Glenn Green
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…