorage AK shortly after a recall check, apparently the engine failed (still under warranty). My recent research show's that you are having a problem with some of your engines. Here is my problem with KIA and your Anchorage dealer: Car towed to dealership 02/08/19h, we received a call from dealer, Cody, 02/13/19 stating the engine failed and would need to be replaced, this would about a month and my wife is given a loaner vehicle. (Ok not to bad so far) A month goes by with no contact, wife calls dealership on 03/11/19 to find out about car, was told by a Jake that Cody no loger works here he is trying to figure it out? (don't know or care about your internal strife). Jake now tells my wife that the new engine for her car will not be in until 03/25/19. No contact again from dealer, we call to inquire about the car on 04/15/19 only to hear that KIA is having a problem praducing engines and that it will be another month. OK this is unacceptable, I called the dealer ship and asked to speak to the service department manager, Moises Gonzalas, told him I am not happy and I will be in to speak with him in person. (We live an hours drive from the KIA dealership) I told Mr. Gonzalas that I am not a happy customer for several reasons, mainly that my wife was given a base model car to drive, ok for a couple of weeks not months and now your telling us will be more months. My wife is driving your top of the line Turbo Optima and you should have made sure she has nicer car to drive. We were told that KIA does not allow for or have nicer loaner vehicles and there is nothing he could do. I told MR Gonzalas that this was unacceptable and that I would be filling a complaint. I than questioned him as to why no one has offered to make us a deal on a new car?, he shrugged and asked if that was option for us, told him after or better yet before 4 months goes by of course its an option, something KIA should have as a standard policy in place for warranty work taking longer than 4 weeks. It should also be standard policy to place a customer in a equivalent trim packaged vehicle for warranty work taking longer than 4 weeks. I mean good grief how do you stay in business when these simple and real expectations of a customer are not being met and the information from your dealer is unreliable, and no updates coming from the dealership period, even after requesting those updates! I will also be contacting Litha with the same complaint. Further more they did not even have an optioned out KIA on their lot for consideration.

before my mom passed away she took the car in and told them that her alarm has stopped working
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Give it 1/5a new system she gave the car to me because she couldn't drive it anymore cuz they took her license and after she passed it would no longer starts I thought that it was just the key alarm system problems that's what the original request was when they came and pick the car up stay 3 months later and $3,000 later I was told that the rats had eaten up all the wires and it would be $3,000 and I was assured that there was no other problems and he had fix everything when I got the car it was filthy dirty they didn't even wash it and had a half a tank of gas I catch the bus to work so I don't drive much and I stay about seven blocks from the Kia dealer diamond core drill bits home and the next day when I went to Walmart which is right next to the Kia dealer the car was under a quarter of a tank this I couldn't understand because the car gets 22 miles a gallon to make a long story short I only drove the car a few short miles about four times I have filled the car up three times and could not understand what was happening to the gas until it started smelling have gas also I was not able to drive it because of the fact that the heater or the fans no longer works and it rains a lot in Seattle the hours that I work I can never make it in before thestop Moses but I did go back in there and try to get another key made and I talked to another gentleman and I asked him why would they give me such a dirty car he has the technician wash it but my mom has bought two cars from that same dealer and never once have they given her the car back with just a oil change without washing it andthere are also several scrapes one long scrape actually on the right side of the vehicle that was not there before but I was willing to overlook that until I left messages do not get a response but like I said the hours that I work I have not been able to get it in and I've been very sick so I filled the car up a second time with gas next thing I know maybe 5 or 10 miles later car is on e smelling like gas extremely so I decided someone was siphoning my gas I didn't drive it all week until I went back to Walmart the car which what I thought was the parking lot of Walmart smells extremely strong of gas and as I got out I asked the security guards do you smell that is my car leaking he said it's probably send on the ground I was on my way to my sister's house was about 20 miles away but fortunately for my safety of my life I lost my keys in my car that night and sat there for three days and I came back got in the car the locksmith I drove home turn the car on and it was on TV again so I went to the gas station send it up again and as I was driving home it became apparent that this was my car and then it was gas gauge was going down before my eyes when I got back to my house II ask my neighbor to look and he said there was fuel all under the inside I thought somebody had cut my gas line he said good thing that I didn't go very far because the car could have caught on fire I was extremely upset I went to sleep and woke up the next day to go to the corner store the car was on e again I I didn't want to pay for more gas and I certainly didn't want to pay for another tow because that is a lot of money and I just gave you guys close to $3,000 to fix my car so I called a local guy that I know and asking to look at it he said that the wire harnesses when they were doing them they carelessly forgot to fasten the fuel lines together two of them we're not fastened only one I paid him and he left I called the Kia dealer and tried to explain the situation one lady transfer me to another lady after I told her the whole story and then while I was trying to tell her she hung up in my face I have a 2007 Kia Spectra that my mom bought and she turned around and bought a brand new Kia and gave me this one she had to return because there was something wrong with the engine and then they brought her another one but she was in a car accident totaled the car and your Kia dealer was paid fully for your car that she was leasing 27 something thousand dollars all I'm saying is that when I talked to the gentleman there he said that the key fobs well over time have to be reprogrammed when I pick the car up the man said I don't know how to program that because I had to buy another one but what he should have told me is that the old ones could have been reprogrammed so I wasted money on the other and I still don't have a way to turn on my alarm and lock my vehicle why I wasn't told that they may have to be reprogrammed overtime I don't understand I wasted $80 on the other one and nobody offered me a solution and that's the original problem I took the car in for not to mention when I got it out the fan or the air conditioning doesn't blow it they made a mistake that could have very easily caught the car on fire and took my life I don't know what you're going to do about this but I'm going to let you handle it because if I go there I'm liable to go to jail because this is not a mistake that a good mechanic makes mechanic makesand one more thing seeing as though they know that the original reason if that was even true that the all the wires were eating up why would they not offer me another cover to the fuse box if that's how the rats got in and ate them up are they hoping that it might happen again and they get another $3,000 for me sounds like it to me I don't know what kind of customer service care has become or what kind of phone is you are at this Renton Kia car pros but it's certainly not like the ones that on the Kia dealer when my mom bought her first car and I called there and ask him questions about 5 months ago and told them that we bought the car there they told them that that they had nothing to do with that and they don't honor anything because they're not liable for that because their new owners but my mom like I said I just bought another car from that but a warranty is a warranty a Kia dealer as a Kia dealer free and actually I found something in her paperwork saying that there's something that goes wrong with stuff underneath the hood that's supposed to be a recall and was supposed to be fixed for free I'm starting to believe that that's what was wrong and they charged me for something else was he supposed to have been free I'm not anywhere near dumb and we keep all papers I also have a coupon for upgraded alarm system after 3 years which they didn't ask me about or honor either my name is Leah and my telephone number is 206 795 843 4 and I want compensation for my three types of gas an explanation of why you guys are the only car dealer that services the car and doesn't wash it and why did you're not have the best interest every customer in mine and basically had me almost ruin my engine and it may have or my whole energy catch on fire somebody needs to contact me or you'll be on the news

before my mom passed away she took the car in and told them that her alarm has stopped working they told her she would have to get a new system she gave the car to me because she couldn't drive it anymore cuz they took her license and after she passed it would no longer starts I thought that it was just the key alarm system problems that's what the original request was when they came and pick the car up stay 3 months later and $3,000 later I was told that the rats had eaten up all the wires and it would be $3,000 and I was assured that there was no other problems and he had fix everything when I got the car it was filthy dirty they didn't even wash it and had a half a tank of gas I catch the bus to work so I don't drive much and I stay about seven blocks from the Kia dealer diamond core drill bits home and the next day when I went to Walmart which is right next to the Kia dealer the car was under a quarter of a tank this I couldn't understand because the car gets 22 miles a gallon to make a long story short I only drove the car a few short miles about four times I have filled the car up three times and could not understand what was happening to the gas until it started smelling have gas also I was not able to drive it because of the fact that the heater or the fans no longer works and it rains a lot in Seattle the hours that I work I can never make it in before thestop Moses but I did go back in there and try to get another key made and I talked to another gentleman and I asked him why would they give me such a dirty car he has the technician wash it but my mom has bought two cars from that same dealer and never once have they given her the car back with just a oil change without washing it andthere are also several scrapes one long scrape actually on the right side of the vehicle that was not there before but I was willing to overlook that until I left messages do not get a response but like I said the hours that I work I have not been able to get it in and I've been very sick so I filled the car up a second time with gas next thing I know maybe 5 or 10 miles later car is on e smelling like gas extremely so I decided someone was siphoning my gas I didn't drive it all week until I went back to Walmart the car which what I thought was the parking lot of Walmart smells extremely strong of gas and as I got out I asked the security guards do you smell that is my car leaking he said it's probably send on the ground I was on my way to my sister's house was about 20 miles away but fortunately for my safety of my life I lost my keys in my car that night and sat there for three days and I came back got in the car the locksmith I drove home turn the car on and it was on TV again so I went to the gas station send it up again and as I was driving home it became apparent that this was my car and then it was gas gauge was going down before my eyes when I got back to my house II ask my neighbor to look and he said there was fuel all under the inside I thought somebody had cut my gas line he said good thing that I didn't go very far because the car could have caught on fire I was extremely upset I went to sleep and woke up the next day to go to the corner store the car was on e again I I didn't want to pay for more gas and I certainly didn't want to pay for another tow because that is a lot of money and I just gave you guys close to $3,000 to fix my car so I called a local guy that I know and asking to look at it he said that the wire harnesses when they were doing them they carelessly forgot to fasten the fuel lines together two of them we're not fastened only one I paid him and he left I called the Kia dealer and tried to explain the situation one lady transfer me to another lady after I told her the whole story and then while I was trying to tell her she hung up in my face I have a 2007 Kia Spectra that my mom bought and she turned around and bought a brand new Kia and gave me this one she had to return because there was something wrong with the engine and then they brought her another one but she was in a car accident totaled the car and your Kia dealer was paid fully for your car that she was leasing 27 something thousand dollars all I'm saying is that when I talked to the gentleman there he said that the key fobs well over time have to be reprogrammed when I pick the car up the man said I don't know how to program that because I had to buy another one but what he should have told me is that the old ones could have been reprogrammed so I wasted money on the other and I still don't have a way to turn on my alarm and lock my vehicle why I wasn't told that they may have to be reprogrammed overtime I don't understand I wasted $80 on the other one and nobody offered me a solution and that's the original problem I took the car in for not to mention when I got it out the fan or the air conditioning doesn't blow it they made a mistake that could have very easily caught the car on fire and took my life I don't know what you're going to do about this but I'm going to let you handle it because if I go there I'm liable to go to jail because this is not a mistake that a good mechanic makes mechanic makesand one more thing seeing as though they know that the original reason if that was even true that the all the wires were eating up why would they not offer me another cover to the fuse box if that's how the rats got in and ate them up are they hoping that it might happen again and they get another $3,000 for me sounds like it to me I don't know what kind of customer service care has become or what kind of phone is you are at this Renton Kia car pros but it's certainly not like the ones that on the Kia dealer when my mom bought her first car and I called there and ask him questions about 5 months ago and told them that we bought the car there they told them that that they had nothing to do with that and they don't honor anything because they're not liable for that because their new owners but my mom like I said I just bought another car from that but a warranty is a warranty a Kia dealer as a Kia dealer free and actually I found something in her paperwork saying that there's something that goes wrong with stuff underneath the hood that's supposed to be a recall and was supposed to be fixed for free I'm starting to believe that that's what was wrong and they charged me for something else was he supposed to have been free I'm not anywhere near dumb and we keep all papers I also have a coupon for upgraded alarm system after 3 years which they didn't ask me about or honor either my name is Leah and my telephone number is 206 795 843 4 and I want compensation for my three types of gas an explanation of why you guys are the only car dealer that services the car and doesn't wash it and why did you're not have the best interest every customer in mine and basically had me almost ruin my engine and it may have or my whole energy catch on fire somebody needs to contact me or you'll be on the news

I bought a KIA 2014 Optima Turbo AND JAS 94.000 miles and had the transmission need be changed in total the warranty of 100 k will cover total repairs need this car need advise and where can the car be towed for repaors.

I have been going to this Kia DealeSHIP FOR YRS. tOOK CAR IN FOR OIL CHANGE AND BRAKES.nOTHINGTHING WAS WRONG WITH my cAR UNTIL I TOOK IT THERE FOR OIL CHANGE,aFTER THE SERVICE I NOTICED SPOTS ON MY DRIVEWAY MADE ANOTHER APPT. AND BEFORE I TOOK IT IN MY HUSBAND LOOKED UNDER THE HOOD AND THE DIPSTICK WAS STICKING UP AND OIL WAS ALL OVER THE MOTOR.WENT TO KIA SERVICE MANGER SAID THAT IT WAS SO UNACCEPTABLE WORK,SO THEY CLEANED IT AND TOLD ME TO BRING IT BACK TO CHECK FOR OIL LEAKS.BUT MIND YOU NOTHING WAS WRONG UNTIL AFTER MY OIL CHANGE.THEN THEY TOLD ME CRAP THAT DIDNT MAKE SENSE.THEY WANTED 540 DOLLARS TO FIX MY CAR THAT THEY SCREWED UP.TOOK IT SOME WHERE ELESE AND I WAS TOLD I DIDNT NEED A GASKET AT ALL MY CAR IS NOT LEAKING OIL.I WILL NEVER GO THERE AGAIN

This dealership did a bait and switch with the price and sold me a dirty $ 26,000 car that nearly ran out of gas as soon as I got in it.
I found a used car that I was interested in online and contacted the dealer. They told me that they would have the car ready for me to look at and test drive when I arrived, which was nearly 1.5 hrs later. I arrived around 3:30pm. The car was washed on the outside, but the inside was noticeably dirty, as if someone had smoked in the car or if someone drove it on a regular basis. I test drove the car and decided to purchase it because I knew the price was a good price. The salesman was surprised that I did not need convincing. When he started to play the price game with me, he started at $ 26,000. THe online quote I had listed that car at $ 21,995. That's why I called them and drove 100 miles out of my way to go see that car. I showed him the online price and told him that is what I intended to pay. He said that online retailer must have gotten the price wrong and "Didn't you read the fine print on the CARFAX site?" It was what brought me to this dealership which was not near anything remotely on my way. I did not wish to trade in the car that I owned. I only wanted to purchase the car I test-drove for the price I saw online. The salesman said that he is the one that gives the info to all of the online companies and if they make an error, it's not the fault of the dealership. I told them it was a bait and switch, but they flatly denied that the price discrepancy was their doing. They refused to negotiate until I acquiesced to trade in the car that I owned. We negotiated and after wearing me down, I eventually bought the car. They never came down on the price of the car, the only negotiated how much they would offer me for my trade-in (which, as I mentioned, I was planning to keep).
When I said I would purchase the vehicle, the salesman told me that he was having the car detailed for me.
By the time we were done with everything it was nearly 6:30, but I had to wait because I was told the car was 'still being detailed'. Close to 7pm (closing time for the dealership), they brought my new purchase around and although it was getting dark, it didn't look like anyone had done anything to it since before I drove it. The next day in the light I realized I was right, it was still dirty inside!
I was tired, they were closing and I needed to get on my way. I didn't know the area and the saleseman told me which way to go. I thanked him for the directions and was on my way.
I was in a car that was completely new to me, driving in an area that I did not know at all. I realized that there were very few exits and the ones that I saw had no services. This didn't sink in until the little light for the empty tank came on the dash! I got a quick alert that I had just 40 miles left that tank of gas. I made it to a station with 20 miles left to spare!
By then, I was really upset. I did not sleep that night and my husband was even more upset. I texted the salesman the following day and told him that my husband intended to blast the dealership all over social media and to write to you because I was treated so poorly. If it was just the price, or, if it was just the dirty car, or if it was just the gas, with all three things, unforgiveable.
The response was lame and mentioned that it was late and the dealership was closing (they had 5 hours to detail that car), and that "a full tank is not standard on a used car". My reply was that the salesman pointed out the safety features, the benefits from buying from that dealer, etc, but could have at least acknowledged that I was super low on gas and that there were so few stations on my upcoming route and that I should fill up before I get on the way.
They asked what they could do to make it up to me. He promised to send me gift cards to get the car detailed and to fill the tank. He just wanted to shut me up. It has been a month and nothing has arrived in my mailbox.

I had many cars before & NEVER had this problem...my Kia Sorento 2015 with only @ 40,000 miles has a broken handle, ..the whole handle just came off from the door when I opened it...I brought it to my Kia place & they told me to file a complain to find out if the company will cover it..but I had to pay over $100 just to file a claim , if they cover it, I still pay, if they don't fix it , I pay. He said they had to take the whole door down...how is it that a relatively new vehicle looses parts after 4 years & is not cover by the manufacturer? I want my door fix. I like my kia, If I don't get it fix I will trade it for a Chevy. Can you help.?

I purchased my Sorento in the summer of 2017, and two weeks later I got a crack in my windshield. When I went to my dealership and found out to replace it would cost me $1500.00, I was told that they do not even carry the windshield as stock, it would probably at least a year before the dealerships would carry as stock. It is now 2019 the dealerships still do not carry the windshield as stock. I have been told the windshield brackets are the only thing that has changed on 2017
Sorento. I am very disappointed that after 19 months of owing my Sorento that the windshield is not a stock item and that the price has increased to $1800.00 to $1900.00 all because of bracket change, I know other Kia customers that are complaining about this also. MY QUESTION IS WHEN IS THIS WINDSHIELD GONING TO BE INSTOCK AND WHY THE OUTRAGEOUS PRICE TAG?????
Do not get me wrong I love everything about my Sorento but who can afford a new windshield at that rate, in Alberta you could be looking at a new windshield every year. At that $1,800.00 price is making me reconsider my purchase.
Roxzy Findlay

I purchased a 2014 Kia Soul in August of 2015. I have had it less than four years. It has 104,000 miles on it with REGULAR DOCUMENTED OIL CHANGES. The engine has to be replaced. I have owned several different cars and have kept them up to ten years. My 1994 Mazda 626 had 325,000 miles on it with the ORIGINAL engine. My Toyota Celica had 230,000 miles on it with the ORIGINAL engine. And my Nissan Murano had 198,000 miles with the ORIGINAL engine. I have looked on the web to see numerous complaints with engine failure of a 2014 and 2015 Kia Soul. i have called customer service and have a case number 13127877 I will take this complaint as far as I can including the States Attorney's Office as this is a defect in your design

Went to KIA Auto World on Long Island NY, going to buy my 3 kia . I have 2016 kia optima ex they sent me e-mail saying that they give me 20% higher for trade in also had $3000. for trade in which they said no. Was looking at TELLURIDE EX LOVED IT . Told them I have poor credit and putting no money down. Just like when I got 2016 with no money down.They said ok after that the manager tells me I had poor credit and they want 250.00 so they get title I was using my old plates on 2016. which I said no when I brought the 2016 it was no money . When I told them I have no credit cards he did not believe me told me take out my wallet show him which I did . I feel he shame me because I had no 250. on me or credit cards feel this is wrong do business .
Thank You
Steven G. Rubin

Below is a short summary of a problem that I am having with my 2017 KIA Sportage and it seems as if KIA does not know what the
problem with my car is. At first they said I needed a new motor and after keeping my car for OVER A MONTH I was told I needed an
extension harness. I picked up my car yesterday and AGAIN my check engine light came on and the car went into limp mode again.
I would really like to have my car fixed or replaced because I am not comfortable driving it. This is the 2nd time it has it has gone into limp mode
on the highway.
8/18/2018 – Creaking noise – opening/closing rear door. Had to order parts. Installed parts
9/1/2018.
1/5/19 – Took car in for Software Recall update. (all 2016 – 2018 Sportage vehicles).
Update completed 1/5/2019.
2/22/2019 – Check light engine on and vehicle in Limp Mode on way to work. Had to call roadside assistance. KIA told me the motor needed to be replaced. Motor had to be ordered. Had my car from 2/22 – 4/10/2019. KIA never called to give me an update I always had to call and ask for an update. Each time I was told the motor was on backorder.
4/10/2019 – Kia called – told me it wasn’t the motor that my motor was good. Told me my car was ready. KIA installed an Extension Harness. I picked up my car and as I was driving home the check engine light came on and my car was in limp mode. Had to call roadside assistance.
4/11/2019 – Waiting to hear from KIA about my car.
Thank you,
Judy Brown
1202 Fox Fox Hunt Ave.
Amarillo, TX 79108
(806) 223-7579 – Cell
(806) 468-4165 – Work
Email Address: jbrown@asarco.com

I recently
7 DAYS AGO I HAD TO HAVE MY 2016 KIA SORENTO TOWED TO MY DEALERSHIP..-Stevenson Kia jacksonville, N.C. 28540.
iF IT WERE NOT FOR ME CALLING THEM i WOULD NOT HAVE HEARD ANYTHING FROM THEM..NEEDLESS TO SAY MY CAR IS STILL THERE. i WAS TOLD THEY REPLACE THE ENTIRE SHIFTER AND STILL HAD PROBLEMS. ALL I WAS TOLD THEN WAS THAT THEY WERE TALKING TO TECHS AT KIA.. THEY WERE NOT SURE OF.. IS THIS THE LEVEL OF EXPERTISE AT KIA? IT SEEMS THAT EVERY OTHER MANUFACTURER HERE OFFERS COURTESY LOANER CARS..NOT KIAS POLICY? I HAD TO SPEND $240 TO FLY TO ANOTHER STATE FOR A FUNERAL SOMETHINGS NOT RIGHT HERE. I HAVE BEEN A KIA CUSTOMER SINCE 2013 AND HAVE SUNG THE PRAISES OF KIA TO ALL MY FRIENDS AND ON FACEBOOK.. I MAY BE RETHINKING THIS IN THE NEAR FUTURE..
OK#2 ABOUT 5 WEEKS AGO I HAD MY TRANSMISSION SERVICED,,FINE IT NEEDED THAT DONE.. BUT I WAS TOLD I NEEDED A NEW BATTERY, UPON LEAVING I WENT TO 3 DIFFERENT PLACES HAD MY BATTERY CHECK..GUESS WHAT.. NOT A THING WRONG WITH MY BATTERY.. I AM REALLY DISGUSTED.... STEVE MURRAY 910-650-9749
P.S.. I JUST CALLED FOR THE STATUS OF MY CAR..TOLD ME I WOULD GET A CALL TOMORROW...I DOUBT IT

Yesterday, April 8, 2019, I took my Kia Sportage to Witham Auto Center, 2033 LaPorte Road, Waterloo, Iowa, and I was extremely disappointed with the service I was given. I bought my Kia in May of last year at that dealership, and when I bought it, there was a small chip on the driver's door. I told the salesman at the time, that I should probably get some paint to fix the chip, which I never got. Now, about ten months later, there are seven chips on the door ranging from the top to the bottom. The body parts woman that helped me immediately blamed the door chips on my seatbelt. There is NO WAY possible that the seatbelt could make those chips. I, as most people, release my seatbelt before I even open the door. Then she said the chips were caused by my hitting other cars with my door. Again, I take good care of my car, and I do not slam open my door if cars are near. I felt that she was blaming me for the chips. She seemed very defensive, so I got defensive. At one point, she asked me to stop talking and let her finish what she had to say. I call that very disrespectful. She started out disrespectful by not greeting me, nor asking my name, nor telling me her name. I felt as if I was putting her out when she had to go out into the garage area and check out my car. Needless to say, I left that dealership very angry. Back in 2014, I took my previous Sportage in for a tire rotation. I got about one half mile from the dealership and my tire fell completely off my car. The service man forgot to tighten the lug nuts. Did I get defensive or mad? NO. I probably should have. If I had gone another quarter of a mile, I would have been driving on the interstate going 65 miles an hour. Either I would have been killed or injured or I could have killed someone else when the tire flew off. Again, I was very nice about the entire incident. I have owned three KIA's and I really like this car. However, I will NEVER buy a KIA from this dealership again. I will not recommend this dealership. The closest KIA dealership is an hour and a half away from where I live, so this will be the last KIA for me. I will be trading my KIA because I will NOT give any more money to this dealership for oil changes, new tires, etc. The sales man who sold me the car was extremely helpful and nice. The KIA manager was only nice when trying to make the deal. The woman who answers the phone for the dealership should take a class on how to be friendly and helpful to customers. Key word.... friendly. I am extremely upset and disgusted with this KIA dealership!

I'm disappointed of Kia BGC in handling my claim for warranty of my car's aircon. The claim was filed last December 1, 20018 and until now no action is done by Kia to fix my aircon. Take note that Pag-asa has officially proclaimed that hot weather/season in the Philippines has already started and here is Kia not complying to my car's aircon. You let me suffer the heat driving the car you promised with a warranty to fix the defect.
Reference is Kia Job order No. 015012 for my Kia Rio with Plate No. ABE3406. (erroneously written by your service staff as ABE5406) .
Please hurry fix my aircon. I badly need it this El Niño weather. Pls don't prolong my suffering driving toasted in Kia like an oven. Kindly advise the admin to wake up the Kia warranty section of Kia BGC.
How could I help promote Kia if this is the kind of service I will get. Imagine how intense it is for a Kia customer driving this El Niño Season. And that because I kept the windows open the whole stretch of driving to get cool air, consider the dusts and smokes from other vehicles coming into my car, thus damaging the interior and serious risk to my health. Since Dec 1, 2018 it has been like that. I hope Kia will see my predicament and will take care of me as a customer who religiously paid his bill and regularly visit Kia for maintenance.car.
I made too many follow ups but to no avail. It seemed my claim for service/replacement was ignored. it came across to my mind if I would post this experience in my blog. But I hold it patiently for months hoping now that I can get favorable action from Complaint Online.
I need immediate help now. Please.
Salamat
EDGARDO (Edgie) B. POLISTICO
Kia Rio owner, purchased from Kia BGC
ABE 3406

In 2013 I purchased a 2014 Kia Cadenza from your dealership in Cerritos California. While I was employed for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, I purchased a total of three Kia vehicles. I obviously enjoyed the service received and my family and I enjoyed the performance and reliability of your products. Upon completion of the leasing period, on what was to be my retirement vehicle, I contacted the Kia dealership in Henderson Nevada and explained to them that I really wanted to keep the vehicle and not turn it in. I was eventually told that there was no finance company that would finance me for the vehicle due to high mileage. After a few of hours going back and forth, the Sales Supervisor talked me into purchasing a new vehicle. I was unfamiliar with the leasing process and never told to contact the finance company and make arraignments with them to continue payments. Now I am getting noticed for payment of a vehicle that I know was sold within a week of being turned into the Henderson Kia Dealership. As a result of the tactics employed by the Kia salesperson, I have a vehicle that I am not happy with, costs the same amount as the vehicle that was turned in and I am still being held liable for the prior vehicle. I would like to know if there is any way that your company could assist me in resolving this as I am now on a fixed income and am desperately considering filing bankruptcy. I would prefer to have this situation and my credit restored without filing. Even though I believe that a dealer took advantage of my lack of knowledge and did not explain in detail my options, I still believe in the Kia vehicles. I look forward to your assistance in resolving his issue.

We bought a 2019 Kia Sorento in September 19, 2018 @ Crown Kia in Tyler, Tx. We love our vehicle and are very pleased with it, but we are very dissatisfied with this dealership. They have done nothing but give us the run around, since day one. We set up payments with Bank of the West, and we refinanced it at Red River Credit Union in the city we live in. And we canceled our Gap insurance, and our service agreement, because we paid it off. And we were told we would get it back in Feb. And here it is in March, and still nothing. And we got someone else s paper work. It has been a terrible experience. Very unhappy customer, and I donot understand how they can stay in business .

They sold a Kia with no spare tire to a 94 yr old man and wife in wheel chair. When dealership was confronted about it. they said He should of asked about spare tire. If he wants one it will be $260.00. Customer service said that's how Kia's come now, with no spare tire. No consideration about anyone or anything. They couldn't do anything to help.

Our engine is apart of your recall....after two months are dealing with this engine blowing....you put a new harness on it...they it actually got a new engine...replaced and back on the road Feb. 13. Yesterday the check engine light came on again...no power...couldn't get it up to speed on the 465 interstate in Indy....almost got ran over by the traffic during the 5 p.m. rush hour traffic....thanks to this issue again!! At the dealership to be looked at again....this makes the 2nd engine...what is going on???

I purchased a lease Kia Soul yesterday, 2/16/2019. I was a little early on the first lease and told the salesman that I was concerned that POTUS was looking at instituting a 20-25% tariff on this car. I wanted to run numbers and try to figure out what to do. They worked with me really well. I turned in my first one and got my new Kia Soul Lease in a matter of hours-- Vin#KNDJN2A21K7000228. I really enjoyed my experience at the time. My daughter, who drives me around a lot, was cleaning everything out of the first Kia and placing it in the new one and waited for us outside. My wife and I came out, daughter drove us 1.1 miles to our home-where we all spent the evening destressing. We got up to go 6 blocks down the street where my wife works and my daughter ask me if I wiped the water drops off the windshield. I had not seen them. My vision is very poor right now due to cataracts, hoping to get that fixed toward the end of the year. So she and I got out of the car and she showed me 2 significant chips about 1" apart on the lower passenger side slightly above the wiper. To me it looks like a 'tool strike'.
I still had the salesman's number on my phone, so I called him mid-morning. He said the car was in pristine condition when he turned it over to us.
When I mentioned the salesman's response to my daughter, she told me that she was not quite sure what the salesman looked like, but the man who came out and put the tags on the car walked over to the windshield and rubbed that area, shrugged and finished putting the paper tags on the car and left.
I am going to dealership in the morning, salesman wants the service department to 'look' at it. It is a NEW car with 171 miles on it, so who knows the history of that. But, to me, a NEW windshield is definitely in order or let's scream 'do-over' as another exact same car is sitting in the exact same spot where mine was yesterday. I want to be friendly, but I hate being tricked or lied to. I am sure you folks will feel the same way.
What can be done?
Andrew and Kathy Wilson
5444-14th St
Lubbock, Texas 79416
1-806-778-3498


My sister bought one of your sportages, well it just so happen to have a engine that had a defect were it caused it to lock up. She had taken to the dealership in the town where she lives,and bought the carJonesborourgh, Tn, now the vehicle has been at the dealership for months on end. The last time she talked to them they said to her all promises made to repair the vehicle wouldn't be kept and they're going to keep the car till March and they may or may not repair it. I,ve started telling friends and neighbors about how she being done by the dealership and to be honest, I sure as heck won't be buying any KIA from anywhere. Right now I'm in the process of trying to get to talk to a lawyer, if I had a dealership selling my product and acting out this way to a customer I would seriously consider shutting the doors on them.Oh and before I forget, they also told her if she talked to anyone about it, it would never be repaired,and would keep it even longer. She can't even get the car out of their shop cause they refuse to release it.

ENGINE REPLACED DUE TO RECALL IMPROPERLY PUT BACK
ENGINE LIGHTS ON CROWN KIA OF TYLER TX SERVICE MANAGER REFUSES TO SEND ALL NECCESSARY WORK PREFORMED
CAR KIA SORENTO 2012 HAS BEEN TOWED MULTI TIMES DUE TU UNSAFE CONDITION
TRIED TO REACH CORPERATE OFFICE MANY TIMES TO FIX PROBLEM NO RETURN PHONE CALLS OR EMAILS SINCE NEW ENGINE REPLACED:::::::
1. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON DUE TO O2 SENSOR:::::CLIP AND MOUNT BROKEN
2. FUEL LEAK IN MY DRIVEWAY DUE TO SOME SEAL [SERVICE MANAGER KEVIN SHUTTER] DECLINE TO WRITE UP SERVICE REPORT
3.BATTERY DEAD VEHICHLE WONT START BATTERY AGE 8/13 YES IS OLD.BATTERY POST NOT TIGHTENED PROPERLY BY SERVICE DEPT. BATTERY IS STILL ABLE TO CRANK CAR. THE SHADE TREE MECHANICS AT THIS SHOP IN TYLER TX [CROWN KIA OF TYLER TX]
NEEDS REVEIWED CERTAINLY

Purchased a 2017 Sportage EX Turbo circa mid-2017. For the first 25000 miles, no mechanical or electrical issues. After 25,000, the driver-side door hinge failed, rear hatch (automatic - lousy feature) doesn't always go up, and passenger-side power window hasn't worked since mid-November.
For the power window fiasco, I took it to the same authorized Kia dealer from which I purchased the vehicle, only to be more frustrated with their lack of "customer service" toward my Sportage's quality defects. Today I took the Sportage to the same dealer only to learn the power window replacement part they ordered in early December had been returned to their supplier because I didn't return within 30 days. No warning about their 30-day "rule" when the first replacement part came in wrong; no phone calls from the dealer's service department to remind me about their 30-day "rule"; just received an apathetic and lackluster lame excuse. So, now I have to make another appointment to drive nearly 30 miles to the dealer (it is the closest to my home) in the hope that the correct replacement part will be there on my appointment.
Doesn't sound like the end of the world but their "sales prevention" attitude toward me has been a frustrating experience. It is as if the dealer could not care less about my business despite having purchased three Soul and one Sportage in the past several years from him. Well. if that's how this dealership values my business, I will never darken their doorstep again. And, based on the poor quality experienced on this Sportage, I have sworn-off future Kia purchases.

In 2017 , I purchased two Kia Sorentos for my wife and daughter. Shortly after, purchasing these vehicles, my wife's Sorento front passenger
seat began to become undone at the Seam. I took to the service center and spoke to an individual name Javier. He informed me that they would replace the seat but that it was not avaliable at the time and did not know when it would be. I did not like the answer but said ok. After about three months and no news, I called Javier and expressed my dissatisfaction. He got upset and told me ,"I do not have to service your car". I than called Maurice Curley the salesman that sold me both cars and he expressed his concerned and said he would look into the matter. Shortly, thereafter, Frank the service manger called , apologized and informed me the part was there all the time. I was very upset at JAVIER rudeness and call the dealer sales manager and he referred me to the district manger, I repeated my problem and dissatisfaction and he told me that he found this very hard to believe. Frank called again , apologized and said he had taken steps to imporve method of keeping parts inventory. Needles to say, I am now in the marker for a car for my grand daughter and will now look at a Toyota Highlander.

We were completely misled and lied to! We didn't expect to buy a car, just look. When we found one, we asked about Costco referral and Mark Near, Used Car Director, told us he'd give us a better deal thru AAA than Costco. I believe saving us $1500. Smooth talking and distracting is what he did to my boyfriend while the salesman, Steve Harding was getting my info. In the financial area, that gentleman was very fast at handing me papers "sign here, initial here" so my bad on that. I told him I didn't want any extended warranty and somehow I ended up with two. That I understand I can cancel within 60 days. Then another addon I saw after the fact was $599 for Security ETCH. When I asked the financial guy about it he said it's standard. After digesting this at home, if it's standard why is it an "add on". I tried to return the car with only 10 extra miles on it 2 days later to no avail. Did I mention that we didn't get a discount at all and paid the sticker price plus add-ons? See attached. When we tried to return the car, I was able to talk to Mark Near and since we did get a Costco referral quote what would have saved us $2000-$3000, he manipulated me into thinking we saved $1500 and was going to give us a refund of $600. If you see the attached window sticker and the sales contract, there is no such difference. We paid sticker price. They did give me their Kia financing rebate of $2250 which has nothing to do with the price of the vehicle itself. I'm extremely unhappy and want this rectified. Also when went back to return the car, I believe the GM, Herbie Weston was present, he wasn't helpful whatsoever. Just a hardass!


We were completely misled and lied to! We didn't expect to buy a car, just look. When we found one, we asked about Costco referral and Mark Near, Used Car Director, told us he'd give us a better deal thru AAA than Costco. I believe saving us $1500. Smooth talking and distracting is what he did to my boyfriend while the salesman, Steve Harding was getting my info. In the financial area, that gentleman was very fast at handing me papers "sign here, initial here" so my bad on that. I told him I didn't want any extended warranty and somehow I ended up with two. That I understand I can cancel within 60 days. Then another addon I saw after the fact was $599 for Security ETCH. When I asked the financial guy about it he said it's standard. After digesting this at home, if it's standard why is it an "add on". I tried to return the car with only 10 extra miles on it 2 days later to no avail. Did I mention that we didn't get a discount at all and paid the sticker price plus add-ons? See attached. When we tried to return the car, I was able to talk to Mark Near and since we did get a Costco referral quote what would have saved us $2000-$3000, he manipulated me into thinking we saved $1500 and was going to give us a refund of $600. If you see the attached window sticker and the sales contract, there is no such difference. We paid sticker price. They did give me their Kia financing rebate of $2250 which has nothing to do with the price of the vehicle itself. I'm extremely unhappy and want this rectified. Also when went back to return the car, I believe the GM, Herbie Weston was present, he wasn't helpful whatsoever. Just a hardass!


was told it would start with the uvo app but it want if I knew that I wouldn't have got it

In June I purchased a Kia Stringer. As of today I have had about (5) five recalls and with each recall, the car gets worse. At present the car is at the dearlership and bee there for days. The techican cannot fix the car. I am asking Kia to buy back the car and free me of all responsibilities. Today 12 - 17-18.
Joseph Gilmore
312-622-6071

I bought a 2013 KIA Sportage in 2015, paid cash for this vehicle because everyone raved how these vehicles are so good and dependable, had the vehicle for 3 yrs., and my engine blew. I was at a stop light and went to take off and my car sounded horrible, I pulled in to a gas station and called my brother and asked him what it was he replied shut it off your motor sounds blown. So I had to pay out of pocket to have it towed to the closet Kia dealership where they diagnosed my car as having a blown engine due to the bearings, and that my estimate was $5,768.90 to be fixed. That’s when they told me about the recall for several different types of Kia's however unfortunately my engine isn't covered under the recall. Which after reading several other peoples complaints it doesn’t appear theirs is covered either. Which is confusing to ME. Right now there are approximately 15 million Kia customers that are experiencing this same dilemma. And to find out Kia isn't going to help me replace my motor! I have went through every step there is through Kia to see about them adding my engine to the recall or some kind of “good will” assistance to cover this expense and they told me that my car has to many miles, My miles on this car is 139,864. And the recall claims unlimited miles. So explain that to me. This is ridiculous there are over 15 million recalls for this issue, and Kia knew these motors were bad and still sold the vehicles. For someone who is single like myself and rely on driving something dependable and can't afford something else or the outstanding amount for the repairs, Kia leaves me with nothing. Now do I not only have nothing to drive, have to gets rides to work, and try to figure out how to come up with over 5, 000 dollars to fix this issue, I guess it's a Merry Christmas to me. Thank you Kia!!! I will never purchase another Kia again. Something needs to be done about this issue not just for myself but all the other people who are going through the same thing I am.

I had a problem with my Sportage 3 months ago it kept going in to limp mode I contacted local Kia Dealer who after eventually looking said it was the Turbo . They said it would not be covered by the Warranty as I had been to a non Kia dealer for servicing and that they were not sure of the oil that had been used. I spoke to the customer services who were very rude every time I rang I wrote to the UK COE who said it was down to customer services to decide he was no use at all .Mr Paul Phillpot .I would state the millage is only 52000 and is only 5 years old.
I have ended up with a bill from a proper Kia dealer for £2600 it has now been sent to Ombudsman and OFT as this is wrong .

I'm forced to give you one star. That doesn't seem fair when you haven't earned one star.
I have a Kia Sole, 2011. Not long after I purchased the vehile the key snapped off/out of the fob. So I started using the second one I had (I received 2 key fobs at purchase). Just recently my second key broke, same place as the first one. I'm being told that it's going to cost me over $300 to get a new fob? That is so crazy! How about you come up with a better design for your keys? You're shoving a metal key into a plastic fob and think it's going to hold up? I'm still paying for this car and I was unaware that my keys were part of the warrenty otherwise I would have had the first key replaced. What can you do for me that is going to change my mind about Kia, about ever buying another Kia or recommending that another person purchase a Kia. At this point I am unwilling to do all 3.
Robin Oakes

Hi , My Name is Hany Adel Abdalla Essawy , i am working as a financial Controller of one of reputed company in Kuwait.
I have a KIA Sorento 2014 , with 40,000 K.M driving , with Base No#KNAKT8132E5476135.
The Issue started in Jan 2018 . when i was facing a problem in a sound came from the right side in the car.
after many times back and forth discussion and wasting time , 3 times car was going to be checked inside the Garage , and feedback came with nothing there , with the technicians and head of Service about that there was no clear sound heard , then Finally they heard the sound and they changed the spare parts pertains to the problem in the Exhaust , they received the spare part after three weeks from Dubai because it was not there in Kuwait.
Once changes , the sound disappeared and the car came perfect.
3 weeks back , the same problem has been rising again , and same sound appeared and became stronger.
same problem i am facing each time with the unprofessional team of service there in the agency , for 3 times again back and forth for not hearing the sound.
i have explained to them that same sound has appeared again , so , you can recheck the spare part which has been changed before and feed me back.
but , unfortunately!!! , and as usual of same attitude of staff , ( His Name is Mr. Akbar in Shuwaikh Garage ) , after the car left for 3 days for ma n service of 40,000 K.M and the sound issue , they came with , that there is nothing in the car , and it was a normal sound.
i went again and again , then finally one manager there called ( Abu Tallal ) , he went with me in the car along with one of the Inspector there Called ( Abu Khalid ) , then he heard the sound.
at that time it was 2 weeks back and it was on saturday , and he told me to bring the car again by Mid of the week because he can't receive the car today because of the high traffic at the carage.
i couldn't bring the car again during the week because of the rain at that time in Kuwait and due to the holidays the Country took it during this days.
then , i went today once the weather came good at 10:30 am , and i intended to just leave my car to be inspected carefully and i never asked that i want to receive my car today!!
by bad attitude and unprofessional way of discussions , the Manager ( Abu Talal ) said to me again that he can't receive the car because of high traffic also in Garage and he left me with my car out of the area of garage outdoor with no permission for my car to enter although i saw another guy who is a Kuwaiti , when they didn't allow him to enter his car , he went inside , and took permission for his car to be entered.
My Comments is as follows :
- if the agency can't absorb the expansion of KIA Sales Strategy and Customer First in the ir Vision , so, they are not Qualified enough to have the agency.
- if the customers are been forced to deal with such poor qualified staff , at least they have to cover the concept of after sales service with more garage spaces to manage the KIA Cars Service. at least Normal Service.
- KIA is one of the reputed Cars Manufacturers , and not deserve this such bad impact , due to unprofessionality of The Agency they select in the Region.
- after all of that , do you believe that i will decide to have a new car with KIA Brand , or i will recommend it , or the mouth talking will be in good direction due to what i am facing from the KIA agency
- May be the Agency doesn't need to sort out the car issue due to that the warranty of the car will be ended in Feb-2019.!!!!!!!!!

November 15, 2018
Kia Corporate
Office Headquarters
11 Peters Canyon Road
Irvine , CA 92606
To Whom it May Concern:
I own a Kia 2013 Optima. The passenger side mirror was damaged in a parking lot in September 2018 I had called the Neptune, NJ Kia on Route 166 (Sansone Kia) to have the mirror replaced on October 2, 2018.
I was informed that the passenger side mirror would cost $502.20 to be replaced. I agreed to the charge and paid with my BankAmerica credit card.
They said it would take about a week to order the new passenger side mirror. I received a phone call on October 9, 2018 that the new passenger side mirror was in and I made an appointment for October 12, 2018 to have the new side passenger mirror installed.
On October 12, 2018 I went to have the new passenger side mirror installed. Then I was told that the mirror was installed and the air bag. They also replaced my digital clock with a regular clock and my map was gone …. They also said my free car wash was done , car was still dirty.. and I paid 138.00 dollars for labor.
I went home and notice the side mirror was not replaced, so the next day I called October 19, 2018 to complain to the Kia manager and agreed to return on October 22, 2018 , they could not find the original new side mirror and they would need to re-order the part. I was later informed that new side mirror was in and made the an appointment for October26, 2018.
I returned on October 26, 2018 to have the new side mirror installed- he told me I was luckey that the person who was going to paint the new side mirror was here in the shop only comes once in a while.
My digital clock was re-installed , but my display is not working. On the same day, I went to have the car washed and was told by the attendant that my suppose new side mirror was moving and most likely not new as it should not have any movement.
I am hesitate to return to the same Kia dealer to have the work done because I cannot trust them to do what I paid for- I paid 640.00 dollars for a new side passenger mirror for something I could have gotten from a used car dealer. I certainly should not have to return 3 or 4 times to have a part replaced . I bought this car in 2012 at Kia in Freehold, NJ had enough with them giving me a car that was in the lot instead of the car I bought in the show room. And now I cannot trust any Kia dealer …
I would like this resolved as soon as possible
Cell- 732-567-5490 email-maggiedel16@gmail.com
Regards, Margaret Del Priore -7 Hamiltonian Drive- Red Bank, NJ 07701

I call the Kia customer service number with the number given me by the person who is handling my issue and I get Kia roadside assistance after waiting on hold for 30 minutes!!! He tells me he cant handle the call and is unable to transfer the all using the extension number the rep. gave me. How in the world can I reach someone with a complaint about a Kia dealer????? Kia's customer service SUCKS

My 2014 KIA Sorento (6 cylinder - Vin #5XYKU4A73EG474932) is at a dealership because it needs the engine replaced. The Service Manager said that the oil pan was full of metal. It is going to cost me $6,700.00 to have the engine replaced. I think that KIA should be responsible!
I know that KIA has/are replacing engines on the 4 cylinder KIA Sorento's due to metal in the engine resulting in engine failure. They should do the same for the 6 cylinders.


On Monday last week my sons Kia soul died coming home from school. My son called AAA and had it towed to the Kia in Pomona, CA. After delivery, it took them until Friday to look at it and figure out what the issue was. My son has been diligent on his end trying to maintain contact with the service manager Art Solis. In fact, my son had left a message for Art at the end of the week and Art told him that he never heard back from my son. Art informed my son that the repairs that needed to be done were under warranty and that they would be providing a car. Over the weekend Art told my son that Kia would be providing a rental car during this time. Due to the $10 daily copay because of my sons age, I decided that I would drive the rental and give my son my car to avoid the extra cost.
On Monday I drove from where I live (about 40 miles) to pick up my son and get the rental car. Once at the dealer, we were informed that Kia was not paying for the rental and that we were the 2nd customer to come in with this same issue. The gentleman at enterprise informed us that Kia does not have a contract with them and they have had to send people back to Kia. At this point, I called Art back to find out myself what is occurring. Art told me that they are trying to work with billing to get this covered. I told him that I drove down to my sons to take care of this car issue. Art told me that I could go ahead and get the rental and that they would have it figured out hopefully by tonight (mon). I agreed and put the rental car under my name and credit card number. Yesterday (tues) my son called them in the early evening and they still did not have this situation fixed. So, now I am paying for another day of this rental car. I feel like I am getting the run around from Art. This has been very frustrating. I work full time, 12 hour days and do not have ready access to my cell phone due to working in a jail.
Can you please help me get this situation figured out ASAP since I am now accruing daily charges for a rental car that I could have gotten a lot cheaper then the daily rate I am currently being charged and which the Kia dealer/Art said that they would be picking up.
Angel a.rosilez@ruhealth.org

I contacted the roadside assistance number on Aug. 15th this was the number that I was given when I purchased the car in Dec. 2015. My car battery was dead and I needed to have it charged. I spent25 minutes on the phone with 4 different people each one wanting all of my information, over and over again. The last one had me spell out the street address more then half a dozen times I dont know if she understood english. The final result was me screaming at her on the phone , to just forget about it as I will get someone else to come out. There was no apology from her , all she said was ok. When I purchased the car roadside assistance, was part of the sale and Im sure that I paid for this in the price of the car. If I were stranded on the road, I would never be able to depend on this so called roadside assistance.I have had many roadside insurances and never had a problem getting help.I definitely would have to think twice in buying another Kia car. Albert Vitale

08/01/2018 13:13:38
I am the original owner of this vehicle, 2012 KIA OPTIMA. Earlier this year my engine was replaced due to a recall when I had 13,200 original miles on the vehicle. Glad I didn't have to pay for that! On July 27th, 2018 my air conditioner stopped working with only 16,105 original miles. A check by my mechanic verified that the compressor was inoperative and needed replaced. I had to spend $1,079.24 (paid bill attached )to get the air conditioner in my KIA Optima working again. I cannot believe that a "High Quality" vehicle as stated by my salesman and sold to me would need 2 MAJOR repairs with only 16,000 original miles. I strongly feel that I should not have had to deal with these kind of failures at such LOW mileage and I am extremely disappointed that I am out of almost $1,100 due to what may be a faulty part/product. Up to this point I have spoken well of my KIA and convinced other co-workers to purchase a KIA product. Based on the above I am requesting a review of my complaint and reimbursement of money spent.
Update- I have yet to receive a response from KIA Consumer Affairs--7 days and still waiting
Thank You,
Mike Collette

On 7/27/18 I had an appointment for a recall notice for my 2015 Kia Sedona at 10am at Kia of East Syracuse. My wife and I arrived ahead of time and checked in. We waited for almost an hour and my car was still outside, not yet brought in for repairs. When my wife called for the appointment the service mgr., Bobby G. Told her it would take approximately two hours for the repair. When questioned why the service hadn't started yet she was told that there were three recalls on the car. We only knew of one. We had to drive 30 miles one way,on freeway traffic to get there. I decided we didn't have time to sit around in a waiting room for up to three more hours. Not happy with the way we were treated, nobody came out to inform us of any problems it was as if we were neglected sitting there. I would appreciate an answer to this email

After two visits, service people decide I am imagining that cold air blows on my feet all the time from the passenger floor vent, tell me I'll need a third visit to do a diagnostic, and "NO" they cannot disconnect or block the passenger side floor vent.

I thought that dealing Doug paid off no matter what you all and that should really apply for a car that you bought from him that you're still so far negative after 3 years they put you in a new car 16 days later take it away I won't never deal with them again thank you and no thank you

Have taken my 2018 KIa in twice because cold air is blowing on my feet even when the setting is up. Kia service says it is OAD, nothing wrong. They never drove it, so I made a second appointment and they were to drive it. Nothing wrong. The service person asked me if "you tried setting the dial on face or vent?" I asked him if he thought my IQ was his shoe size. I told him I wanted the floor vent blocked off or removed. They said they could not do that and asked if I wanted to bring the car in for diagnostics!
I have learned that there are 3 tubes in there for directing air. All they had to do was remove the one to the floor.

I have been buying and leasing Kias since 2005 and have had them serviced at Smithtown Kia in Nesconset, NY. Last October I purchased a Certified pre-owned 2015 Kia Sorento Limited with 19,700 miles on it. I was given one (1) key remote (keyless entry) with car. I asked for the second key and was told it only came with one. When I returned my lease I was asked to return 2 keys otherwise I would be charged $450. I brought my car in for its second service at 28,000 and was told I needed the 30,000 service on top of the tire rotation I requested from the suggestion on my first visit. I did not recognize anyone from service, there were all new people there. An hour later I was told by manager Charlie that I needed brakes they were extremely low. I asked how could they be so worn, I was here 4,000 miles ago and it was never brought to my attention? And if this car was KIA CERTIFIED how could I need brakes in 8,000 miles? I bought my 4th KIA because of the service I received over the years with Eric and Tom. Now I feel like I am being taken advantage of.....I also asked Charlie about getting a second key because if anything happens to the one key I received I wont be able to use car. Charlie proceeded to tell me I was out of luck unless I wanted to spend $300. When I started to complain he turned around and walked away. Then to add insult to injury when I returned to my car where service left it parked along the curb, I got into car and proceeded to put invoice away in glove compartment and I felt my car jolt forward. When I looked out the window I saw that a service person was bringing a customer's car into service garage and backed up and hit my car. I immediately jumped out of car and started yelling but they continued to drive to back of building to service. I checked for outside damage and didn't notice anything but the mechanic knew he hit me and did not stop. Could someone please explain to me how you can sell a KIA preowned CERTIFIED car with one set of keys and bad brakes? When did treating repeat customers like they mattered go out the window? Bring back the people that cared and worked with you not against you. This experience just may change my mind about a future KIA purchase after being a loyal customer for 13 years. So dissappointed.

Moritz kia fort worth treats there customers very bad. I took my car in to be worked on at 7am on 7/6/2018. I was not told when i made my appointment that techs would not be there until 8:30. The service advisor said they had no shuttle driver and suggested i use my insurance to get a rental car. I left and will never go to Moritz again or buy another Kia.Horrible way to treat a customer!

I took my 16 Sedona in on Sat. 6/30 for battery issues - I spent 2 hours at the dealership. that I advised them had started on 6/28. They tested it told me I left a light on and it just needed a charge. I advised that was not the issue. The next morning 7/1 the battery was dead. I had it towed to dealership where the Battery was finally replaced. I was on vacation and spent 2 days 2-3 hours each day of my vacation at the dealership. on 7/1 we lost our prepaid non refundable reservations for lunch. If the dealership had listened to me on 6/30 and searched into what was actually draining the battery instead of brushing me off and stating I left something on. I feel discriminated against because I was a female and that is why I was brushed off.
Now for my second issue I now have 2 years of receipts showing my vehicle gets 15.4 MPH with a max on highway of 19.6 average is 17 highway. This vehicle gets the worst gas mileage of any 6 cylinder I have ever owned.

at 31000 miles took in for second time driver heat&air blower out, I live 40 miles away,after about 6 hrs in lobby I was told back blower not working,but parts dept. can not order because it shows no part for my model 2015 soul was told we will contact Korea to see what to do & call you. after two weeks & no word I go back & they say we forgot to call you but yes we can order the part, BUT you will have to come back so we can be sure that it is the blower I said NO you already know what it is just order it I am not going to keep coming up here when you already know what it is Home 205-646-3731 cell 205-351-1038

i can't believe KIA company anymore!!!.
i went the kia service( San Leandro, CA) center Jan/22/2018 for change engine oil, replace spark plugs, coolant flush, and transmission fluid exchange. the total amount i paid $683.77. it was terrible service and advisor. person who is service advisor name "Shivneel" did not explain to me about how bad my car and how changed parts of service. i was up set and i would like to know about my car condition and make sure about my car service was right so i complained someone in front of cashier. it was bad service i remember.
Today May/10/2018 i went my body shop for issue of headlight and diagnostic other problems. my new body shop engineer told me i need to change spark plug, but i already changed on January. i make sure that get safety check paper from him and i will visit kia service center again. i could not trust the kia service center and engineers did fix my car that day. i would like to full refund!!!

Bought my 2015 KIA Optima SX GDI brand new in January 2017 it was In the showroom hadn’t sold. I had this year January a problem with the gas tank power button not working and the over ride in the trunk not working either. The dealership I purchased it at in Somersworth NH is now out of business and so are six others in NH. I paid cash across the street at the Hyundai garage to get it repaired and submitted my claim at Quirk Kia in Manchester six weeks ago. Still no reimbursement of my money on a car that had 13,000 miles and was validated a part covered under the warranty. Now thousands of us consumers have no where to go in NH on the seacoast except dr8ve round trip 100 miles or more to get service atnt(entwo remaining dealerships. No notice on the closures of the many dealerships that closed. Nashua, Portsmouth, Keene ,Somersworth, Plaistow. Berlin ans others??

We own a 2011 kia sportage with 33000 miles on it.I started getting a check engine light.Come to find out it was an actuator motor assembly(p/n#11B061705B),Anyhow before all was said and done we were out $500.00.We were ready to trade this car and my husbands 2011 Sonata on presidents day for two new Kias.MY HUSBAND SAYS "NO WAY".We have owned toyotas and nissans and had them for triple the mileage of my sportage.Large repair bills not under warranty are not something that would want me to purchase two new kias.I asked the dealer (lokey kia in clearwater fl.) if there was any way they could reduce this cost.THEY DON'T CARE AND THAT TENDS TO MAKE ME AGREE WITH My HUSBAND. Maria F Biafore
2198 Nottingham dr. Clearwater Fl
727-422-1135
E-MAIL : mbiafore@tampabay.rr.com

I just purchased in July 2017 a 2014 Kia Optima. I previously owned a 2005 Kia Optima which I dearly loved and had no major issues other than an air conditioning unit installed. I chose another Optima since I had been so happy with my old one which I gave to my granddaughter.
My new Optima and the dealership is not providing the best care and seeing that issues are fixed. First, my service maintenance on or about Jan. 24th was poorly done. A week later, my car would not start. This was due to the battery not being bolted down and cable had come loose. The service department tried to assume that someone had tampered with my car and put in a different battery and removed the device that holds the Kia battery in place. Why was this not seen when the maintenence was done and no one has tampered with my car. Also on the passenger side door are a number of peeling paint issues running in a straight line. When I noticed this - after owning only 2 weeks - the service department implied that someone hit the door with something. That is definitely not the case as the small area only continued to get worse as time went on resulting in a much larger area now. I feel that this was a patch job gone wrong to cover up the areas and this should have been fixed by the dealership. A patch job to sell the car and mislead me into believing the car was in pristine shape. Instead, they sent me to a body shop who informed me that it would be over $800.00 to fix. I am very careful with my vehicles as you can see from the length of time I owned my old Kia. Maintenence is done regularly and only about 6000 miles are put on the car yearly. I am 69 years old and this was to be my "forever" car. Please respond as I am not happy with the outcome of my purchase and would like to have something done to fix my car properly. I am sure that Kia Corporate would not like one of their dealerships to be taking advantage of an elderly woman or anyone for that matter. This is definitely not good PR.
Thank you,
Jann Cissna
812-306-4664

I just found out that in April if I make a one time payment, I will be charged a fee unless I enroll in auto pay. I am very upset about this because I don't always pay on the same day. I get my paycheck different times of the month and like to pay my bill early if I can or sometimes it might be a day before. I hate the fact that I will be penalized even though I am still paying my bill. I have always paid my bill on time, why should I have to pay more just by simply not enrolling in auto pay? I love using my phone to make my monthly payments but it looks like I now have to send in a check payment so I don't have to pay the fee. I understand that I can just pick the due date for the auto-pay, but sometimes I have the money weeks in advance and like to pay my bill then.

3 years and 33,000kms ago I purchased a brand new Sportage. On day one I noticed a flickering oil light at idle. I rang the dealer and he suggested it could be a sensor and they'd check it at first service. I've had 3 services and each time have mentioned the issue but my concerns have been ignored and no investigation has been done. 3 weeks ago at a service I again mentioned the problem, but when I picked up the car and asked the service head man what they found ,he said the light didn't come on. I said the car has to be warmed up to see it he replied
' oh we haven't got time to do that'. Last Monday I booked it in to be specifically checked...and guess what..I have a damaged motor. I will now be getting a new motor under the cars warranty..all good . But now I'm stuck with a hire car for 5-6 weeks that they've provided and a $1500 excess if someone scratches it in a carpark or hits it and doesn't leave details. ALL THIS THROUGH NO FAULT OF MY OWN.
The condescending,arrogant and dismissive attitude from Kia service centres (2) has appalled me. Not once have they treated my concerns as being important enough to check. And then to be told that 'everybody knows that an oil light needs to be checked '. Insinuating that this has all been my negligence in reporting and I'm just a silly woman. I drive heavy machinery nearly daily in my job..I know how important oil lights are.
THIS ATTITUDE TOWARDS WOMEN IN PARTICULAR IS OUTRAGIOUS.
KIA YOUR SERVICE CENTRE PEOPLE DO NOT FOLLOW THE KIA CHARTER OF CUSTOMER SERVICE.

I have a 2017 Kia Soul with 10,000 miles and all of a sudden there is a loud ticking noise in the engine .The dealer said it was the fuel injectors and that's normal.Why did this just start.If that's normal I would tell everyone you don't want to buy a Kia they make a cheap engine .

I purchased a new 2017 Kia Sportage EX awd. I drove the car out and on turnig right the car make a popping noise and also from a dead stop to about 50 feet it makes the same noise. I called the service department at the dealership I bought the car from and told them that there was a binding then popping coming from the car at the right rear. I also told him it was in my opinion it was coming from the suspension. When I arrived at the dealership I said it was a shock or stabilizer from the way it sounded. Fifteenn minutes later I was told my car was fixed. The problem was my Spare wheel package was installed improperly. I got in my car turned left from the dealership and then took a right to get on the interstate. The popping noise was still there nothing had changed. I do not think the suspension was even checked! I have little faith that this service department is going to find the problem and fix this car. I cannot believe I bought a new car and when I turn right I hear this wind up and popping sound. UNHAPPY WITH THIS KIA SPORTAGE!!!!!!

We have a 2004 Sorento we have 80k miles runs great milage? But what really bothers me the rims are peeling what is that about they look realy bad how do i fix this. What are they made of that doesn't be polished. I am open to suggestions.
Thank
Art

Been sitting in service dept for 3 hrs now to get voice activation fixed on a kia I bought 3,wks ago .3 times radio has been updated in the last 3 wks..updating it now again..told to expect update to last an additional 45 more min.then they will make a decision..seriously..not happy.wasn't offered a rental was just told they wd drop me anywhere..I gave things to do..

I went to Kia on 10/16/2017 to purchase a vehicle. The choices were horrible. The service was disgusting I ended up with a 2017 soul for over 18,000.00. I drove this car two days and wanted to scream. I proceeded to take it back and get something more accommodating for my family. Once again, no choices and horrible service. The General manger had absolutely no understanding rude, unconcern and just out right didn't give a FUCK!!!! I would never in the lifetime recommend kia to anyone are anything. To think I was still trying to shop with them wow what a fool I was.

The sales mgr used foul language when I was in his office with other sales me around him and they all thought it was a joke and began laughing at me. I am 72 yr old and you need to have more information before we continue.

We took our 2011 Kia Sorento to the nearest dealer (Sparks Kia, Monroe, LA) a couple of months ago for recall work. While there, we asked them to look at one of our key fobs to determine why it wouldn't work and suggested it might be the battery, since we have had this problem numerous times while it was under warranty. Instead, we were told it was defective and would cost $300+ to replace and program a new one, but it would have to be ordered, as they didn't have one in stock (lucky for us). Since we don't have a dealership in our town, we haven't gotten around to having them order a new one to replace the "defective" one. Today my wife decided to give a new battery a try and guess what? That "defective" fob cranked the car.
I'm extremely displeased that the dealership tried to bilk us out of over $300 for something a CR2032 battery fixed. Now, I can't help but wonder if they even completed any or all of the recall work for which we took the Sorento in to have performed. (I'm sure you can look it up by my name and address.) Perhaps this was all because we had purchased the vehicle through another dealership and they wanted to get a little extra from us for their troubles. Who knows? I just know they lied.
If it hadn't been for us discovering a battery would fix our problem, we would have been victims of highway robbery. The service manager was nice and they got our car back to us quickly (for that I would have given 5 stars); however, maybe that was because they didn't actually do anything to our car? How would we be able to prove this? We do know; however, should any of these "recalls" malfunction, we'll be sure to let you know via legal council.
We are most disappointed in this discovery and this, alone, will more than likely prevent us from ever purchasing another of your products.
Glenn Green
214 Amberway
El Dorado AR 71730

been having trouble with my 2016 optima turbo about 2 months after we bought it back in febuary 2017 I have been waiting to see what the dealer is going to do but know they tell me they cant do anything unless the performs bad when they drive it they worked on it once and it drove good but for about 5 days know they say its the transmission that it has to ajust to whos driving it nobody drives it but me and I don't belive that also the backup camera is not working right if you can please call me 817 420-0438

In September of 2014, my 2013 Kia Sorento seemed to be having some issues. Seeing as that I had done all required maintenance on the vehicle, I took it to the Kia dealership I purchased it from for them to take a look. They told me that the place I took it to for the last oil change, only 2 weeks before, put the wrong size oil filter on the vehicle and that there was a sludge build up in the engine. The company that did the oil change had the filter from my vehicle collected and taken to a lab for testing. Not only did the testing confirm the filter was the correct filter that was approved for the vehicle, it concluded that the filter was functioning properly and was not to be blamed for the issues with my vehicle. Kia advised me to bring the vehicle back every 300-500 miles for an engine flush and oil change. This cost roughly $300 each visit, and since the dealership was 30 miles away, these visits happened very frequently. When my engine did end up being destroyed, Kia forced me to pay for the engine replacement out of pocket. Not once did they ask for maintenance receipts or anything. I called corporate many, many times trying to tell them all maintenance had been done properly, and they just did not care. They said multiple times that “sludge in your engine proves failure to do maintenance, so your warranty is voided.” Even when I tried to provide the receipts, they would not accept them. Oddly, after my engine was replaced and while the Kia tech was test driving it, my transmission blew! They covered this under the warranty, because “we were the ones driving it,” but I am sure it would have been a different case had anyone else been driving it. A while later, I received a letter in the mail stating that Kia would be extending the warranties due to some reported issues with the engines. I applied for a reimbursement at that time, and was denied. I received a letter a while after that stating that there was a “service campaign” on the engines, and to take my vehicle in to see if any repairs were needed. I again applied for a reimbursement, and again was denied. I saw on the news that Kia was doing a massive recall on the engines, which included my vehicle. I again applied for a reimbursement. I was told they would process the request within 60 days. I called just before the 60 days was up for an update. They claimed that the 60 days started when they “received” my letter. I have a signature confirmation that the letter was received 30 days before Kia shows the letter was “received.” I was told that due to the high volume of reimbursement requests, the letters were not being opened for weeks after they were received, but the 60 days would still start on the day Kia shows the letter received. I call again weeks later, and was told my reimbursement has been approved, and the check should mail at the end of the month. I call August 31st, and was told that due to Hurricane Harvey, there was probably a delay in receiving my check that had been mailed. I was told to call at the end of the following week if I still hadn’t received it. I called September 7th, and was told the check has NOT been cut, but checks are cut on Thursday’s, so “hopefully” it will happen soon. I called again September 15th and was told that he would call me back regardless if he has an update or not because he understands my frustration and wants to help me. I hear nothing until I call again today, October 2nd. The check has still not been cut, and she told me that I had been given incorrect information when I was told the check was mailed back on August 31st, because it hasn’t even been cut. So even though it’s past the 60 days that they established, and it’s been approved for over a month, still not check in sight. I will be filing complaints with every agency possible until this is resolved. And for someone to blame a hurricane that completely destroyed MY city when a California office hadn’t even cut the check yet? Words cannot describe how unethical and how disgusted I am with this company. The way they have treated their customers after their short-comings is unbelievably sad. It has been over 3 years, and I still do not have the money they owe me for their faulty product.

I started experiencing mechanical problems with my 2012 KIA Optima back in April 2017. I took the car to the nearest dealership to me and they charged me a diagnostic fee. After looking at the diagnostics they said the car had metal shavings in the engine and the engine needed replacing, it was going to be $10,000. Metal Shavings in the engine would not be the consumer's fault and so I did some research and found out that there was a recall on the motor. The dealership denied knowing anything about a recall. After contacting KIA's Consumer Affairs I was told that indeed all of the dealerships were aware of the recall. Jessica at Consumer Affairs told me my car was unsafe to drive and that she could arrange with the dealership to have it towed to a dealership near my home. She also told me I could submit a claim for the $145.00 diagnostics fee, which I did. They did tow the car and it has now been at the dealership since May 2017. I asked the dealership about a rental car and was told that they would only be able to give me a rental for 3 days which is no help to me whatsoever. I call Consumer Affairs again 2 weeks later and was told that was not true and that a rental car would be made available to me for longer than 3 days. I was originally told the engine was in stock at the dealership and it would be fixed within a week. That was in June 2017. Since then I've gotten little to no information from the dealership, they say they will call back and have maybe 3 times. No rental car yet. I called Consumer Affairs and the Dealership multiple times over the last few months and was told my case was escalated to Chris Beeson. I spoke with Chris Beeson and finally got a rental car in July 2017. I called Chris Beeson again in July 2017 and he told me they had to order the motor and it would be mid August before they had the motor. I've received 3 voice mails from Chris saying he's calling to update me.. but no information is left on my voice mail and when I call back his voicemail is always full. The dealership says they are working on it, they had to order parts, they are working on it, it'll be ready next week, it will be ready late August. It's now September 2017. I called Consumer Affairs again and was told by Josh that no one there at Consumer Affairs could help me because the case was escalated to Chris Beeson. Josh would not transfer my call to another person to help me nor did he offer Chris Beeson's number or help in any other way. I'm now in touch with an attorney. KIA has had my car since May 2017 and no one will give me any answers and they still have my car. September 5, 2017.

I took my Niro Saturday for the 1st time maintenance my appointment was at 8:45, we arrived 8:30am the service man advises me it could take up to 2 hours. At 10:00am, I asked him to verified my cell number, I was going to take the van to the mall. he was on the net searching for Dogs, not once did he look up to maintain eye contact. I also asked him if it was a normal waiting time of 2 hours, and he replied yes, we have over 120 cars having an appointment which does not cut the waiting time.
At 11:56 am I received a text car was completed. We returned and found my car with scratches on the passenger door and door behind the passenger I advised one of the service men and he brought the Service Advisor ( Lee Kahl), he came out with a condescending attitude without even listening to what I was explaining he proceeded to tell me it was my nails and that the car was dirty how would I know about the scratches; I emphasized that it is my car and I take care of it, I would know if any scratches were there. I also pointed to him that there were towels threads on the driver side door and he continued to tell me it was a complimentary car wash. Which I understand complimentary but that doesn’t authorize dealer personal to damage or not perform the job to their best.
At that point, I request to speak to his supervisor, he rushed to go to his supervisor office which I followed. Immediately he told the supervisor I accused the dealership of scratching my car and it was my nails.
I explain to the Manager my car had no scratches prior to the service, and it was done at the dealership. The Service Advisor continued saying how would I know the car was dirty, yes the car was dirty it had rained a couple days before and I did not clean the car because I knew there was a cleaning included with the service.
The Service Manager offered a buffing of the paint to eliminated the scratches and It can only be done
Monday through Friday from 8am to 3pm. That is great however I now have to take a day off to have my car buffed out due to incompetence of the service department.
I am extremely dissatisfied not only with the service but more with the arrogance of the Service Department Lee Kahl his arrogance, and lack of customer service is at his highest.

I have a Kia Sportage 2012 and is now 2 months out of warranty.
It is currently being repaired - a new alternator.
The initial quote was for $1900 but this has since been changed to $1450.00.
My car has less than 60000 km on the clock.
Why would a car with less than 60000km require a new alternator?
My car is being repaired at Kia/Pacific Motors on the Sunshine Coast.
Thank you for your help with this matter.

Coil spring broke and fell off. had to overnight it. The new one was put on. Cost $288.00 dollars I drove it but nothing changed.sent it back and back again for the third time!!! I really don't think they know how to fix it!!! Does anyone in service know how to fix anything!! at least KIA of Mankato, Mn. doesn't!!!!

I have a Kia that is under warranty in Abuja, Nigeria. I have been waiting for 2 months for my car to be repaired. The dealership is very unhelpful. They do not offer a loaner car while my car is being repaired. They do not return phone calls. They keep promising the car will be ready and it is not. Even after I have waited for 2 months for my part to arrive and my car to be ready, they still say something else is wrong with it. How could they not have tried anything else to fix the car in all that time? They are the worst customer service people I have ever experienced. I will tell every single person I know not to buy a car from this dealership.

My used 2013 Kia is supposed to be under warranty. I developed a loud rattle and lost power about 2 blocks from home. Once I arrived at home, the car died and it wouldn't start again. I had the car towed to my mechanic, who determined that it was the high-pressure fuel pump. He said it should be covered under warranty.
The dealership said the same thing, and I had my car towed to them. They then said that because my mechanic "touched it" prior to it coming to them, they would not honor the warranty. Having my mechanic look at it first did not mean that the part wasn't defective. The mechanic has only changed my oil since I got this car.
I had to have the car towed to the mechanic in the first place. Obviously something was very wrong with the car before he even looked at it. Even though the dealership was supposed to put a rush order on the fuel pump, it was not available when my mechanic wanted it. I had him do the work as the dealership wanted to charge me a lot more. I was without my car for an entire week. I did call the 800 customer service number and got no satisfaction. I feel that at a minimum, I should be reimbursed for the parts and labor involved.

When I purchased my new Kia Sedona in 2009 it came with a "tires for life" policy. I had my car serviced regularly at the Kia AutoSports in Tallahassee where I purchased the vehicle as was required for the "tire policy". The dealership was recently sold and the new owners will not honor my "tires for life policy". I sent certified letters to the new owner and general manager, including all of my service paperwork.
The certified letters were signed for at delivery and I have the return receipt. I never heard back from either the new owner or general manager. I live a 2-hour drive from the dealership and I would not have continued to have my vehicle serviced there if I realized that the tire warrantee was not valid. I now plan on contacting the Tallahassee Better Business Bureau as well as YELP. I am also sending a letter regarding this situation to Kia Corporate in California.

I bought a brand new Kia Soul in March of this year. I got to the dealership around 5:30pm and left the lot with the new car. I was told that I needed to bring the car back in on Friday and they would detail it and go over all the features and sync my phone. When I dropped off my car that Friday I came back to pick it up and nobody showed me anything. All I was told was that someone would be with me and then nobody ever helped me. I now have buyers remorse.
I now have a car that doesn't have keyless entry, no cruise control, had to buy the spare tire kit and I have no way of getting into my trunk when the car is locked unless I open the drivers door and unlock the car. I have never had or seen a car that you cannot unlock the trunk from outside the car. I really hate this car and I will never buy another Kia again. I have already had to have the roadside service come to my house and jump start my car because the battery was dead from who knows what. Nothing was ever found.
Its a brand new car, the battery should not just have died on its own. Never again! If I could trade it in I would do it without blinking or regret! If I could make this experience a zero I would.

I called Kia customer service because Grosinger Kia in Chicago IL owes me money. But the guy from the customer service was so root with me. Finally called Kia motors to ask them when they are send it to me that check for rent in car who I waiting for two months and still I don't have it. They left me on hold for 1 hour and 36 min and never answered me. Such a coward, and of course I call again and the next who answered. They give me little hope that maybe I will receive my money for two days.


I reached out to KIA Customer Service for assistance because a KIA Dealer was unable to repair my Sorento's Brake Light/Shift Lock Problem, (e.g. 3 unsuccessful attempts). Dealer said vehicle needed a complete wiring harness replacement at an estimated cost of $5500, after I had already spent nearly $960. This diagnosis offered to me by a certified KIA Service Facility was based and what they described as a “Wiggle Test”.
After some investigation I soon discovered after-the-fact that KIA had previous poor quality history as it relates to KIA Brake Light and Shifter issues, (e.g. two separate recalls in various models, including mine, since 2008). They have well known and documented problems with this design and the components used within. In my phone conversation with a KIA Customer Escalation Manager, I shared this information and expressed my lack of confidence in this KIA Dealership and their " Wiggle Test" diagnostic process.
I asked for his assistance to get to a reasonable resolution to my problem. I wanted some consideration from KIA to get a second opinion on the diagnosis and a report on what is found. I offered the following paths to corrective Action to repair my Sorento. That an independent Automotive Diagnostic Service, (e.g. agreeable to KIA) perform an inspection of my Sorento and provide a second opinion/report, (No Additional Cost to me). That a KIA specialist, (e.g. a regional technical expert) inspect my Sorento and provide a second opinion/report, (No Additional Cost to me).That another local KIA dealer who I have learned has a solid reputation inspect my Sorento and provide a second report.
The Kia Escalation Manager refused to offer any assistance to help mitigate my problem and closed my case. I have since written a letter to KIA management expressing my total displeasure with how my case was handled. I recently received a phone message in mid October from the same Escalation Manger that my case was re-opened and to contact him. I have attempted to contact him over a dozen times in the past (2) weeks-no response to any of these messages. So much for KIA's "Customer First Policy".

I woke up this morning to take my daughter to school. My rear back window was shattered. There wasn't any hole though the window indicated that some one busted my car window. Money had to come put my pocket 350.00 to repair the window. So i thought maybe a rock hit it. No the window was just shattered. Windows should be covered under warranty especially when i dodnt cause the accident.

My son purchased a brand new 2014 Kia Soul off the lot. The car has a total of 60542 miles and the engine seized up while going down the highway. It was towed home and then towed to the nearest Kia dealer which is 45 minutes away from home. The service department called asking questions about the incident and then ask for all the maintenance receipts. I explained to them that my older son is a mechanic at an auto repair shop and changes his oil after hours and has never charged him.
He has had a few oil changes done at other places for which he does have receipts. Kia stated there was sludge in engine and started it was from neglect, even though they have had this problem for years. I think someone needs to stop Kia! They are ripping off the consumers and getting away with it daily. Kia dealer wanted $5000.00 to replace the junk engine they put in. Ridiculous! This vehicle has 100,000 mile power train warranty but they will not honor it sure to we do not have record of all oil changes. Stop Kia!

My daughter brought my Kia Sportage Jeep 2005 into the Premier Kia Dealership in Metairie, LA on Veterans Memorial Boulevard on September 20, 2016. They advised us on the compressor going out for the air conditioner and how much it would be for it and also for the water pump which is not disbursing the fluid to the windshield. I arrive to pickup my jeep and they charged me $120 for just looking at it if I didn't get anything repaired. I paid and left with the vehicle. I got about 5 minutes away when I left and the jeep cut off, stop starting and started running hot. It was not doing this at all. I had to push the jeep off the street and 2 other gentlemen helped me. I had to call a tow truck and have it towed back to the dealership to see what did they do or what has gone wrong.
They kept my car for a week and said it was the starter in which I did pay and have repaired and was also going to have the compressor done. They promised me the starter would come in on Saturday the 24th of September and would be ready on Monday, September 26th. This did not happen. I had to call them back and find out what was the issue because they did not have the courtesy to call me and tell me. They claimed the starter did not arrive and is expecting it to arrive on Wednesday the 28th. This does not sound very honest because they were promising me the car for Monday the 26th. I now have decided not to fix the compressor with Kia because nothing was done within a whole week. Once the starter was repaired, me and my daughter arrived to pay and pick it up.
My daughter left in the jeep to go to work and took the interstate, the car cut off again. She got it started and it cut off again, would not start and started running hot again. These were the same exact problems the jeep was having when I got it back from them after the diagnostic. This time Kia offered to tow the car in, however, we tried to drive it back as close as possible because of a misunderstanding. I did not know they were sending a tow truck which is why we moved it.
The jeep would not start up and run to get to the dealership, therefore, since I missed the option for them to tow it back, I had to call another tow truck to get it back there. My car has now been there for 2 weeks and they have not found the problem yet. They will not provide me a loaner car or a rental car and also will not keep me updated on what is going on. I have also talked to Jason who was my service provider. I then tried to contact Ray, the service manager, at this time because now it has been 2 weeks I am without a car.
He explained that until all the parts come in for the car, they do not work on the car. I have spoken to him twice. The second time it was about the starter that now they have to order a new one. This is unacceptable and they should be able to accommodate me with a vehicle until they figure out what is the problem.The dealership made me buy a starter saying this is the problem and yet the jeep is still not operable. Why is it running hot and will not start? Why can't they take care of a customer when they do not know the issue and I have given them an ample amount of time to repair the vehicle? I also left a message for the general manager who did not return my call. I want the service I deserve. It is now 3 weeks.

We purchased a new 2016 Kia Soul "Sinister Edition" and my wife was in a accident with a deer. Car goes to the body shop and the front bumper isn't availiable until December 23rd and Kia Corporate doesn't think that we are entitled to a rental car and we have exhausted our rental car threw our insurance company.
So we are paying for a new car and cant drive it because of the front bumper facia isn't availiable.. Whenever I called and opened a complaint with customer service they said they would call me back within 72 hours and I haven't heard from them yet. We love the car and the dealership we got it at but the Corporate Office isn't doing there job and serving there customers. After they told me that is was our fault for needing a bumper cover because we wrecked the car , I was done talking to them


My complain is that I have a Kia Sportage 2012 but bought it in 2011 the rack on the roof is peeling. I try to call the advisor since august 9 like he told me on my last visit call me I will take care of it. So try to call since august never return my call but today Sept. 20 the secretary took the message. He return my call to tell me that he is sorry but my warranty expired August 17 and if I want to have the roof fix I need to pay for it. Sorry but Mr. Randy if you would a return my call this problem would never occurred. He is busy as an advisor but I am busy too as a nurse and he is the one who told me to call him.
Now he is telling me I should a stop at the dealer and make an appointment. So much bull. I had a car with a rack on the roof for 7 years never had that problem with it yes sorry it was a chevrolet. The service at this dealer is so slow. I went there to change a high beam light. They want to charge me $425 they told me i have to change the hole part in the front went I refuse they clean all the wire and they make the light work. I'm sure down the road I will have the same problem. The warranty don't look like its covering anything. No more Kia for me.

Consumer Alert: Dothan Kia resorts to unscrupulous tactics to sell overpriced vehicle to elderly man. On Friday, September 16, 2016, Dothan Kia sold my 85-year-old grandfather, a used SUV for up to $10,000 above its value and financed it at more than 12% over five years. I believe the tactics used by the dealership are unscrupulous, deceptive and highly questionable, and that the sales staff took advantage of an elderly man.
The sales price of the Kia Sorento was $23,239. CarMax values a comparable Sorento at $13,340. NADA has an average clean retail price at $16,000 My grandfather was overcharged between $7,000 and $10,000. After accepting his 2006 Kia Sportage as a trade-in, the dealership also asked my grandfather to put $5,660 down in cash, which he did. The dealership even wrote out his check for him and had him sign it. The total financed by Dothan Kia is $28,247 at 12.29% over 60 months, or five years. He’ll have to pay more than $28,000 for a vehicle that’s worth $16,000 at best. Both the sale price and the amount of interest charged are simply outrageous.
Because my grandfather signed the paperwork, Dothan Kia says it’s perfectly legal. But that doesn’t make it right. I believe the dealership took advantage of an elderly man for its own inflated profit. Please consider yourself warned: Dothan Kia will resort to underhanded tactics and take advantage of the elderly to make a highly-profitable sale.

I own a 2012 Kia Optima Hybrid bought new in 2013. My complaint is with the front spoiler (air dam?) The spoiler has bee replaced 4 times at my expense.There is really no fasteners to secure the product in place. I find this to be a default in manufacturing and should be replaced under warranty. After 2012 I noticed Kia did away with the spoiler, could you have seen a defect with the 2012? Any help will be appreciated.

I have a 2013 Kia Optima EX, It has 39,000 miles, my wife was driving the car with two of our children in the car and was involved in an accident. She rear ended a SUV going from 30 to 35 mph. There was severe damage to the cars front in, $8100 to be exact, pushing the bumper and support beam through the radiator and pushing the hood back and destroying the front end of the car. My complaint is that the airbags did not deploy and my wife's seat belt did not engage. I have filed a complaint with the national consumer affairs, Kia will not address the issue with me and I have no reasonable assurance the airbags or seat belts will work if the car is in another accident.


My Kia Sportage only has about 80,000 miles and the 3rd set of brakes, the original set, second set put on by the dealership, third set we paid for out of pocket. The center dome light that regulates enter & exit lighting has not worked for 4 years. The radio & CD does not work. We have tried to get a third key made about 2 years ago & nobody can make a duplicate key, even the dealership. The dealership said we would have to install a new ignition, At our expanse. Now it has come up I cannot get my key out of the ignition. We have had nothing but trouble with this Optima after about 1yr after we bought it new. I have now been able to steer 3 potential buyers away from buying a Kia. I will continue to do so until i can get some honest help.


I recently purchased a brand new KIA Optima T GDi 2.0 from one of your retails in Sharjah, UAE. Not a week has gone by and less than 1000 miles driven; the service team has already advised of a critical part replacement to be made to the steering box (rack and pinion arrangement to be precise). Within just a day after purchase the car's telescopic cover went missing due to a loose fixture and now this. I'm quite concerned if this is a pattern and god knows how many such encounters will I have to face in future.
As unfortunate as that may sound to your company, It is a very serious matter to me and I would like to understand what went wrong and why and how these kind of inconsistencies went unnoticed prior to delivery (It's an absolutely new car for crying out loud!!).
Ever since the time of purchase I have spent more hours at the service center than experiencing the pleasure the car is actually meant to provide. I'm completely dismayed at what has happened so far and would like to get a detailed overview of the quality testing procedures followed by KIA motors. Being a KIA fanatic (Note: this is my second personal car), I'm underwhelmed at the quality of product delivered to me this time around. I cannot even begin to comprehend how a faulty product could have compromised with my life safety. I demand a prompt response from KIA in this regards. I don't think I need to provide KIA with a summary of what are the disadvantages of driving a car with a faulty steering box? or do I?
As I'm sure you can appreciate, I rely on my car for transport and this is causing major inconvenience and disrupting my day to day life. I look forward to a satisfactory response at the earliest. I sincerely hope you take this email very seriously.

My car was serviced at Kia I picked my vehicle up January 29th. My total cost was $453. When I brought my vehicle in I asked for the complete service that comes with the oil change, tire rotation, etc. A couple weeks after I noticed my vehicle making an extremely loud noise when Hitting the brakes. I returned my vehicle to Kia and told I'm in need of brakes and rotors. However you brakes go bad before the rotors. I too stated to them why wasn't this recommended to me when my vehicle was just there. Now I'm being told my tires wasn't never rotated when they should of been. I feel they failed to find the problem before it became worse.


Took my car into be checked by mechanic. Had P1326 CODE. ( at teh same time as another KIA was in for the same issue. I was told by my private mechanic KIA would have to diagnose. Took it to the KIA dealer( H and H Kia). They blew me off. Said It is not under the Recall. ( It IS) Called Kia Company Friday 3/4/22 They told me to make an appointment with KIA Dealer again. WORSE this time they would not even put it on for diagnosis, as they were intending to just a few days prior. Called KIOA Company AGAIN. This time I get the run around , they don't know what to tell me. Pretty much hung up on me,.

I made a appointment a few weeks in advance an explain what problem was an would be waiting for it. The heater on driver side has stopped working. I get there an wait a few minutes however they were busy an looked short handed. The advisor told me the techs were several hours behind an wouldn’t get to it for several hours . I said I need pick up Granddaughter and school . He said it wouldn’t be ready in time an so I said I will leave then. He informed me to make a appointment an leave for whole day. If I had a 10:15 appointment and not gonna even look at til afternoon then what is the reason for appt and they should of told me that two ago when made it.

i brought my car in to kia 2 weeks ago because the heat wasn’t working . They claimed their mechanics couldn’t figure it out and they contacted kia corporate to further investigate but every time i call them to find out what they are planning on doing about it i either get out on hold or told they still don’t know . This is completely unacceptable that it’s taking this long . it’s kia in norwood ma

I waited for a month for an appointment with Kia of Riverside Service Department. My appointment was scheduled for Thursday February 17, 2022 at 1030 am. I work full time and made arrangements to drop off my car at 5pm on Wednesday evening. When I showed up one of the service men came out and explained to me that they are really backed up and my car would not even be looked at until the next week. I explained that I made an appointment a month ago and that I already left work early today, why wasn't I notified. He explained he was just trying to give me a heads up that I may want to bring my car back and offered Monday and said he would make sure it was looked at. My emergency AEB system needs servicing. There is a light that stays on all the time and I would like to get this fixed. I brought my car back Sunday, February 20, 2022 so it would be there. At 430 pm I still had not heard from anyone so I called. After having three people getting on the line to try and find the car I dropped off (one telling me they had no record of it) they finally found my car and stated they haven't looked at it yet and they were hoping for Wednesday. I expected with an appointment my car would be there a day or so. But even with ab appointment they are so unorganized and seem to don't care that people who work are stuck with no transportation. My car is 3 years old, less than 36, 000 miles I. It and should NOT be having problems. I was always told how great KIA service and warranty is it now experiencing it first hand I am extremely disappointed. I need my car looked at and fixed as promised with an appointment 5 days ago. Or I should be offered a loaner car at the very least. The service guy Wednesday told me they are backed up with Engine recalls. I get that, I made an appointment and my transportation is just as important. How many times should I have to go back and forth to just get my car seen with an APPOINTMENT!
Please respond as to how this situation will be rectified....
Kristen Cowden

My 2015 Kia Optima paint is peeling off I took it to Auto repair shops that stated the factory paint that is still on the car was a bad paint jod.

i took my car in for a oil change and engine light on, while there they said there was a recall on the computer, so they did the computer software recall, i left when finished then the abs light came on and was never on before, went home because i tried calling from cell the female customer service said that is a seperate charge, i said it didnt come on til they did the service, called manager said bring over, light was off after i shut car off, went to work next day abs light on, parked light went off, next day left for work car quit running off highway at mcdonald drive thru, called tow, took car to dealership, they said was battery, i did not have this problem til had the software recall done, my husband is mechanic he said the mechanic probably did the software update without having another battery hooked up so it would not drain the battery in the car, told the service writer manager this tiger, he argued about the mileage on the car the car is a 2020, i would not have a problem with buying a battery had it occurred on its own, but this only happened after the recall service was done, how can a recall service be handed down to the customer for 299.99 + tax, when this was done by the service provider, this is my second kia and i will not be buying another one if this is what kias customer service is about, causing the problem.

Can't get oil change unless it's 2 weeks ahead of time Service department always says it booked up, Service department is real bad

I walked in to Kia of Kenner around 5pm tonight and told the lady at the front desk I was there to leave a car for Recalls. She pointed to the parts desk and told me to go see the girl at the desk. The girl was on the phone. I stood there for a few minutes and the guy in the booth next to her asked what I was there for. I said I was leaving a car with them. He said " are you picking up or dropping off"? I said "I am leaving a car with ya'll for recalls". He said "I think you need to go over there" (pointing across the room). I said "the lady at the front told me to go to this girl (on the phone). A few minutes later she got off the phone and asked what I was there for. I said "I am leaving a car for recalls". She replied, "Are you leaving a card?" I said "no, leaving a CAR" (loudly so could hear what I said). She said "Picking up or dropping off" (same as the other guy that didn't understand what leaving a car meant). I was very patient and calm, mind you, very quiet all the way through this point - it was about 10 minutes in. She said that she thinks that I needed to go see someone on the other side. I said to myself outloud with my hands up in frustration something like "Why is this so hard to understand" A guy who had been walking around in there, either a salesman or a manager says "man calm down, you don't need to get all dramatic and make a scene" I said to him while in disbelief of his comment "I'm not making a scene man, I just want to know who can help me to leave the car". He said "You don't have to talk to the lady (at the front) like that". I said "I am not just talking about her. All 3 people didn't understand what I said!" He repeated again and added "Don't come in here and act like Clown" I replied "Are you calling me a clown now?" He said "yeah, don't be a clown" so I told him "Man f**k you" and preceeeded to head to the door to leave and he came behind me saying, "you got a problem!" so I turned around and this man is in a threatening position with his hands up like he wants to fight. So, I said "so you are gonna come up behind me when I am leaving?!" He says "yeah you told me F**k you, so what you gonna do?" I replied "I said F**k You because you called me a Clown and now you are gonna come up behind me when I'm trying to leave?"
He kept his hands up in a threatening position after I showed no signs of being physical towards him or anyone else the entire time I was there, and he says "You messed with the wrong one", before I was out of the door"
Then he stepped outside behind me and walked right back inside.
I don't know who this guy is. I did not get his name but this is the most unapologetic, unprofessional experience I have ever had at a business. For him to actually put his hands up, is mindblowing.
And if I am correct I will even say he must have put on some brass knuckles as I was walking out before I turned aroun,d because it looked like that was on his hand when he was in the fight position.
This guy is a total psycho.
I left the dealership and brought the vehicle to the Harvey dealership for service and will be reporting this incident to corporate and the BBB

I walked in to Kia of Kenner around 5pm tonight and told the lady at the front desk I was there to leave a car for Recalls. She pointed to the parts desk where a girl was sitting and said to go see her. The girl was on the phone. I stood there for a few minutes and the guy in the booth next to her asked what I was there for. I said I was leaving a car with them. He said " are you picking up or dropping off"? I said "I am leaving a car with ya'll for recalls". He said "I think you need to go over there" (pointing across the room). I said "the lady at the front told me to go to this girl (on the phone). A few minutes later she got off the phone and asked what I was there for. I said "I am leaving a car for recalls". She replied, "Are you picking up or dropping off" (same as the other guy that didn't understand what leaving a car meant). I was very patient and calm, mind you, very quiet all the way through this point - it was about 10 minutes in.
She said that she thinks that I needed to go see someone on the other side. I said to myself outloud with my hands up something like "Why is this so hard to understand"
A guy who had been walking around in there, either a salesman or a manager says "man calm down, you don't need to get all dramatic and make a scene" I said to him while in disbelief of his comment "I'm not making a sence man, I just want to know who can help me to leave the car". He said "You don't have to talk to the lady (at the front) like that". I said "I am not just talking about her. All 3 people didn't understand what I said."
He repeated again and added "Don't act like Clown" I replied "Are you calling me a clown now?" He said yes, don't be a clown" so I told him "\and preceeeded to head to the door to leave and he came behind me saying, "you got a problem!" so I turned around and this man is in a threatening position with his hands up like he wants to fight. So, I said"so you are gonna come up behind me, following me when I am leaving?!" and he said "yeah you told me fuck you, so what you gonna do?" and I said " Yeah I told yoo fuck you because you called me a clown and now you gonna come up on me when I am trying to leave?"
He kept his hands up in a threatening position after I showed no signs of being physical towares him or anyone else the entire time I was there, and says "You messed with the wrong one", before I was out of the door"
Then he stepped outside and walked right back inside.
I don't know who this guy is. I did not get his name but this is the most unapologetic, unprofessional experience I have ever had at a business. For him to actually put his hands up, is mindblowing.
And if I am correct I will even say he must have put on some brass knuckles as I was walking out before I turned aroun,d because it looked like that was on his hand when he was in the fight position.
This guy is a total psycho.
I left the dealership and brought the vehicle to the Harvey dealership for service and will be reporting this incident to corporate and the BBB.

Good afternoon. I want to file a complain concerning a KIa sorento I purchased 6 yrs. ago. Unfortunetly my dashboard is all cracked without no reason. My car is basically new and I don't see why it is horribly cracked and it's also starting to crack on the glove compartment. I really need help because it is impossible that has happened to my new vehicle unless that's a recall.. I hope for a quick response

They seem to have a policy of ignoring potential customers. I’ve been ignored by a salesman, a manager, and customer service and Kia on Twitter now.

To whom it may concern:
On Wednesday, January 5, 2022, I went to the Kia Dealership on 100A Federal Road in Danbury, CT, to get an oil change and to have my tires rotated on my 2020 Kia Sportage. When I left, I noticed that they gave me someone else’s invoice. The work that was done was correct on the invoice, however, the name, make, color and vin # of my vehicle were different. I turned around and went back and I spoke to the Service Advisor. He asked for my email address, which I gave him (pvlps@aol.com) and my cell # (203-241-1347). He stated he would email me the correct invoice on this day or the next day, which was Thursday, January 6th. When I didn’t receive it on January 6th, I called them back and an answering machine came on for me to leave a message, which I did. I never received a call-back. I then called every day since then leaving numerous messages. I did finally speak to someone on January 7th who stated they will get the invoice to me, which never happened. My last call to them was Tuesday, January 11th. I left a message telling them that I have been calling every single day, sometimes more than once, leaving the same message, to no avail. My message today stated that if I didn’t hear back from them today, I was going to contact the Corporate Office so here I am. I have a company car and my company NEEDS the correct invoice from Kia. I don’t understand how no one returns phone calls. These are the , most incompetent people I have ever dealt with. MY COMPANY NEEDS THIS INVOICE IMMEDIATELY!
Paul Votto

Unbelievable incompetence! I purchased my car off-lease on October 14, 2021. TOday, January 10, 2022 I still do not the title to my car: Kia does.

I bought a Kia Seltos 2021. This is my third vehicle from the same dealer. I noticed from the time I got my first to the third vehicle is, that they give a lot of false information and they waste a lot your valuable time. I schedule and appointment for detail three times just for them to tell me, detail does not not have enough trims or not available and to keep rescheduling it. Well I just had it with Valley Kia of Fontana. They would never get my business again.

My account has been paid off since September of 2021 there’s an outstanding balance that needs to be paid to me from Kia and nothing has been done about it yet I’ve tried called multiple times and sent emails and nothing is being done very poor service I’m very unsatisfied

I had a recall on my 2013 Kia Optima in July it caused my engine to shut down it's been over 5 months I still don't have a car to drive it went from my engine then starter then battery now it's my transmission I really don't understand wasn't nothing wrong with my car before I had it towed to Larry Stovesand Kia in Carbondale my car was on the lot for 2 months I called just about every two weeks Shonna the service manager said it was in line to be fixed two months later Jenny told me to report my car stolen cause it wasn't on there lot I paid $180 to get it there they hadn't even registered it in Jenny called me back two hrs later they found my car it had been on the lot the whole time Jenny told me not to expect a miracle so I called the corporate office I can't get help from them either I'm still paying on this car it's been over 5 months and I'm still paying for a way to get to work and making payments I'm not a rich person I guess that's why I'm getting ignored but I'm not happy with the service manager or the rude workers at Kia even Troy was rude how can you be so cruel over a car that I still have to pay for that's not even working....I Pray For My Car Back I Can't Afford This I'll Never Buy Another Kia

Was having issues with my cars temperature gage going all the way to as hot as it can get while parked. Heat and air not blowing unless the car was in motion. Took the under warranty still Kia Sorento in to the dealership where they had it for days and said it was all fixed. Well it wasn’t. Took it back and now they state there is a blown head gasket and that unfortunately they would have to keep
My car at least a month. No
Loaner vehicles available and sorry. So a month comes and I receive a call, it’s all fixed. New engine rebuilt. Had the car 36 hours and while driving on the highway to work the car starts acting up, makes horrible noise and dies. Call Kia towing tell them the situation. They tell me towing is not covered, charged me 125.00 dollar towing fee. Call them today to find out what is wrong now and am notified that Kias engines are garbage and that I need another ENGINE!!!! This time it will take a minimum of two months!!! Call Kia Customer Service to see what options or remedies they can come up with and the “ Agent” basically tells me to go fly a kite, deal with it and there is nothing anyone will do for me. Great Job Kia!!

KIA Dealership (Wilson KIA) in Flowood Ms. has my NEW car OF 17,000 MILES and can't even look at for 3 weeks ! They claim to have no loaner vehicles which I AM ENTITLED according to my VERY EXPENSIVE WARRANTY ! They claim to be going thru ownership changes. This is causing me great distress due to my home has two people who work and one of them needs her car !!!! I would bet that THEY DO have loaners but those vehicles are being used by employees. I am very close to filing suit as it will be very difficult to keep going for another month or two !That car is our lifeblood. At the very least they can move monthly payments around so I can afford to rent a car ! No one is being helpful.

I have a kia Niro that you can smell gas in the oil it bellows smoke out the back end and coolant just flows out the back. I took it to summit place kia in auburn hill mi in Oct. 2021 from engine light on they reset it and said they couldn't find anything wrong. In Nov. 2021 I took it back to summit kia for the same problem they were going to send me home with the vehicle doing the same thing until I made the mechanic ride with me then he seen what I was talking about he said No one told me it was doing that.. I contacted kia Corp and spoke with 10 diffent people and a case # 14486243 handled by Britney 3 wks have gone by with No loaner and a bill from service for $1600. Still no msg or call from Britney at Kia Corp and No help from additional warranty purchased when I bought the car in 2017. I have purchased 3 cars from Kia since 2013 after this crappy and unprofessional service even with 100000 mile warrant kia has not lived up to there warranty and I won't purchase another KIA

I have just purchased a brand new 2022 telluride from this dealership and the car is completely broken. Every single light went on and the car doesn't even start. I had to get the car towed to the dealership. The car is not even a month old and they refused to be helpful. I have spoken to about 10 different people regarding a loaner, which is the least they can do, and now I can't even get that. They are incredibly disorganized and awful at dealing with customers. They sold us on their 'AMAZING WARRANTY', which we added additional warranty on the car yet we can't even be helped with a dead car that doesn't even start 3 weeks after purchase. I am SO frustrated with each person who was polite to us, but very unhelpful and gave fake promises and lied to us. I need this problem resolved and I will never buy a car from this dealership again. I wish I could give Dan O'brien Kia 0 out of 5 stars. All they care about is selling a car, which is clearly broken to a customer. I will be issuing formal complaints on the individuals who I have spoken with throughout this awful process as well.

Poor service... after a $902 bill I am still having mechanical issues with my vehicle.

Reimbursement from Kia for a rental on my recall as my contract stated.

I called on October 3 to make a payment and talk to kia about getting a defferment the first rep told me I qualified for 2 and after the payment went through I could call back and they could process them. I called vack and the lady was so rude did not want to honor the notes and refused to get me a supervisor worst experience ever. I plan on taking this to the top kia needs to honor what they tell you and I had been sick with covid. Train your people from overseas to be nice im.nice and expect the same.

My 2013 Kia optima caught fire while I sitting idle in the vehicle in a parking lot outside of an establishment in May of 2021. I started my vehicle, and was finishing up a phone call when I noticed smoke coming from my hood. When I opened the hood to investigate flames shot up from my engine. I called 911 and fortunately the fire department was close and we're able to put out the fire quickly and no one was hurt. If it hadn't been for the phone conversation keeping my attention, I would have taken off normally and the outcome could of been seriously different. I'm not sure what happens when you are actively driving a car that engulfs in flames but I imagine it's not pretty. There was a open recall on my car for a low pressure fuel tube malfunction that was thought to cause fires. The Kia dealership denied I had an open recall asked me to remove car from facility or they would tow it . They were low on space. . They said that they wouldn't cover my car for any reason anyway because it doesn't have the original engine it came with. The engine was replaced by Kia because of engine defect and recall but the local dealership could not see this car history. Eventually I was able to get a case opened with the corporate office and an inspection was done. They still denied me and no one was on the same page as far as car history. Was given the run around. The inspection report and estimate I have contradict one another. They spent 6 to tell me my cars problem is not there fault. They are unable and willing to answer my questions about inconsistencies.

I leased Kia seltos 2021. What a horrible car.It’s in the dealers work shop 3 times with the same problem, less than 9k miles.It just dies,starts rattling and stalls the transmission shuts off completely in the middle of the highway which is very dangerous.Manager of the service department Brain is very unprofessional.Car is in work shop for 4 days and no body is even calling me to let me know the progress.Ask for a loaner and they refused.Staff at Kia Karp in Rockville center ny got to get better.I’m very disappointed to how they’re handling this.I want to get out of this lease right away. Please I request someone to please get in touch with me to resolve this issue.

I have left 3 messages for both the General manager and Finance Officer to call me regarding issues I have with our sales agreement. After rushing thru the "signing process", and receiving the signed papers in the mail (approx. 1 to 2 weeks after the sale), I have noticed several items I have questions about and can not get anyone to call me back.

hello,
I took my car on Saturday for Service. (2016Kia Soul) I receive a letter to take my car to reset something in the engine or a sensor, but when we left we notice the car acting weird and a noise. Thank God we didn't take the freeway , because they left my hood open and I even notice some scratches in my globe compartment , that my car didn't have. I know my car is not a new car ,but still. The kids out side don't even know how to move the cars. This two kids one with short curly hair and the other skinny with glasses driving the cars like if they were toys. Get more professional people please and The mechanics to be more careful after they return the cars. Horrible Experience!!!!!!!!

I had a issue with my engine and looked up online and found out that there was a recall. I did not know about it because of my address being messed up with their account. Whomever updated my address only updated half of it. Called Kia they told me bring it in it would be fixed it's under the recall. Took it in I was then denied. Called other Kia dealership they told me to bring it in it be done. Denied again. Then they towed my car after I told them I was going to pay to get fixed.

Worst company ever. The number for Corporate Complaints is for roadside assistance and no one ever calls you back. I am still waiting for the corporate office to contact me.

They will not reimburse me for a car rental while my KIA 2015 SPORTAGEwas being fixed for 3 weeks at Bob Johnson Kia Rochester,NY as my contract stated. They lie to you.

Hollywood Kia customer service is the absolute worst. I been waiting over five months for a refund check. I left numerous messages and even went in person and still no refund check. The manager does not respond or return phone calls. I've bought five Suv's from them and this is how they treat me, one of their loyal customer. Do not purchase their warranties because when you try to cancel, you will get the run around.

My name is Sharon Peters and my complaint is Hollywood Kia in Pemroke Pines FL. I traded a 2019 Telluride for a 2021 Telluride and a 2020 Sportage for a 2022 Sportage in April and May 2021. I cancelled the tire and wheel warranty on both the old Suv's in April and May 2021. After many many calls and visits to Hollywood Kia, I finally received the refund check for the 2019 Telluride two week ago. I'm still waiting for the refund check for the 2020 Sportage. Again, I've called the dealership numerous times and left messages for the finance manager Mitchell and JC to call me and they do not call or respond to my calls about my refuund and I'm feed up with this dealership and how they treat their customers. i've bought five vehicles with Hollywood Kia and this will probably be my last. Please have someone check on my refund ASAP and get back to me. Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. My contact # 786 586-8588. Email petersmccall@bellsouth.net.

Michael Kia of Groton, CT “repaired” my front right light a few months ago. Little did I know, they caused a fire hazard and it was slowly catching fire the whole time. Had it second checked by a private mechanic after it went out on 19SEP21 and was informed that I had a fire hazard on my car. Great time!


I’ve never felt so bad after leaving a dealership. The service department we’re so arrogant. I was trying to fix and issues they became rude and argumentative. I do not appreciate the ladies that were represented KIA today

I had a oil light blinking ,I went to Phil Smith Kia for service. To say the least I was in a vounable state and very nervous ot thinking I let the sell me a wheel alignment, new new air and compartment filters, they tried to sell me a battery this car is a 2018 soul with 26000 miles they didn't find out what the the warrantee problem was until they finished the other work 8 spent 591 dollars they tried to tell me my battery needed replacing I said I will do it I took it to A1 !uto parts they said it check out perfect on their machine.at the end of th e day he said he blew out the oil pressure line.591 for alot of not needed repairs aI will ne er bring my car ba k to them again.anther 5hing I told them 5he take from a red light was sluggish the sold me injection service then after they were done he said that the problem was the type of transmission t h e car had. Crooks if you ask me the care is still sluggish on takeoff . This was done on 08/18/21

Just want to let you know you have lost a customer. I own a 2016 Sorento, which I purchased new from Kia of Evans (Georgia) and for the second time it is leaking water into the passenger floorboards due to a clogged drain. The service department has no desire to expedite the repairs, the first appointment they can give me is September 28. This is unacceptable. My car is being damaged daily by a design flaw and Kia's representatives in Evans do not care. I have reached out to a local repair service who will see my car tomorrow and who stated they will try to see if there is something that can be done to prevent the issue from reoccurring. Too bad the dealership service department didn't try that last year. I am very disappointed, I have enjoyed my car but now it seems as if the KIA brand is less reliable that I previously thought.

On August 6 at 12:12 PM I noticed that my car would not start. I proceeded to call the Kia roadside assistance and gave them the Vin number of my car The representative told me that my car was not covered for roadside assistance because I did not own an Optima I owned a Sorrento. He said that the Sorrento did not have coverage for roadside assistance I told him that I drive an Optima. He told me to get out of the car and go look at the back of it and tell him what kind of car I drove as if I don’t know what type of car I bought. This set the precedence for the rest of my calls for me not to have any faith in the Kia company since their employee had already accused me ofNot giving the right information. After I calm down I called back to the customer service department and I spoke to a very nice lady who helped me to look into the root cause of why your system would not allow me to have roadside assistance on my Optima. She came back after researching and told me that there had been a mixup and eight Sorrento was also listed under the same Vin number as mine in your roadside assistance system. She could not supply any information as to how this could’ve occurred other than just human error. I have worked in customer service for years and I understand how mistakes are made however the first person that I spoke to was very rude. After the lady found out what was wrong she got a manager involved and they were able to get the system worked out and get me approved to have my car towed however it did not get picked up until 5:30 PM. So now my car is sitting at a garage and I will not get it back until Monday so I am without a vehicle for the entire weekend because one guy decided that I did not know what type of car I drove and would not help me fix the issue. I have dealt with your customer service before and I’ve been pleased with the outcome. But due to one person’s action it has put me in a bad mood for the rest of the day and has made my faith in your company very low. I am hoping to get my car back soon but I am not sure what is wrong with it or how long it will take but it could’ve been completed today possibly without the delay I had somebody just took my word for what type of car I actually own.

Started contacting Kia on June 30th 2021Is for a power of attorney to register a least car in another state due to relocation Must have contacted Kia 20 times Absolutely no movement Kia finance and Kia titled apartment are 2 separate entitiesOne hand doesn't wash the other Is no way for them to contact them except for email And that's a croc If emailed all info needed to them 3 or 4 times they kept telling us they never received the email car has been sitting unregistered for over 35 days at this point in time of complaint Spoke to numerous supervisors Is God absolutely nowhere with any of them were told 5 different stories by 5 different reps including supervisors absolutely know action taken If you're thinking about leasing a Kia they're customer service rates below 0 They have a bunch of flunkeys answering the phone and absolutely no one has a clue what they're talking aboutAugust 3rd car still unregistered with no end in sight car will be dropped off at the Kia dealer and they can talk to my lawyer. It's definitely a breach of contract it's unusable on registerable and you know what will never buy another Kia

In 2019 I traded in my 2013 Toyota Camry for Kia Sorento LXW FWD. The sales rep was very pleasant, I think his name is Chris, he said he looks like Johnny Depp! He said as I was a single parent, he would help me get the best deal because he is also a single parent. We test drove a KIA Sorento VS and I liked it. My Toyota Camry was valued on Kelley Blue Book for $8,705. I didn’t realize until later that Chris traded my car for $8,000 and not $8,705. I had to also put $6,000 cash down. Chris said the car lease would cost $350/mo. This was too much as I wanted to pay below my current monthly finance payment which was around $260. Chris checked the inventory and said there is another car exactly the same as I drove in the same color and would do a deal. He said he could do this for $265 which I was happy with. We went to look at the car and he said everything is exactly the same except there is no individual ACs, heated seats and automatic seat adjustments. I took the wear and tear plan also which increased the payment to $295.79. Signed the deal! Over the next week or so I started to realize that I didn’t like the ‘feel’ of the car, e.g. when I put my foot on the peddle to accelerate it was slow to move and the car sound was not as smooth and sounded ‘grindy’. I also started to ask myself why am I paying too much for leasing a car? Especially as I traded in my car and put cash down! I started researching and went to another Kia dealer. I test drove a Kia Sorento VS and this car was smooth and had the amenities as the car I test drove at Stevens Creek. We talked numbers and I gave the exact numbers as was on the lease I signed. i.e. $8000 for trade in and $6000 cash down. The dealer quoted $260/mo for the VS! He also mentioned that 2019 cars come with privacy screen, which I did not get from Stevens Creek. I was also told that I didn’t need to put cash down either and said it would only mean you pay an extra $20 or so! Shockingly, when I went to Kia Stevens Creek website and did an online calculation and inputted all the same payment details for the car I have, cash down, trade in, etc. the cost was $129/mo. There were rebates included! I did not receive any rebates! Another example if I had full trade in value cost would have been $108/mo. (see screenshot) When I further researched, I found new cars get cash rebates/incentives, cash offers! I then started seeing TV adverts for the same car I have for $219/mo with less cash down at $3,650 and no trade in!! (see screenshot) I also phone Kia Customer Service and told them about this and had a case open with them but they recommended speaking to Kia Stevens Creek dealers first. I spent weeks trying to contact the General Manager, Tony whom I’m told is the most senior person I can talk to. He did call me back once, but we kept missing each other’s call. I then emailed him a few times over the months and did not receive a response. When seeing advertisements, I feel very much cheated and scammed by Kia Stevens Creek! Especially as I am a single parent. I did not get a good deal. I even emailed the President and CIO of Kia and did not get a response. I emailed James Bell, Head of Public Relations from Kia USA and received a response! He said “Our dealers are franchised members of our business and as such are not employees of Kia Motors America. A customer financial decision and contract is entered with the dealer as a separate entity...not Kia Motors America. A complaint such as your own would need to be taken to the dealer for any potential solution.” So, not even Kia HQ will get involved, knowing that Kia Stevens Creek cheated me!


I purchased a 2014 Kia sorento with around 60K miles on it. I drove it for about 2 years and put on 50K miles. The engine blew up with no warning, no dashboard lights nothing. I contacted kia about their goodwill program and they offerred me $2000 towards my $7500 repair bill. When I called to question the amount, the mean lady, Vicki in customer service, told me that it was nice of the dealership to offer that. She had no idea of the amount that was offered and had no notes from the supposed district manager. What a joke.

I am very agitated with KIA’s service. I took my car 3 weeks ago to have my horn fixed. They called me and told me to come get it, that they would have to order a new horn and that it should be in that following Wednesday. It is now 3 weeks later and they have not contacted me yet. I have contacted them 3 different times and all they tell me is the horn has not come in yet and they will give me a call. Another issue is when I returned to pick my car up, when I got home my son wanted to know what I had hit. I replied nothing. He then lifted my hood and found where they had taken 3 screws out and did not screw them back. They had left the screws on the outside of the car’s windshield. I even contacted the corporate office and received the same response ( I’ll call you back).

I purchased a new Kia Rio from Pitre Kia on 6/16/21. My temporary tags expire in 4 days, and no one has contacted me about picking up my license plate. I contacted them last week to ask what the deal was, and still no one has gotten back with me. This is making me very angry, as I wasn't pleased with the sales process to begin with. I need my car to make money, I do door dash, and if I can't drive it come Saturday because I have no current tags, that puts me in a really tough spot.

Hello
I had an accident at the beginning of April 2021 I go to see kia agency kram (bouchamaoui chabchoub) for the repair, they tell me that they must make a paying estimate deductible from the final bill; I leave the car, they make an estimate with 13 missing parts we check on computer the availability of parts; they confirm me that they are available and put aside for the preparation of my car and that it misses only two parts to order. They ask me to pay 50% of the amount of the 02 missing parts and I order them to arrive 01 month later. When I come back after more than a month and after continuous calls to which they never answer to see if the parts have arrived, they tell me yes they have arrived but we don't have an appointment for the repair before 15 days. they give me an appointment on paper to bring the car in for repair on the 28/06/2021; I show up the same day, I order a rental car whose driver comes to see me on the spot at the kia house and who has been paid for the 10 days of rental but a surprise awaits me: the head of the spare parts department as well as the lady at the counter had lied to me because the initial parts that were in stock are no longer in stock and should be ordered and waited for another 1 month or more The only pretext they had to tell me is that these two people will be absent for 14 days because they have the covid and in the meantime I don't know what to do and who will pay for the expenses; I can't even change branch to go and repair somewhere else because they made me pay for the estimate and the advance on the spare parts to demand that I only repair at their place.
I find only one explanation for this is the lack of seriousness and professionalism of the team of Kram accompanied by a nonchalance and involuntary work; already that the Tunisians pay enormously expensive cars because of the customs too high and if then we do not find a competent after-sales service nobody will ever buy from them since to take the money they are the first but to solve problems they are the last and more they take people for fools.
now it's almost three months later and I'm still at the starting point with nothing in my hands

I purchased a new Kia Soul in January of 2021. One of their selling points was a $400 rebate for veterans.The salesman informed me I would receive the rebate in about four weeks. When I didn't receive it I went back to Kia and they told me their was some problems and it would take three months. After tree months I went back again this time they said o give it about six months. After six months i went back again now they do not know what the problem is. So they give me a e-mail address to write to and assured me they would take care of it. I e-mailed them and got an auto response they received my e-mail and a representitive will get back to me in one or two business days. I emailed them twice and never heard a word from them.

I have a 2017 Kia Forte with barely 22,000 miles on it.
The service engine light came on in early May, was taken to Pomona Kia on 5/10 to be fixed.
I was told that the reading couldn't be found and told to return again if it came up.
The next day the service engine light went on again. I played phone tag with the service manager and finally got another appointment for 6/15.
The service engine light came on again 6/18. Obviously the issue is not being resolved and Kia offers no rental cars for an extended stay.
I had a 2011 Kia Forte that was in a near fatal car accident with over 124,000 miles never with any issues.
I am being sent to Kia Covina on Monday 6/21 to hopefully get the issue resolved.
Note: Between my wife and 2 older daughters we have owned six Kia's since 2011. If needed I will turn this one in under the lemon law!
Don Millsap

I bought the vehicle on May 2nd, and I put down $23,000.00 and KIA gave $9,000.00 for my trade in. Until this day the 15th of June I do not have a legible tag. I tried to reach the financing manager to see if I can just pay the balance of what I owe on the Seranto 2021 and instead of making payments, being overcharge for the price that the vehicle was sold to me, so far no has reach out to me to work things out, this is my first time buying a KIA and all I want is to be part of the solution and not the problem.
Thank you
Rose Nieves

I have a 2019 kia Forte with 19000 miles and it dies while driving and sometimes jerks when I am driving it I have taken it to Kia and they can not find anything wrong so I tried again to have it looked at and wanted 300 just to look at. So I took it to a different shop and found out it needs a torque converter. Every kia in my area has a 3 week out to get it in and they all still need to look at it and want the 300. And also they are saying the part is not covered.

It is two days that I am unable to drive my vehicle due to the temporary tag expired and I have called, sent emails and spoken to 4 customer service rep, it is now 19:00 and I haven't received no response. This is ridiculous that's two days that I have to carpool because I am unable to drive my own car to work. The complaints that I have sent through email not respond, then when they see the complaints then customers calls, listen but no solution. It's amazing that the down payment I've gave was cash quickly but to get a issue resolve does not work the same way. I did not buy a new vehicle to be parked in the garage. If not I will send emails to the next level.

First, I had taken my Kia Rio to the service Department (Had it towed) due to the fuel ignition system. It was VERY hard to start and it was missing and it was admitting WHITE exhaust. They said they could not find the problem, let it run and tried to say it was BAD gas. TWO months later it was missing and trying to stall. Prayed the whole time I got it two the dealer and they found the problem. It was still under warranty (that was good) Said it would be until the next day. I explained I was planning to go out of town (3 day holiday) WELL, kept waiting that Friday for a call and I had to call that late afternoon. They returned my call and said the automaniac worker had to leave for an emergency. I understand that, BUT why did they not call me before, It was a three day weekend, I had to FIND a ride to work because I was promise the NEXT day to get my car, and they did not even OFFER ME the option of a car to use because FIRST it was Kia's faulty ignition system (I understand about flaws) and it was like I do not care attitude from the workers (NOT the Head of Service department) ONE worker asked why did I not have a COUPON. FIRST it was KIA's First should have provided me a car, SECOND, they did not offer me an option to rent one (WHICH was late in the DAY) and offer to reimburse the rental fee. IF it was something like schedule maintenance that would take a while, I would have done that, BUT it was manufacture on the ignition/Fuel system. I do not understand while ALL the Kia Dealers so NOT have a car rental option on the site. They do in Greer SC, IF I would have called and explained what was going on with the issues of my car not running well, I would have been TOLD (from customer service) You did not schedule an appointment, so it may not have been seen for few days. I work for type of customer service and they would have tried, not to just blow me off. They Head of the Service Department was nice and understanding and did not know they was doing this.
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