Hyundai and Kia Have MAJOR Engine Problems

Before you head out and buy a Kia or you go and buy a Hyundai, you might want to watch this video. There are a few issues, recalls, and problems with the Kia and Hyundai cars and engines as of late that you probably want to know about.

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[westhoff-]

Engine failure in this day and age is completely unacceptable .

[moloono]

Brave man calling Kia/Hyundai out. There are legions of paid bots that comment on every negative review or user comment. Then the fanbois add fuel to the fire.

[MB-ncoj]

There's a secret extended warranty on 2.4 theta II engines!!
Just sold our 2014 Tucson 2.4 and went with new buyers to West Edmonton Hyundai dealership for an inspection. They offered us free 7 year unlimited warranty on engine related issues as they know they are getting more common.
Just a heads-up

[TwoHawksHunting]

My nephew purchased a 2016 a Hyundai Velosetor. He had it for about a year before things started going south. The car would just stop on him. He would have to have it towed to the stealership and they gave him the standard BS, oh it was the catalytic converter. The next time it was a problem with the engine. Then it was the transmission. Eventually, Hyundai had to buy back their lemon. He had to sign a non-disclosure agreement. Hyundai didn't want any of the information about their car's defective engines going public. Oh well, the bad press came out eventually anyway because the defective engines were pervasive.

[kennethgrutter]

Feel so very bad for advising my son to buy a Hyundai. I had read numerous consumer reports articles that gave glowing reviews of this car. He had it for about 8 months before the dreaded "knocking" started. After numerous go rounds with the dealer, and Hyundai corporate, they have agreed to put a new engine in the car, as it is not drivable right now. Wonderful of them to do that, but in the mean time, he has no vehicle, and there are six cars ahead of him, with the same issue, waiting for the same repair. Add to that the supply chain disruption, and this is a real disaster. The dealer did finally give him a loaner, but damn, if the car is in the shop, more than it is with you, it could have a million mile warranty, and not be worth the paper it's printed on.

[joshwhite]

I bought a brand new '10 Elantra hold over in '11 with port injection 2.0L. I put 255k miles on it before replacing it with another newer Elantra with the 2.0l mpi NU engine. I had absolutely ZERO issues with my first. Hoping for a repeat with my new one. High quality/regular interval oil changes with factory oil filters I think is the most important factor.

[magnus]

My 2016 Kia Sorento V6 had a manufacturing defect which caused a bolt to back out of the engine block. The problem occurred back in late May of last year and I am just finally getting a brand new engine after a HUGE wait. Kia won’t cover the $6700 repair cost even though every service manager I spoke to and every person at Kia I spoke to knows that there is a problem with the 3.3L V6. The service manager told me that he was replacing seven engines a week in these models and that the problem generally occurs between 100, 000 miles and 120, 000 miles. So basically, at 100, 000 miles these cars 2016-2019 V6s need to be thrown away. People are still buying them on the used car market and they are about to get screwed over royally.

I love this car. It gave me absolutely no trouble for the entirety of the time I had it. I had all of my service performed at the dealership and it really let me down. They have such a great product at first glance, but I keep my cars and I do a lot of highway driving. Never in 1 million years Would I have expected a problem like this one. They are stonewalling like nothing else, especially since they already have a class action lawsuit that they had to settle in fines from the US government. They are trying like mad to keep from having to deal with these 3.3L V-6 engines. It’s no wonder that they don’t put them into their new models anymore.

They are not standing by their products. People should run away from them until they do. When you see a car with 100, 000 mile warranty you think they stand by their product but then at 100, 001 miles their engines will probably implode and then Kia runs for the hills…

I’m SO disgusted.

[PeckerwoodIndustries]

Here is the real deal from a mechanic that owns one. The high pressure fuel pump is cam driven, and mounted just to the rear of the valve cover on the joint designed Hyundai/Kia GDI motor. the DI in GDI stands for direct injection which requires very, very high fuel pressurization. The GDI high pressure fuel pump has a high failure rate within 2-3 years. When this pump fails it fills the engine with gasoline. Gasoline dilutes the oil, and this causes the now greatly thinned motor oil to readily bypass the piston rings causing owners to complain of high oil consumption. In my case the more rapid pump failure immediately caused massive plumes of white smoke from tailpipe that reeked of gasoline. In the cases of fire the engine crankcase as above fills with highly pressurized gasoline in both liquid, and vapor state which subsequently begins to push out of engine seals, and openings needing only an ignition source to cause engine compartment fire.
Details: The high pressure secondary direct injection fuel pump normally operates at over one thousand PSI, and when one of it's internal seals fails this highly pressurized fuel bypasses directly into the area beneath valve cover and begins to mix with and dilute engine oil.. After sufficient gasoline in this highly pressurized state enters engine it over pressurizes engine case assembly forcing liquid, and or vapor state gasoline out of engine orifices' into engine compartment where it meets possible ignition sources. Should vehicle fail to ignite eventually motor bearings and rings will suffer failure as gasoline washes out oil films.
My Story: Wife noticed initial fuel smell, I investigated and saw billowing clouds of unburned gasoline vapor which had bypassed piston rings streaming from tailpipe. At first I discounted fuel smell, and looked for evidence of head gasket failure by looking inside valve cover for evidence of oil/coolant sludge. Noticed immediately upon unscrewing valve cover oil filler cap that pulses of highly pressurized fuel laden crank case gasses were emanating from beneath cap, and upon full removal of cap could clearly hear rapid (more rapid than pressure pulses of a single cylinder head gasket failure at idle) pressure pulses emanating from opening. Noted check engine light illuminated, and scanned MCU. Trouble code indicated direct injection fuel rail pressure low.
Background: Wife had purchased vehicle new from Kia dealership less than three years previous to failure however at time of failure odometer reading was 64, 000 miles therefore only drivetrain warranty was in effect. Warranty was stated on page 32 of owners manual, and included no fine print. Both dealer, and corporate stated that page 32 constituted complete warranty description. Took vehicle to dealership for repair under drive train warranty and was told there would be a $265.00 diagnosis fee regardless of any warranty coverage. Kia diagnosed high pressure secondary fuel pump failure, and then stated that it is not part of the driveline, and therefore not covered. Dealer cost to repair was $1300.00, and there was a five to eight week lead time to get part. I asked for service department boss, got the same story. In my irritation I innocently asked since the drive line was OK it would be OK to drive. He stated car could not be driven. I gently asked if that was because it would most likely burst into flames providing free advertising for Kia, or was it because the bearings, already damaged by several miles of operation with gasoline diluted oil would completely fail within a short period of time (calumniating in spun/burned bearings, possible engine seizure, or catastrophic failure of crankshaft, or connecting rods leading to an extra hole in the block) that now any mechanic would certainly then call a drive line failure. His reply was doubletalk no matter how I pursued the logic. Sensing there was going to be trouble I refused to pay until they wrote out description of this non-driveline issue on service order. Service manager made errors describing problem for nearly 40 minutes until with a great deal of coaching he finally wrote it out correctly. I then called, and spoke to corporate who told me to call the Better Business Bureau. Dealer for some reason you might have already guessed refused to make any offer when asked to buy back car (car is still in otherwise perfect condition). Disgusted with this shoddy treatment drove car straight home, and upon arrival four days later changed failed fuel pump, and of course oil, and filter. Total cost in time and parts was about $200.0, and 30-35 minutes of my time. This was a full te minutes less than it took for the service manager to correctly write down the problem on the service order.
I don't like liars, and I don't like cheats. Kia is in denial of manufacturers defective pump, and major engineering oversight that failure mode fills engine with gasoline. They denied me service under warranty just by saying NO, this part firmly bolted to motor, and about to cause catastrophic vehicle failure (fire, or spun crank, and/or rod bearings) is not part of the drive line. I did a little research, and found that Kia, and Hyundai have already settled a class action lawsuit for 2.4 billion dollars regarding engine fires. I further found that Kia, unlike Hyundai told the NTSB they were unaware of this problem, and therefore never reported it.
I am pissed, this is bullshit corporate thievery. Who has the best solution for this?

[AfrikanLifestyle]

I bought a 2016 Kia Forte with 28k on it after my lovable Honda Accord was totaled. I drove it almost 500 miles per day delivering meds throughout the south GA back roads. I traded it in for a 2019 Kia Stinger after I put another 190k miles on it. I never even tuned it up. I only changed the oil every 5000 miles and put tires on it. The performance I got from it gave me the confidence to stick with the brand and upgrade to the Stinger. I'm good...

[loissemanek]

This is happening to my 2019 Tucson now. I’m a 71 year old woman. Thanks for cleaning this up. I knew it’s going to keep happening and now I can show this to my husband and he can understand why we need to dump this car

[john]

I've had my 2013 Hyundai Accent in the shop twice for full engine replacement under 50, 000 miles. The last time they held my car hostage for 172 days. Certified letters and tweets to their CEO went unanswered. Both times the timing chain broke and destroyed the engine.

[thomashelm]

Fact.. my son is on his second engine with his Kia. Good news, though and it's not the warranty that covers it, rather, the nice rentals and non Kia loaners he gets to test drive 🤣

[StratRetired]

I purchased the 2021 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid Limited Nocturnal Black, I drove down to see my Daughter who lives in Ocoee, FL from Chili, NY it cost me one way $65.00 with a half a tank left. My wife wanted to upgrade her 2021 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid SEL Portofino Grey to a 2022 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid Limited Calypso Red, so I bought her one for her Anniversary present. Within seven weeks I upgraded to a new 2022 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid Limited Nocturnal Black because of the upgrades they made over my 2021. We have owned five Hyundai's to date and are very happy with these vehicles, really impressive cars, that’s my opinion and we have no regrets.

[tharuntm]

I own a 2018 Hyundai Verna 1.6 CRDI. Clocked 70K kms. Good performance and Great mileage.Did not have any issues so far. It's more reliable than my Skoda Rapid.

[rodabarnes]

My Hyundai Sonata Hybrid caught fire while just driving down the street. Now cars are ridiculously priced, and I'm currently without a car. I can't believe as serious as this is, it's not being relayed to potential buyers of these vehicles. I really did like my car and had no intentions of losing it after only one year and one month.

[jaymarcase]

Facts. I had a 2015 Kia Optima SX Turbo that had the engine shavings issue and Kia didn’t want to fix it until the engine blew. At the time the repairs were going to cost me around 7k with Engine + Turbo. That was unacceptable to me so I had to trade it in and paid my negative equity in cash.

[Peppermint]

To keep the intake valves clean, Hyundai's GDI are running very rich at cold starts (much richer than non GDI engines), both summer and winter, both turbo and non turbo. This way some of the gasoline doesn't burn and is coating the combustion chamber and keeps it clean. Downside is excess gasoline also leaks into the engine oil and causes oil dilution. If you're doing mostly short trips, the gasoline in the oil won't have time to evaporate so the engine wear is increased. Additionally, these engines tend to keep very low rpms when cruising at speeds near 30mph and near 45mph. This puts more pressure on the connecting bearings, on top of being lubricated with diluted oil.

[markadams]

Change your oil regularly in these vehicles.

[VectorAero]

My brother's 2015 2.4L Sonata recently went into limp mode on the highway and he managed to make it to a nearby Hyundai dealer and the engine was toast. The dealer did take care of him and gave him a free rental while they took a few days to install a brand new engine free of charge. Still a definite inconvenience and something that never should have happened in the first place, but at least everything worked out in the end for him.

[saddle]

Owned two Hyundai's since 2006. Daily drive vehicles, replaced nothing on them except tires, oil, filters and brake pads. They live outside permanently and they're not even rusty.