Complaint Review: Kia Motors - Joplin Missouri

Look, I have owned US cars of every company and some foreign ones in my life. Let me make myself clear, I own my SECOND KIA IN A ROW now !! That's right. Nothing but problems every month with the Fords and Dodge Chryslers. But Kia,............... Low Low Price for a good reliable vehicle. Sure Kia had some negative press in past few years but so did all of its Japanese Rivals once upon a time and instead of sticking their heads in the sand like the YUGOS, they toughed it out, increased their warranty, and built today far superior autos than most competitors priced under 30 thousand, especially anything made just a few years ago. Sure you can get a state of the art anything else, but why? Unless your Net Income is Big Enough to support it. I'm not paid by Kia nor affiliated, except for the part of being an honest customer. Thank you.

Look, I have owned US cars of every company and some foreign ones in my life. Let me make myself clear, I own my SECOND KIA IN A ROW now !! That's right. Nothing but problems every month with the Fords and Dodge Chryslers. But Kia,............... Low Low Price for a good reliable vehicle. Sure Kia had some negative press in past few years but so did all of its Japanese Rivals once upon a time and instead of sticking their heads in the sand like the YUGOS, they toughed it out, increased their warranty, and built today far superior autos than most competitors priced under 30 thousand, especially anything made just a few years ago. Sure you can get a state of the art anything else, but why? Unless your Net Income is Big Enough to support it. I'm not paid by Kia nor affiliated, except for the part of being an honest customer. Thank you.

Look, I have owned US cars of every company and some foreign ones in my life. Let me make myself clear, I own my SECOND KIA IN A ROW now !! That's right. Nothing but problems every month with the Fords and Dodge Chryslers. But Kia,............... Low Low Price for a good reliable vehicle. Sure Kia had some negative press in past few years but so did all of its Japanese Rivals once upon a time and instead of sticking their heads in the sand like the YUGOS, they toughed it out, increased their warranty, and built today far superior autos than most competitors priced under 30 thousand, especially anything made just a few years ago. Sure you can get a state of the art anything else, but why? Unless your Net Income is Big Enough to support it. I'm not paid by Kia nor affiliated, except for the part of being an honest customer. Thank you.

Look, I have owned US cars of every company and some foreign ones in my life. Let me make myself clear, I own my SECOND KIA IN A ROW now !! That's right. Nothing but problems every month with the Fords and Dodge Chryslers. But Kia,............... Low Low Price for a good reliable vehicle. Sure Kia had some negative press in past few years but so did all of its Japanese Rivals once upon a time and instead of sticking their heads in the sand like the YUGOS, they toughed it out, increased their warranty, and built today far superior autos than most competitors priced under 30 thousand, especially anything made just a few years ago. Sure you can get a state of the art anything else, but why? Unless your Net Income is Big Enough to support it. I'm not paid by Kia nor affiliated, except for the part of being an honest customer. Thank you.

With all the gas-price gouging going on in Honolulu, a few people I know are looking to buy new cars. Out of the four new cars bought so far, only one insisted on buying a Korean car, a Hyundai. This person (a woman)knows absolutely nothing about vehicles except the "great financing and low price" of Korean junk and wouldn't hear anything else, but I did talk the other three out of KIA. I don't know if I've hurt the dealer though, they all sell various brands. I told the Hyundai buyer not to bring it to me when it breaks.

My dad figured it out Kia has a meaning. Korea Invades America. nuff said.

Pretty colorful report! It's nice you can keep your sense of humor after all that. I know a guy who's brother-in-law sells these cars. When I was looking for a used Camry in the $10k range (in 1998), he kept telling I could buy a BRAND NEW car for the same price with a great warranty. To finally shut him up, I showed him an issue of Consumer Reports giving it a horrible review. It was interesting how people rationalize. He kept insisting any problems are covered. You couldn't go wrong. He thought I was stupid to buy a used car from a private owner! ("What if it breaks? You have no warrantee!") I just insisted you don't need one. Many Hondas/Toyotas are built well and with quality parts. Heck, my last car was my brother's '84 Accord and I got rid of it when it was 15 years old, with over a quarter million miles. (I bought it for $1,000.00, 7 years old at the time, with 140,000 miles on it.) Never broke down, never left me stranded. That car was over-engineered. Perhaps The Great Thorn will respond to your woes.