KIA Sportage Engine Problems... disaster cover up with Sportage Mild Hybrid engines? 

As I’ve said before older cars were better built than the brittle complicated things they make today.

I'm a Kia trained tech. This is a well known problem thats been going on for over 3 years now. The alt belt tensioner seizes up which puts so much load on the belt it snaps the woodfuff key off on the end of the crankshaft causing the cam timing to go out of sync meaning the valves and pistons collide. i strongly suspect the dealer referred to in the video is Bolton Kia as I know at one point they had over 50 on site and a lot of the parts are on back order from KIa. N.B Dont think they replace the engine after this failure, its rebuilt using as many of the old parts as possible. We had one guy whos engine failed at around 2,000 miles, we lent him a vehicle as he was going on holiday and half way there the engine failed on that as well!!

In reality if governments would allow a little less efficiency and a little more displacement the reliability of these small cars would go up and people would get a better value overall. But I’m not the WEF.

A good lesson to stay away from the mild hybrid. We have exactly the same car, 1.6 diesel, but without the hybrid tech and have never had any issues.

Hi Geoff. Don’t know if someone has commented this already but it’s the mild hybrid system causing the issue… 48 volt starter/generator is a much more demanding component than any other, which is putting extra strain on the engine and braking the crankshaft pulley/bolt causing catastrophic failure

There is a bigger issue that most German cars indicators don't work

It's not just Kia and it's nothing new. My parents' 2002 Passat had a serious issue with the brakes where they would fail in cold weather. Main dealer kept returning the car saying 'No Fault Found' and they couldn't identify the fault. A 5 minute search on the well-known search engine revealed it WAS a well-known fault in colder climes, but VW wouldn't admit to it because, being brake related, they'd be compelled to recall. (It was caused by water droplets freezing in the servo vacuum chamber). VW cheating? Who'd have thought...??

Whilst my Kia was in the garage for 9 months for repair, I had a hyundai tusson from enterprise (paid for by Kia) this is the same as a Sportage with. Mild hybrid engine and it also suffered the same problem. it is made in the same factory as the mild hybrid sportage.

My old Hyundai has the 1.6 diesel engine, but with chain-driven cam. The latest version has belt cam. It has done 262,000 miles, engine has barely been touched apart from regular oil changes. Still has original DPF, EGR valve, glow plugs, injectors.

Moral of the tale is new cars are junk white goods. Keep a banger on the road instead, for less damaging on the pocket and your time.

My daughter has one. she bought it and 3 days later the timeing belt went like you said. within 2 days they gave her a new car with less miles. .

Hi! I'm Anthony from Barcelona and probably our case has nothing to do with what's happened in England, but our lawyer has said we need to look for similar cases, and your video seems to explain this. So far I haven't found anything similar here in Spain . In our case it's also a 2018 Sportage Mild Hybrid which we have as a renting through CaixaRenting (from the big Catalan Bank, la Caixa). We started renting at the end of 2020, and about a year later, entering Barcelona by the motorway suddenly it lost power (electrical power), we lost control of the steering, the engine stopped and the emergency lights didn't even work. Fortunately two patrols of the Guardia Urbana helped us out until the Tow away truck simply jump started the car and told us not to stop until we got home! The Kia mechanic said they didn't find anything wrong and updated the software. Well...two months ago exactly the same thing happened, incredibly again without causing an accident (we don't want to test any theory of third-time unlucky!). This time the man from the tow away truck refused to let us go home in the car as he said it was too dangerous. But again the next day the Kia mechanic called to say they couldn't find anything wrong and that they had updated the software. We asked for a guarantee that it wouldn't happen again, but they refused! We've now been fighting both Kia and CaixaRenting to replace the car, but they refuse - the problem has only happened twice. We don't want to go to court - it's slow and expensive and no guarantee to win, but they said it would help to pressure the bank or Kia if we could show that other people have problems with the car. We don't want to risk our lives again, but we are also worried that other people maybe risking their lives and they don't know it, because the problem is absolutely random. Has anybody out there suffered something similar? Thanks!!

I would say stopping on the 4th lane of a motorway is a major issue 😏😂

Had a kia ceed 1.6 crdi from new and not had a single fault with it, 71k miles now and I'd happily buy another

Known of these issues for a while now as I watch Scotty Kilmers channel and Hyundai and Kia's in America have had engine, transmissions and other issues with their cars.

Geoff, you need to highlight the disaster that is the PSA 1.2 Puretech as installed in Citroens, Peugeots and Vauxhalls. Cambelt runs in oil, disintegrates and blocks the oil pickup resulting in low oil pressure and eventually engine failure.

Wow, some of these comments. Kia and Hyundai are generally amongst the most reliable car brands out there, regularly coming top or near the top of reliability surveys. Yes, they have got this one wrong, and a large number of Sportage and Ceed 1.6 diesel hybrids have been affected. They are not trying to cover it up at all (I work at a Kia dealership, and we are completely open about the matter with our customers), and are repairing every single one, free of charge, and paying for an alternative 'courtesy' vehicle in the meantime. Yes, it's annoying, yes sometimes there is a wait for the spare parts, but they are not trying to hide the problem, or refusing to pay for anyones repair. All this 'class action' talk is ridiculous, the vehicle owners are not being asked to pay. I have worked in the industry since the late 1980s, and can say first hand that there are many, many less reliable car brands out there - and they're usually the expensive ones...

After 8 years of ownership kia sportage crdi 2016 and had my car service every year.. My kia acceleration was losing power if you wanted instant power l. It felt sluggish especially going up slight hill.They found out my My EGR needed to be replaced with a new one. Its clogged over time especially if your running diesel. I paid them $1700 thats all included labor cost and parts. Drop car off at 730am at the kia dealership. At 11am they msg me car is ready for pick up. After picking up the car and tested out the acceleration, mann it accelerates like a v6 turbo or instant power. Can really hear the engine rev like i never seen. Very quick off the line. Just keep in mind easy to go over speed limit.

Funny how a brand new Kia can be so much more unreliable than my 53 year old Triumph 1300, which only has 47,300 miles on it's original engine. It has had a couple breakdowns since I bought it nearly two years ago, but the engine has always been fine.

As we have been manufacturing cars for more than 100 years, you would think that we might have got it right by now. In a less corrupt, greedy and perverted world, they would never, or hardly ever, break down. They should also easily last for more than 20 years without major issues. Great reporting Geoff. Of course, it's all just a conspiracy theory in reality. Ha ha.

I hadn’t heard about this but in many ways it speaks to a bigger issue. There have been a number of accidents where in self driving mode, Tesla’s “phantom brake” because they use cameras (rather than a radar system) and they see something that isn’t really there. ANYTHING that is causing vehicles to regularly fail should be addressed by the regulatory authorities as they are potentially life threatening.

3 motor of my electric windows was covered on the 7th year warranty. On the 8th year my expired warranty, 4th electric window passenger finally died. It cost about around $860 for the parts and labour cost to replaced. Yes its all on your own now after 7yrs warranty is finished.

Mate has a fairly new Kia Sportage, which recently needed a new steering rack - as it was clunking! They delt with it well, apparently at no cost to my mate - but would have been a couple grand outside of warranty!

I own a Kia Ceed 1.6 petrol gdi engine. I have owned for 4 years, done over 100k on the clock. I have had no issues with it. The car has been very reliable.

Friend of mine has a brand new Ssangyong Tivoli. He drove to the local shop and when he restarted there were no instruments. Called RAC (cover with vehicle) and when the bloke got there nothing wrong. It happened again and he crept home without any instruments, no speedo. Gives you a lot of confidence doesn't it? I do wonder whether these vehicles are getting too complicated, and is it necessary? Still driving a Landcruiser FJ80, 27 years old, still going. I've got a '33 Plymouth that is more reliable than these modern cars.

Having a friend who works as a master tech at kia and having discussed this i was wondering when it may surface in the news.

Most people don’t understand how dealerships work - most are franchises, they can make decent money from the manufacturers by replacing parts under warranty. A good dealership will fight on your behalf to get a warranty claim authorised .

It happened to my 'brand new' Tucson too. Same Engine, same problem. Took Hyundai 5 months to source a new engine. It is sold now, thankfully.

I’ve got the 1.6d mild hybrid and I’ve got to be honest so far so good. It’s now nearly 2 years old and has just done 14k. On the last (first) inspection (3 year lease plan) I was informed that there was a few small jobs to be done due to a recall on this model. I wasn’t told what exactly as I didn’t ask, however, after watching this video I’m starting to get nervous about it. Right now my wife and mother in law are the other side of the country from where we live and as they have the car with them I’ll regularly be checking up on them. Thanks for the video (information) I’ll keep a close eye on things. Paul, Maesteg.

Older cars were built up to a standard....Newer cars are built down to a price

Great, happy I hold on to my 20 year old RAV4. Awesome vehicle.

Yep I'll be hanging onto my 30 year old volvo 940 red block for as long as I can

That must have been terrifying on the M6! Wow. I have a 2017 Sportage that’s now done 50k miles. It’s a 1.6 standard diesel with no mild hybrid and no Ad Blue. It’s been absolutely bullet proof for me and hasn’t let me down yet. They must have seriously messed up the mild hybrid tech! I hope that man manages to get a refund and/or some form of compensation.

In 2007, I bought an ex-demo Mazda 6, 2L turbo diesel that was 3 months old. Beautiful car until 2 years later, when it suffered a diesel runaway event, because the oil level in the sump had risen, due to an ill thought out DPF system. Checking the internet, I found that I was one of many people who had suffered this, and had got nowhere with their claims with Mazda. I cut my losses and traded my car at an independent dealer at a roughly 6K loss. How many Mazda 6 Diesels do you see on the road today? I'm guessing none.

My 2019 Kia Sportage GT line 2.0 diesel drives like a dream. 😊

My local kia dealer in wakefield has a similar number of vehicles stired. The problem appears to be a keyway on the crankshaft that can not cope with the hybrid system. The same engine in non hybrid version is no problem. There must be hundreds off the road.

The kia owners club has reports of this on brand new cars last year. The most shocking part is the terrible lack of response from kia. Several owners report rejecting their new cars as a result.

I have one and it went in August at 9 months old . It made a high pitched squealing noise and it was obvious there was a problem so called them . The advice was don't start it , it was recovered into dealer who was honest enough to say it may be a long job . However it was away for only 10 days as I had obviously caught it in time and they just did the belt tensioner etc kit . There were others there not so lucky . The dealer was very good but the folk handling the warranty aspect for Kia ( RAC) never managed to sort us a courtesy car but i think that was down to it being summer also . It was aboutto become an argument but we got word it was going to be ready shortly . The RAC guy said that it was common but so were certain things on all Ford's and certain Mercs for instance. I will say this about the car , its very good and is great on fuel and would have another in a heartbeat. I also say that about the 64reg diesel Rav4 and the 2.0dci Qashqai we have had since new in 2010 with 179k on the clock which still goes like stink and is decent on fuel but no where near the Sportage. Ps our first Qashqai missed on the trip home after collecting it new and they had to change ecu at 4k miles as they couldn't find the fault.

I have a Hyundai Tucson, 2016 2.0 4wd, after buying it the car spent almost the 7days in the dealership as the DPF had clogged again, that day alone the dealer said they had 17cars that day with clogged dpf's, after doing a forced regen I went for a drive to check the car, almost immediately the dpf light came on - back to the garage we went for another forced regen, then another test drive, guess what - back to the garage again for another forced regen.....according to the technicians their getting 20+ cars a day with clogged dpf's. According to Hyundai UK, this is not an issue although all this work was carried out free of charge, so if they spent 4hrs on my car for free and 20+ other cars a day how much is this costing Hyundai and why has the issue not been resolved. At the last visit they wanted to keep the car for 3days to get Hyundai Technical involved but they couldn't say if the issue would be sorted or how much them having my car for 3days would cost me....

I run a 2006 Santa Fe 2.0 crd at 200k. It is on 2nd engine but to be fair the Bosch fuel pump filled the 1st with diesel leading to its death.I feel that adding more and more eco systems is killing modern cars.they seem to do less mpg and engine failures seem more common than 15 years ago.

You're making re payments on the vehicle through a so called "loan" You're at equity with these agents... Stop making repayments and dsar the agent (lender) for all data that has your name on it... At some point (they'll fob you off at first) but they have to comply with the dsar, so eventually you should get all the document with your name on it... If you don't get the document that exposes that your arrangement is actually an express trust, not a loan, they're breaking the law and the fines are massive... If they comply with the dsar they're going to expose themselves as fraudulent, making you make re payments on a trust, and that no loan existed in the first place.. Making them "not trustworthy" and at equity without clean hands. Ever wandered why you make re payments... Not payments on a "loan" repayment is payment twice...! They've already been paid... Banks have never lent a single penny ever.... Period! they facilitate credit and create the currency by doing so! just saying. 👍 🤷🏼‍♂️

I had a similar issue. I have a leased 1.6 turbo diesel mild hybrid automatic 2021 model. Out of the blue at about 6,000 miles my car started making a weird grinding noise. The car only made the noise when not under load, i.e. when it was coasting or going downhill. the noise was quite loud and quite alarming. I drove it straight to the dealer where I bought it, fortunately only 6 miles. By keeping the revs up (stayed in low gear) I managed to drive to the dealer without incident. They said is was the bearing carrier for the ISG system had a seized bearing and that I was lucky to get it there as they often destroyed the cam belt and trashed the engine. The service desk guy said I was luck they had a bearing carrier in stock. He let slip that the reason they had a spare carrier was that they'd had a number of cars with the same issue and they actually had 3 carriers in stock as it was a common issue. He also said that they had a number of cars waiting for compete replacement engines, all because of this fault.

Another informative video Geoff, enlightening the masses keep up your excellent work best wishes Mikey Edinburgh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Easy to tell what's causing it, incorrectly balanced crankshaft, don't matter how many ballancer pulleys they put on, they will vibrate themselves to death over and over, needs a new crank or old one re grinded and balanced if not distorted from manufacturer who ever made it, could be anyone

Bought a KIA Venga from an independent dealer, the car ran fine initially, then suddenly the car itself applied brake on for a very short time period like fraction of a second while it was moving in the traffics. We felt a sudden acute sharp jerk, it was utter scary. Problem is there wasn't any fault lights came on, the car continue to run and it happened so randomly like once in several months. We went to the KIA official dealer for a checkup, they said no computer error code, nothing they can do. After couple months, it happened on the motorway again. This time had the fault light came on, we immediately get the car to fix, the dealer said they have fixed it. However, it happened again, we kicked up a fuss, they eventually agreed to do a "deal" that they will do a part exchange for another KIA if we pay so and so. The exchanged car was running fine but after nearly 70k miles, we decided to swap back to Honda. We will NEVER NEVER get another KIA, no matter how price competitive that is.

I literally had my 21 plate KIA Sportage 1.6 Diesel 48v Mild Hybrid delivered last Wednesday. The same problem as described in your video happened when I was driving it home. Literally 35 miles. The car only had 6300 miles on the clock. Whole engine has failed and needs a rebuild after paying £24k. Have requested a full refund but so far no response. Complained to KIA CEO, customer service agent said there was no safety recall on the car despite the KIA garage who now have it for repairs told me there was. KIA owners Club online has a big thread of people all listing their engine failures. Disgusting that these cars are still being sold. Something needs to be done.

Had my mild hybrid sportage for 2 years 45k, I hammered it, no issues, now on my 5th kia, full hybrid 15k no issues so far. IMHO in 45 years better than most. BTW it’s a myth German cars a reliable ( owned 7 various makes ) but do like them. At least Kia back up their products with a 7 year 100k mile warranty

Was looking to view a Sportage later this week for the mrs. Think I’ll save my self some money and bother instead now. Glad this video popped up on my feed now.

Just got to York after driving from the Bulgarian Black Sea coast in our 2009 Ford Focus 1.6 zetec. It's not the most fuel efficient motor, especially with a roof box, but it performed sublimely all the way here.

Hi, ive just come across your video . i recently bought the 1.6 mild hybrid 2021 plate , had it around 8 weeks now , i didnt know about any issues with car when i was googling as you do when buying a car, anyway went on a road trip last week and it started screeching when i took my foot off the accelerator , strange i thought , i better ring kia . ( ive only covered 1200 miles since ive had it) 7000 miles total on the clock. i was told do not drive it and get it recovered to a kia garage straight away . road trip ruined . the garage had the car for a week and now im finding out about the tensioner belt/ pullys/ crankshaft etc.. i wasn't emailed about any recalls, nothing on the kia website , no text no phone call. apparently they have also done an software update on the 48v side of things so it doesn't kick in so aggressively . not too happy i know now . think ive bought a lemon :(

We had an issue where there was a huge amount of oil consumption and the engine basically ended up full of tar and needing replacing. There was no warning light, it was MOTd three months earlier (I know they don’t check the oil quality or dons change but they have to check there’s enough in the engine and there were no issues) It cost £9k to fix The car had barely been used

The 1986 Toyota Corolla had premature cam belt failures at around 40K miles which were repaired under warranty even if the warranty had expired. At the Toyota dealer there was a large pile of belts waiting to be fitted. Repair required all new valves, 12 of them.

HI Geoff, I've got a 20 year old Focus it's really reliable and thanks to Hills Ford in Malvern. They given my Focus a new lease of life. I can't thank Hills Ford enough for the service they provided. I would fully recommend Hills Ford for any remedial work. Very professional.

I don't blame hardworking folks who dare NOT touch any Kia or Hyundai vehicle. With the massive bill they shouldered from the engine failure fiasco plus other major safety recalls, guess who will foot the bill eventually?

Been a hyundai mech for 5yrs there just cheap motors but people think there buying outstanding quality. The only thing that is good is the undersealing which is pretty decent. My other mates also a kia mech and built a new long block mild hybrid because of the generator seizing

Theres issues in USA on Sportage engines but bigger CC. On my 2nd 1.6 turbo and its brilliant

My 2020 Kia 1.6D mild hybrid lasted 20K until total engine failure, it was returned to Furrows at Shrewsbury Shropshire on a break down truck whom had it for four months until it was repaired, at no time did this dealership apologise, once returned the engine failed again at 27K, and again returned to the dealership on a breakdown truck , Fortunately the car was on a Motorbility Lease and after some discussion they agreed to have the car back, to this date some six months later the car still hasn't been returned to the road and whilst there recently I noticed that there car park had quite a few other Sportage's with notes in the window stating do not start engine failed. When we returned the spare key to the dealership we received No appolgy and they even had the cheek to enquire if there was anything wrong with the car despite it being returned to them on a break down truck. We have replaced this car with a Honda CRV, I would never have another Kia again and never use this dealership as they are awful. They also deleted my comments on social media about the poor service I received.

My Kia diesel hybrid Sportage is currently in dealership getting analysis for engine problems . 2nd time. Car is 2 years old and has spent at least 5 months in garage. Glad I seen this vid. Won’t be keeping car.

What can I say? Our 2020 Kia Sportage 1.6T petrol AWD suffered all four cylinders running rough. So it went into our local dealership, to find it required 4 new coil packs, 4 new Spark Plugs and a re-gen of the GPF. It runs fine again. No cost either due to its 7yr warranty. Let’s see how the engine lasts?

3 cylinder ford EcoBoost and the psa / vauxhall engines with "wet" cam belts are blocking up their sump strainers with belt particles alarmingly frequently leading to no oil pressure. 4 cylinder ford ecoboost engines blowing head gaskets at 14,000 miles due to water bypass grooves cut in the block face between cylinders leaving about 2mm of head gasket sealing area at best. Transit engines with failed injectors that "weld" themselves into the cylinder head with corrosion due to cam covers constantly filled with with road / rain water even on 3 or 4 year old ones. £1000 hydraulic puller only option and even then the injector may tear in half as it comes out. Hours of nightmare.

I received my 1.6 mild Hybrid new in January 2022. Drove 15k km, full catastrophic failure in 35 degrees heat, was lucky I did not have my dogs with me otherwise we would have been in serious trouble in that heat. The car spent 5 months in the dealership waiting for parts, it eventually got rebuild and I got it back in November. The Car has no engine coolant and the steering wheel was very misaligned. No issues since but reading the forums the recent fix is not permanent, waiting for another failure before 30k. kia are certainly not acknowledging this design fault.

This has been a problem ever since these 1.6D hybrid engines were introduced. Kia has been working on a fix since then but it is proving much more difficult to resolve. I know some dealers are refusing to sell these cars as used cars because of this. Issuing a formal recall will only work when the fix issued is proven to work long-term and, unfortunately, at the moment that isn’t the case.

I rented a Kia Sportage back in March. I was suppose to get a Camry. About 2000 miles later with 0 warning thr engine suddenly lost power. We barley got it to a safe place off the road and the engine never started. Brand new 2023 Kia! And the engine blew with 0 warning

Big problem with KIAs in the US with them catching fire there is a Class Action law suite against them out there and KIA are having to buy them back if customer rejects them under their Lemmon Law in the US

I drive an old Merc , on purpose, big straight 6, torque converter gearbox, no cat, no egr v/v etc etc etc equalling no trouble, modern cars far too complicated making them actually less reliable. My neighbours Sportage is in the garage at the moment with engine failure, he went to see them after it was recovered and round the back around 20 were lined up with same problem. Now you'll get away with this in the UK, but the old US of A ain't so forgiving, and they must have the same problems surely? Any Americans read this?

JEEZ! I've been seriously considering buying a 20 reg XCeed diesel Hybrid and was due to perhaps to go and view and possibly purchase within the next week, but don't think I'll bother now. Thanks for the heads up. Balance of the seemingly attractive 7 year warranty isn't really worth half a carraot if the car is going to give no end of grief. I'll stick to my Mondeo I think

Today, my Mrs Sportage went in for it 2nd service, and Kia tried to do the recalled timing pulley without telling us. We only found out as someone rang and said the car was ready, then rang straight back to say it wasn't. They weren't keen on giving us proof it was done until a fuss was made.

Is this just in the main affecting the 1.6 diesel HYBRID engines across the range?

I have a Kia Cee’d with the same running gear, At 4000 miles and one year old I heard the hybrid belt slipping, Called my Kia dealer, and they dealt with it expeditiously. This was 5 months ago, and had no issues since (touch wood). I know the Cee’d is a smaller car, so the engine is doing less work, and the problem may be less because of it. But the issue is still there.

Hi Goeff, my Kia has just gone. AA came out and knew the problem and offered to recover the car to the deaaler, dealer 1 said not taking any cars in for repair for at least 6-8 weeks. Dealer 2 taking 3-4 weeks. When I explained the fault explained by th AA I had questions raised about servicing and car may not be covered by warranties, and they will charge me for a diagnostic test before they work on it. Sounds like a cover up before they start. Will update you at a later date.

Several years ago, here in Perth, Western Australia a customer got tired of fighting with the dealership, where he bought his brand new pick up. The truck had many issues and was always in the shop for repair. So early one Monday morning he parked his truck in the middle of the road, outside the dealership, took the wheels off, painted slogans on the sides of the truck describing it as a piece of junk and left it there. It made the front page of all the local newspapers and was on the news on the telly! Karma!

I had a crap KIA Sportage in 2007 that was an off road vehicle but I didn't realise that meant it would always be off the road and in the garage. We used to say it stood for Krap In Australia. Mine had 160 faults over the 18 months I was its owner. I decided in the end to leave it at the dealers as I was not prepared to take it back. I originally wanted a replacement or a refund. They left it beside the side of the road outside my house and put the key in the letter box. My solicitor rang them and told them as I had not accepted the vehicle back it was their responsibility should it get stolen or damaged and sent the keys back by courier. They collected it right away and tried desperately for me to take it back. Eventually after many months the dealership manager decided ring me personally and offered to upgrade the alarm system which was its last reason for being in the garage but I said no, he then offered me a replacement vehicle but by then I said shove it. I told him I would see him in court and I would make sure the news papers would be there to cover the story. It was soon after that that KIA refunded all my money. Never again, they look smart but it seems it's still not smart to get involved with this company.

Long standing tactic. Keep quiet about it until they're out of guarantee, then shrug the shoulders and say, "It's old. Buy another one. ". I had a car that I discovered had a problem that had been a "Silent recall", meaning had it been serviced by the main dealer it should have been fixed, but as it had been serviced by non dealers it wasn't. Needless to say the recall had expired by the time I discovered the problem.

Have 3 of these vehicle used at work, 2 of them are on 3rd engines and the 3rd is on its 2nd engine. Gearbox issues are also an issue, overheating, clutch burning smell. The dealer has been okay but supply keeps these vehicles VOR for months. We have had loan vehicles for parts of the VOR but it’s not good enough. These are the worst decisions we have ever made!

Years back worked next door a mitsubushi dealer when they released the new facelift l200 they were coming back about a week after being sold with a knackered engine it turned out the machine that was torqing the headbolts wasnt doing them to the right setting but indicated it had but they had fitted so many engines they just had to wait for them to fuck up then change em

My current generation Audi A4 2.0tdi was waiting for a part to be manufactured for 7 months without any dates when production would start, hundreds of cars in the UK have the same issue with Audi, in the end I sourced the part in Bulgaria from a accident damaged car and shipped it to the UK to be fitted

It helps if you mentioned the year

Hi Please help. Same as your video had kia sportage part hybrid 2021 plate for 24 months with no issues. 2 days ago started hearing a horrible sweeling noise when driving. I rang kia who said they could not get the car in until 22nd September nearly 3 weeks. I said its not drivable whilst it's doing that and I fear it's not safe. I decided to drive it to my local kia garage and that was a scarey journey. The noise was constant. I finally got it there. At the service desk a mechanic was listening whilst I was telling the lady what the problem was. He told me he knew what was wrong straight away and to not touch or move the car. I said you seen worried likes it really bad. He said it was a fault they had only just found out about with the part hybrid sportages and to leave the car there. Today they have rang to say I am lucky as it hasn't totally destroyed the engine as he did say if it had it would be a 6 month engine refurbishment. He said it could be fixed and the car would be ready by the end of the day. I have a 4 year old daughter and have to travel 15 miles a day to work. I'm scared after watching your video that it isn't going to be fixed and it will happen again. I have also read that it's dangerous and that the car could set in fire. I did ask them why the car hadn't been recalled and they said because they had only just found out about it. Obviously not true. What do I do now. What if I'm driving in it with my child and it starts again.

This has just happened to my Sportage 1.6 mild hybrid. I was actually passing the Kia dealership when it initially happened so took it in. Although I explained the loud screeching from the engine the dealership booked it in for repair in 3 weeks and said it was fine to drive as it was 'an emissions fault'. When it went in for repair with a dashboard now lit up like Blackpool illuminations (it's just the same fault, it's OK as long as the lights don't go red), the fault was diagnosed and an engine rebuild was now required. Kia have authorised an Astra hire car (I barely fit in an astra!) and so far the dealership has missed every repair date with a continuing list of excuses as to why my car is still not repaired.

I wonder how many engine rebuilds he’ll have over the 7 year warranty and how many months/years it will spend in the garage. Pity the owner who buys a 7 year old Kia that has no warranty left!

They sell so many of these but journalists won't call them out for their horrendous reliability issues

I've got a 2ltr diesel on a 17 plate. It's fine. But it's not a mild hybrid.. Its the same engine as the second generation sorento. O the problem with that was the diesel pump.. On mine it failed and damaged the injection system. 😢

I am currently going through issues with my Sportage. Electronic parking brake failed twice, clutch and transmission issues as well. I have been told parts not Available in this country.

I HAD THE 2014 MODEL SORENTO AND THE RADIATOR HAD TO BE REPLACED SA IT BOWED AT THE BOTTOM DEALER NOT INTERESTED SO THIS TIME I BOUGHT A SKODA SUPERB GREAT CAR

Our local police force has some of these on their fleet (1.6 mild hybrid diesels) as response cars. I have it on good authority that they haven't suffered cambelt or pulley failures. And ignore preconceptions about police cars being regularly serviced and looked after. They may be serviced on time but the reality is, they're often driven flat out, often on cold engines, by various drivers with no mechanical sympathy. You'd expect them to be prime candidates for finding any mechanical weaknesses. If I was your viewer, I'd be looking to return the car as not fit for purpose. Think about the depreciation that had occurred while the owner hasn't even been able to drive their car.

Honestly a lot of it is how rushed Ev's and Hybrids were. Companies were eager to jump on the bandwagon and pressured by the Gov to release "Green cars". So I imagine a lot of quality control and testing was ignored when the cars were designed.

Hi I have a problem with my 2016 Kia Sportage CRDI AWD, I purchased at three years old at 35000 miles, sudden oil pressure loss whilst driving damaging the engine at 54000 miles. Took car to main dealership who said that the oil pump had failed, car three weeks short of expiry of warranty. Car had all service history stamps, but Kia UK said that the first service which was done at 21391 miles should have been done at 20000 miles even though the service manual says 24000 miles. Kia UK offered me a goodwill gesture of paying ten percent of the £10,000 cost of replacement engine! Issue now with motor ombudsman.

You giving a review of how bad Kia is while you’re Volvo is the shop.

This issue affects Hyundai and Kia but in fairness they're sorting them under warranty

I’ve been driving Kia Sportages for 15 years without any issues, very shocked to listen to these issues!

If something you buy is not fit for purpose, it's the manufacturers fault, but if you know of 50 cars ,get the registration details and get a class action or a threat of one should do,

If this is a wet timing belt failure, ford suffer from this in the transit, the problem happens because of fuel contamination cause by DPF regens, ford tell me changing the oil every 10-15,000 miles should sort this problem and I do know to a few of these engines have done 200,000 miles but they have changed the belt around 70,000 miles at a cost of around £800 a time, utter madness, the previous engines used a chain and as I proved with mine they will do over 300,000 miles without changing the chain

My wife has a Kia Soul and it's dangerously underpowered. It's the weakest 1.6 I've driven. I work for BCA so I get to drive a lot of cars. One observation I can say is that we pick up a huge amount of these new MGs with engine problems to go for major repairs. I think a lot of lease companies have had major returns because of these.

I love that you're filming in Dimi's new family wagon 😂

My co worker has had his 2021 Kia replaced TWICE! My other co-worker has the same Kia Sportage you covered, a 2022, in and out of the garage every couple of months. Utterly bonkers IMO!

Have had 2 Kias, current one is a seltos turbo...had a mazda..it was crap....New transmission at 12,000 kms....

Apparently the crankshaft pulley bolt hasn't been torqued properly & instead of recalling retorque it at first service 12k miles.

Lost our Kia Sportage due to engine failure. Not under warranty as we missed one in lock down. DO NOT BUY A KIA SPORTAGE. THERE WERE OVER 70 ……. Yes 70 in the same garage with engine failure. They threw us under the bus . Completely wiped us out financially.

I am sad to read this about KIA we have owned a KIA Picanto for the last eight years 995cc and free road fund licence! It was three years old when we bought it so it had four years remaining warranty left. Only time it went to the main dealers was a recall for the fuel line system. It is serviced and MOT-ed at the local Tyre and Exhaust centre. It still has the original exhaust and has never had any mechanical part need replacing! only a few tyres. My wife would like a new car but this one is incredibly cheap to run!

My sister has a 22 plate Kia diesel mild hybrid with 9500 miles. she has owned the car for 3 months and has driven it 1 day! The engine management light came on and the pistons hit the valves. The local Kia main dealer has said it's ordered the parts but they won't be able to repair it until the end of August. Because she didn't buy it off them but bought it privately they will only give her a courtesy car at a cost of £10 per day. If she had taken them up on this offer she would have a bill of around £1000 by the time they fix her car, just for a courtesy car! Kia need to make this right and either buy back their sub standard, not fit for purpose cars or find a permanent fix that doesn't involve an engine rebuild every 9000 miles.