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I have taken my 2015 KIA Forte to the dealership numerous times due to engine failure. Still, they would not replace my KIA Forte engine under warranty, knowing that all my updates were current and a class action lawsuit had been filed against KIA for numerous engine failure claims. I Never will repurchase a KIA.

My 2017 Optima Hybrid had issues that the dealership said they may be able to fix the car for $4665, however they are not sure. Now my battery is dead and I have no way to get into the trunk to jump the vehicle. This car is a piece of work. The car has been sitting for months and I have payments on it. I would never buy a Kia again.

If I could leave 0 stars for Kia I would! This is by far the worst car I have ever owned in my life. My car has been broken into twice this year. I then got it fixed and less than 7 hours after it was fixed, someone stole it. The anger and frustration I have for such a poor design is indescribable. I would not recommend them to anyone.

DO NOT BUY A KIA! This is especially true if you live in or near Massachusetts. I recently bought a new 2023 Kia Sportage Hybrid because of many things, including all the remote features advertised via the Kia Connect app. I am a NH resident, and due to all the price gouging (markup above MSRP) that dealerships are doing, I had to broaden my search. I ended up buying the car from a MA dealership since they were selling at MSRP. I have no problem with the dealership. This review is about Kia itself. I later found out (after the sale) that because the car was bought in Massachusetts, I am not allowed to use Kia Connect or any of its features. This is all because of some MA law that AFFECTS MA RESIDENTS. Being a NH resident, the law doesn't apply to me. However, Kia has decided that they don't care, and because the car came from MA they will not enable those features, no matter where you live. I tried to reason with them, and to do whatever they wanted to prove I live in NH and the car is registered in and would even be serviced in NH. But they were unreasonable. They can't think outside their script. Now if I had been the opposite, and was a MA resident and bought a car in NH, they I can use Kia Connect no problem. This is a stupid and backwards rule they have imposed. With the reputation lately with recalls going downhill, and now even their support and services are nose diving, I wouldn't recommend a Kia to anyone. Since Hyundai is all part of the same company, I would stay away from them as well. At least not if you want all the features the car is advertised as having. If they can turn the feature off for all the cars bought in a state, they can do that at anytime to any state. If you are someone who needs or wants a car with remote capable features, look to another brand. Especially with all the online buying you can do... you never know if the car you are buying came from Massachusetts and those features can never be enabled.

I have a Kia forte 2017 under 52000 miles I have had two separate times when my care was having trouble. The first time my care wouldnt run at all I called and they where booked out 1 month before they could even look at my car. I called all three options for Kia dealerships even the one 45 minutes away. I had to go somewhere else to have my car fixed. Now my heater and defrost are not working and winter is here so I am unable to drive it safely. Again they are not even able to look at it for 3-4 weeks. This does not say much for Kia vehicles if they are so busy with repairs that they are unable to get cars in for 3-4 weeks that tells me Kia cars have nothing but trouble. I will not be buying a Kia vehicle again. Dont miss understand... the car itself is a nice car but the company once you have paid for the car they dont care if the patrons are having issues and they are not helping us in a timely manner. I have never experienced this at other dealerships. I have one car and I am single I expect to have repairs on any vehicles any make or model. Kia is obviously so busy with repairs to their cars they are unable to assist the customers with repairs in a timely manner.

Let me start out by saying I had high hopes for every encounter I’ve had with Kia based on all of JD power and his Best Associates. And this is not only a scathing review on West Herr, but Kia Finance, and Kia Corporate. In October of 2019 I leased a car from West Herr Kia. Everything was fine except at 3,000 miles my check engine light came out and all power in the car died. Service team was great and had it resolved. My issue lies here…. In June of 2021, I completed a lease buyout through Ally. In NYS the dealer/leasing company holds the title until lease end of purchase. So here I am. In October of 2022, with no title, and an out of state move I’ve had to postpone twice and two job offers I’ve had to turn down. Back in June of 2022 I reached out to Kia Finance asking them for the title. They told me they’d request a duplicate and send it to me. I waited a few weeks because I know that the DMV may take a few extra days to get this processed. No title received. I called Kia finance again and they told me I would have to reach out to Ally, as that’s where they sent the title originally and they can’t have it forwarded to me, since that’s who the funds for buyout came from. Which is untrue. In NYS I am the owner and Ally is the lien holder. Ally’s title supervisor has tried multiple times to request a POA on this and duplicate titles. With no luck she’s essentially given up and I haven’t heard back despite countless emails and phone calls(their review is coming too). I called Kia Finance one last time and requested to speak to a supervisor and explain my situation. Same old lies and BS. I spoke to the NYS DMV to make sure I wasn’t in the wrong about any of this. Nope, I’m right. They’ve even confirmed that no duplicates have been ordered and that Kia is still the titleholder despite the numerous times they told me Ally holds the title. This leads me to go into the dealership. I speak to their manager on duty, Dan Flick. He pushed me off and brought someone from their Title/Finance department. She handed me a piece of paper and told me to send it in to Kia finance. This has already been received by KF in the past when I initially bought the car. So I returned a few weeks later to speak to the manager on duty. My old pal Dan. Who at the time told me that they’re too busy with it being the end of the month and that I’d have to come back. Sure. I’ll take a half day from work to battle this again. I returned earlier this week, spoke to the same person in the title department and was basically shooed away. However she did take a copy of my paperwork and said she would contact me if there was an issue with ordering a duplicate. Here I am a week later. With no update. I decided to call the DMV again to see if there was a duplicate ordered. Nothing. Not one piece of information has changed. I filed a complaint to corporate with all my documented calls and paperwork.- that was essentially a “we’ll look into it”. I called back following a holiday knowing the DMV would be closed and this would be Kias excuse.- “we sent an email and are waiting on a response” So to recap, I’ve lost out on two out of state job offers. I planned on selling this 5 months ago. Now I’ve made an additional 5 payments I didn’t intend on. I,ve gotten nowhere with Kia Finance. Nowhere with the West Herr. And nowhere with Kia corporate. I’ve filed a Vs-35 to the Dmv and a consumer complaint to NYS. I’m finally hiring an attorney because i cannot even fathom what NYS laws have been broken at this point. All I want is my little, that I’m legally entitled to. All this to say, never work with Kia in general or West Herr.

Horrible experience with Kia Cooperation. I have a 2021 Kia Sorento that has been in the shop for almost three months. I opened a claim with Kia over a month ago. I call 1-2 times a week to see any updates. I get the same story every time i call. They need more information from the dealership and they have sent the information twice and cc me in one the email. No one has called me back. i wait on hold for over 2 hrs to hear the same story.

Still waiting to be reimbursed for a rental car from May. KIA said they would pay up to $41 a day even though I spent $2,400 for a month that they had my 2021 Seltos for warranty repairs. I have over 60 emails and 20 calls to customer care and they still haven’t sent me a penny. 🤬