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Dont Believe the Warrantry Hype 2000


Date:February 7, 2007, 4:53 am
Name, Location:Alan Carlile, Arizona
Vehicle:Kia Sportage
Year:2000
Modification:Kia sportage
General comments:I have had the 2000 Kia sportage 4x4 for 7 years. two of thos eyears however it wasnt driven as I was overseas. The first 80,000 miles it was fairly good requiring no major work. But on way to Arizona, it suddenly lost much of its power. Climbing hills at 20 to 30 MPH. Almost didnt make it up the Grapevine in California. Took it to the Big Bell Kia in Phoenix. What a waste of time and money that was. Nobody there could figure what was wrong. There was a crack in the exhaust manifold so they figure that was the problem, so we replaced it at 400 bucks. Didn't fix it. So they replaced all spark plugs and wiring, oxygen sensor. another 200 bucks, still not running right. Must be the timing belt i was told even though I had replaced it recently. Kia recommends it be replaced every 50,000 miles. I had it replaces 30,000 miles ago, but since it was over 12 months they said it was not covered by warranty. Turns out even though they recommend replacement every 50K, it is only warranted for 12K. So 600 bucks later the Kia still runs just like it did when I took it in. Now we are up to 1000.00, and we still have not made any progress on original problem. These so called professional mechanics seem to use the trial and error method. Now they think it may be the transmission for another 800.00. Maybe that will fix it. Had I known they would try everything under the sun to repair it, I would have traded the beast in for a Honda, and used the 1800.00 for a down payment. I tmay never be right again.
What things have gone wrong with the car:Transfer case, brakes, timing belt twice, oxygen sensor twice, exhause manifold cracked in three places from uneven torque on bolts. I have never toucched it so dont know how they got uneven.
Previous car:Honda Acoord

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