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Would that work? Or once you cross the border, you'd lose the America's best warranty? True, OEM's don't seen to be concerned about customer satisfaction. The image can and does go a long way in whether other would even consider the brand or model based on our experience(S). I know my friends bought a Hyundai XL AWD in 2019 based on my selections presented along with the extended warranty they also selected. That part paid off as a number of costly repairs were needed around 140k to 150k. Kia charges a hefty price around $6000 more in purchasing the vehicle for a warranty matching the USA standard or a bit more km'sI tend to agree that Kia/Hyundai is dumb to give America such a long warranty, but not doing it else where.
Wouldn't it be easier to just make all of your products the same? Unless cars assembled else where were put together at a lower quality?
Also, this car theft incident has probably done more costly damage to their brand. The class action law suit fine is probably just pocket change to them.
I do believe Hyundai/Kias are building better cars and even better looking cars than Honda Toyota, however, I do beginning to find their corporate ethical standards a bit questionable. The very 1st thing I found annoying about my cars is the trip computer would consistently over inflate mpg #s. If I do the math myself by using the miles and divided by the amount of gas put in, my #s are always lower than what the trip computer said. My Honda/Acura #s would always be closer. I think Hyundai got sued about this as well a while back...
I'm overall happy with my vehicles, but I suppose my next car doesn't have to be a hyundai/kia. You canadians should just buy from US?
Condescending much! Some of us buy the lower trim levels to avoid complicated computer related problems when that keyless system fails. You might be shocked to know that you can actually get the better engine (V6) in an LX model and I don't have to put up with all the electronic nannies that come with the higher levels. Some of us learned to drive when you actually had to pay attention and exhibit some level of skill to operate a motor vehicle and not let the car do the thinking for you so you could put in more time on your phone instead of watching the road. I had a new C7 Corvette with all the geehaws - GM ended up buying that car back because of all the things that went wrong with the "upscale" version - never again. I had a Acura NSX that while sophisticated, had yet to incorporate all the nannies and it was one of the finest cars I ever owned, wish I had kept it.I think adding a simple club or something should do the trick to send the tictok kids away? Surely they'd be too lazy to saw the steering wheel off in order to get the club off?
I also think the moral of the story is to not buy the cheapest model on the lot. If you can't afford a new Kia with push button and factory alarm, then buy used. No need to buy new cheap cars. I get the sense that Kia just slapped these cheaper models together and did not put too much thought into them. Besides these security measures, same with engines of cheaper models too, right? Also, the stories of having to annually replace rear light bulbs?!?!?
I am super happy with my Sorento; however, if I buy another Kia, I'd be sure it has push button start with alarm, LED lights and the V6 engines. If someday they were to get rid of their 10yr/100k mi warranty, then I'd probably go back to Honda.
Their way of doing things at the moment really does not inspire confidence.
