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Thanks all for the help. The things i read here will help me find the right one for me.
I have tons of warranty repairs on my '03 Sorento EX AWD, original owner with 53K miles now. Beside regular oil change, I spent $600 on Michlin tires at 48K miles, $200 on Kia OEM front brake pads & resufaced front rotors at 46K miles, $100 on Sears Die Hard battery at 52K miles. I am saving money for 60K mile service now.
The only way carfax picks up info is if insurnace companies get involved. I'm pretty sure about this.
The extended warranty issue is a no brainer because of all the LOOP HOLES in them. This just dosen't apply to cars. It applies to anything that offers an extended warranty. Also, warranties will be bought by another insurer and that changes everything as well. Just say NO!!
And last, more than likely the tape was just to hold on a piece of molding that either came unglued or may have been knocked loose in a collision of some sort. Regardless, your better off buying from the dealership NEW or buying from a reliable source ie. friend or a close relative if possible.
Good luck and remember, do your homework before buying anything and when it comes time to the "haggle" part, there really isn't much to haggle over because you have all of your info. right there with you. Cold hard facts you can't haggle over
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the oil was from verius major mfgs, execpt those from Amisol and and their direct compeditors
since i have to change the oil every 3 months to keep my warrenty in place, it never gets to 3,000 miles
the engine synthetic oil never got too discolored, but it was twice the cost. so i changed back to conventional motor oil
what i have noticed is that conventional gets much more discolored quicker, so understanding the not so great difference between regular and synthetic oils (except Amisol and like types) why does this happen ?
i have noticed this in our chevy/astro also
i can only come up with two reasons
one, the synthetic does less of a job of keeping the engine clean
(but i don't think so)
two, the conventional oil is breaking down faster and, for the lack of a better term "cooking the oil"
it looks at this time i will be switching back to common synthetics
(within 4 miles of our house is a "general store/hardware store" that sells Amisol for $6.50 a quart too much for the sorento but i do use it in our emergency standby generator, lawn tractor and snow thrower
what are your thoughts ?
tidester, host
Look at the pictures of the camshaft covers.
Does sorento have major mechanical problems such as transmission, power steering, engine failure?
the maintenance must be done in order to maintain the 10/100 drive train warranty....03 sorie here with 85K on it and no problems..other that fair wear and tear
Is interior cabin quiet during cruising?
constant ticking at idle and the kia rep would not fix it, called it "normal"
this vwhicle has been nothing but trouble, wish i had purchased a better vehicle, something like a used "Yugo"
so i drove to the closest Kia dealer, Alexander Kia in Williamsport Pa.
99.9 miles away, but only 4 traffic lights and 3 stop signs, LOL !
the antifreeze flush and fill was $29.98 labor (1/2 labor $60 hour rate) and $11.76 for antifreeze (the green stuff) plus tax
they also fixed the center dome light problem (diode problem) warrenty
while i was there i also purchased some extra engine oil filters and drain plug gasgets (real Kia ones)
about the drain plug gasgets the "MORONS" at Burlington Kia in N.j. sold me after marked drain plug gasgets that were crap poorly made and kept leaking DON'T ever go there or you will be sorry !!
total time at the Alaxander Kia was 1 hr 10 min and they even wanted to wash my sorento free !
big thumbs up for Alaxander Kia !
the same service in N.J. would have cost an arm and a leg ! and would not have been done properly
"Well, the answer is with each new generation of engine we produce we increase the horsepower and the fuel economy - you CAN have both. Just look at what we did with the latest 3.8 that we put in the Sedona, Sorento and the Amanti."
Building the Kia Brand in the US
as far as the rotor problem goes alot of vehicles not only kia have them due to trying to keep componets as light as possible
the best way to reduce warping rotors is to properly torque wheel lug nuts to factory spects (spects in your owners manual) and never use an air impact wrench to tighten them (it will distort rotors by over torquing) and avoid agressive braking
the light problem, possible caused by voltage spikes caused by the following, bad battery (even if it checks good), defective moduel that controls the lights (good luck trying to get that replaced under warrenty), and a bad electrical ground. the main one behind the power distrabution box on the left inner fender where it is bolted (mine was bad, poor connection)
good luck you will need it. IMO most Kia dealers are poorly trained and choked by the restrictive Kia warrenty system that causes much greif for the poor customer
Richard
Richard
There is a $2000 rebate good thru the end of April and a $1000 competitor discount good thru 4/2 although I don't know if this will be extended.
I like to get one for $25k using the $3k rebate/discount. is this realistic? Somebody give me some recent numbers please.
That's kind of surprising. I dropped a pebble in the pond to see if anything happens. Sometimes people are reluctant to post a message if a topic has been quiet for a while.
tidester, host
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Was just wondering if anyone else has this problem.
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