Hyundai Motor Group (HMG) Problems
They’re renowned for having issues all over the globe, including Asia.
Like Chuck said above, my daughters 2013 Santafe Sport engine IMPLODED when I took it to get pizza for the family!!!!!! Had 70k miles and was over maintained by me! Incredible!!!! Luckily Hyundai covered with and entire NEW longblock replacement. Took 9 weeks due to pandemic crap with logistics and boats sitting in the harbor. Hate to say it but NOBODY is more committed to Quality than the Japanese. I worked as an engineer in product development with them on new product designs and they were all about "root cause" and "counter measures" when fixing and qualifying design issues. I guess thats why I now have Honda and Toyota products.
Kia had to replace the engine in this Sorento 9 times, and the transmission 4 times.
https://www.thedrive.com/news/600k-mile-kia-sorento-driver-milks-10-year-warranty-for-9-engines
If it were an old Toyota it would be on the ORIGINAL engine!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSwA-6CWY6U
KIA SOULS ARE HYBRIDS= They burn gas AND OIL!!!! LOL!! 🤣 🤣 😆 😪 😝 😜
Rash of HMG car fires in Texas
Car safety advocates say the recall is too limited.
" ... there's a much larger universe of vehicles -- somewhere in the millions -- that they've chosen not to recall that continues to put drivers of vehicles at the same risk as those for whom they issued the recall," says Levine.
The recall doesn't include the King's car. The 2011 Hyundai Sonata that burst into flames on FM 1431 in Round Rock was recalled, repaired and still caught fire."
Jason Levine, executive director for the Center for Auto Safety.
The Kia Carnival (Sedona) has a Lambda engine which is known for rattling valves which are very expensive to fix. It has been recalled for fires, over and over. The thing is, Kia doesn't know how to make engines. They've recalled six million vehicles just since 2015 for fire risk, and millions more are under investigation now (right up to current models). Their engines and transmissions often fail or catch fire days after leaving the factory. They've been fined a quarter of a billion dollars, because they knowingly ignore problems, and paid billions more in settlements to affected customers to shut them up.
- https://www.consumerreports.org/car-recalls-defects/kia-sedona-minivan-recalled-fire-risk/
- https://mednews365.com/kia-recalls-vehicles-for-fire-risk/
Kia is in hot water.
Coworker recently lost an engine in her Kia Soul at 70,000 miles.
She said they replaced it with no question.
Had to wait several weeks because of an engine backlog.
2021 with 4K miles. HVAC box cracked, causing water to drain onto the floor.
A month after I bought my brande new 2021 Camry, I parked next to a Hyundai Sonata in front of a coffee shop. The Sonata suddenly started smoking. I moved my car out of the way just minutes before the Sonata turnes into a fireball.
Another Scotty listener's Hyundai makes the news.
" I purchased a 2017 hyunfai sante fe ... It had 66k miles on it ... burned down to the ground."
https://carkiller.com/scottykilmer/qa/mazdas-2/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHdf3Sah6GE
You can’t make this stuff up.
It's like a joke that never ends. Now 2023 Hyundai's are being recalled for catching fire. How are they still in business?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yclXiHGbn8
Fire started by 2018 Hyundai Elantra parked next to 100 year old house.
The family sleeping inside became trapped and narrowly escaped. Kids had to be dropped off the deck.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0ZEXcBO42Q
Mother who watched son burn to death in SUV fire joins calls for answers from Kia, Hyundai
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/calls-for-answers-from-hyundai-kia-following-recalls-1.5200078
Not sure if this is the right place to post this but…just worked a phone shift at a local agency. Every, I mean every, call I got from a recovered stolen vehicle owner was either a Hyundai or Kia. Mostly Hyundai, and mostly Elantra. Haven’t done a phone shift for a very long time so I didn’t expect this. It used to be a mixture of older Civics and F150s and Silverados and some other cars. I read about it and watched Scotty’s videos mentioning the immobilizer (or lack of), but I just can’t believe it’s been so long and Hyundai is doing nothing to help these poor vehicle owners. People having to take time off from work to get their cars back and having to pay tow/storage fees and all kinds of hassle. Absolutely infuriating. 😡
It's shameful, no doubt. I'm no fan of Hyundai.
But most owners should be aware of this problem by now. Why aren't they taking steps to secure their vehicle?
Maybe they're hoping for an insurance payout.
Just in case you still had any ideas of buying a korean car.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNWydj8H-Vg
Canadian Hyundai dealership senior tech takes a photo of the engine graveyard behind their building.
These are low-miles Theta (some Nu) engine blocks with trashed cylinder bores (unusable).
He advises people not to go to the "wrong" dealerships. There's even rumors of Hyundai sliding dealership owners some "incentives" under the table for brushing off customers on lame stuff like lack of paperwork.
Hi there Scotty, I just discovered a major problem with my brand new 2022 Kia Soul EV. I saw this video on YouTube where the guy explained that essentially his re-gen and regular brakes failed without warning and almost caused him to crash. And it was a brand new one like mine as well. There have also been other reports of older Kia Soul electrics with this same problem happening to others. And one person was unfortunately not so lucky and they hit someone. Anyways, this guy in the video also mentioned that Kia has done nothing to address the problem and when the guy contacted the company directly they wouldn’t respond too him. And the dealership service where he got the brakes fixed was crappy as well, which is also the same case where I live when we bought the car. Anyways, now I’m concerned for my moms safety as it’s her car. We do have a 10 year 160,000km warranty, but I’m not sure what to do. Should I not worry about it too much unless it happens? Or if I see this problem continue should I try and get my mom to trade it in for a different car like a Prius or a RAV4 Prime? We are required to keep the car until next august if we want to get the government incentives. We’re in Canada just fyi. Here is the video down below and the forums of other people explaining this problem. Let me know what I should do. https://youtu.be/ou9fAQO0GOM
https://www.kianiroforum.com/threads/brake-failure.2105/
https://www.reddit.com/r/KiaNiro/comments/d6y80d/check_regen_brake_noticebrakes_failed/
Hi Scotty
Regards from southwestern Africa (Namibia).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFzJeoQ8nXw
Can you please view your honest opinion on this matter of these Hyundai and Kia's catching fire?
How do you find yours in a shopping mall parking lot? Look for the smoke.
Santa drives a Kia Sorento. It's parked outside his Florida vacation retreat. He put a GDI turbo emblem on the back door so would be thieves would pass his up and steal one of his neighbors cars.
I have had two potential fire hazards on the 4 Hyundai/Kia's I have owned. Luckily I found them before they went up. One was a leak in the fuel rail on a 2011 SantaFe. Fuel was being spraying all over the engine compartment. The second was on my Sorento which was brand new at the time. The brake fluid reservoir had a crack in it that was leaking brake fluid on the exhaust manifold. Both were recall items and were fixed by the dealers for free. That doesn't help much if the car goes up in flames before you catch it. I religiously inspect under the hood once a week and I keep up with the maintenance. I traded in two Hyundai's in the last two years and got two Kia's. Both had over 150K but were still in good working order. That being said they are cheap cars. People who buy them think because they are cheap they don't need maintenance.
By the way Toyota's are having fires also. These GDI systems the car companies are using are pressurizing the fuel at insane levels. Any leak can start a fire in seconds. The other fire hazard trend in all cars is the percentage of plastic being used on the engines. Intake manifolds. radiators and oil filter manifolds are all plastic. Plastic cracks and breaks and that's where the fire hazards start.
Responsible spokesmen with opposing view points are welcome to comment.
Here is my question. How do the car companies get away with making the emergency brake electric? Isn't the emergency brake supposed to be functional no matter what goes wrong with the car? What happens if there is an electrical system failure? Wouldn't that render the emergency brake useless? Is this the way all cars are going?
Just don't tell my wife. {black}:sweaty:
Hyundai car maker's are absolutely lazy!!The lowbeam headlights are not adjusted properly at the plants.Why?The purchaser has to get them adjusted to see at night!! Hyundai car maker's Suck!!!
Another Scotty listener's experiences
I still remember going to the Kia parts department in a local dealer a couple of years back. There was a pile of engines in a corner. Had to be 50 of them with holes in the sides. I asked about them and was told it's the turbos. They are blowing up right and left.
@mrbob Considering that turbocharger technology has been pretty common for around 40 years now that's truly ridiculous and speaks of incredibly poor quality. (My turbocharged engine is 28 years old with over 370,000 miles and is still going strong.)