Kia 7 year warranty

macman

Any get-outs in Kia's 7 year warranty will be no different to what all other manufacturers specify for their own 3 year warranties.

Rolandtheroadie

macman wrote: »

Any get-outs in Kia's 7 year warranty will be no different to what all other manufacturers specify for their own 3 year warranties.

Have you got copies of both to check? Or even the Kia one that no one seems to be able to get a copy of?
Remember the Hoover free flights fiasco?

I'd give it a year or 3 yet before singing the praise of the 5 and 7 year warranties. See if we start getting the "kia wont play ball" threads.
Yes, they seem great and they may well BE great, but i'd rather reserve judgement at the moment.

macman

Since you don't pay any extra for the 7 year warranty, it seems to me that there is nothing to lose. Hyundai/Kia are a huge industrial conglomerate, comparing that to Hoover and the free flights offer is simply not relevant.
Decades ago, it was the Japanese car manufacturers that led the way with 3 year warranties when UK and European ones were only 12 months, we're just seeing that pattern repeated.

alleycat`

I did read in a car magazine (can't remember where exactly) that the hyundai 5 year warranty was more comprehensive than the kia 7 year one.

I haven't read the small print of each warranty so i'm just passing on something i read.

Inactive

scotsman4th wrote: »

Have you got copies of both to check? Or even the Kia one that no one seems to be able to get a copy of?
Remember the Hoover free flights fiasco?

I'd give it a year or 3 yet before singing the praise of the 5 and 7 year warranties. See if we start getting the "kia wont play ball" threads.
Yes, they seem great and they may well BE great, but i'd rather reserve judgement at the moment.

Well I actually got a free Hoover return flight to Florida, as did a lot of people.;)

The Hyundai 5 year warranty has been in situ for over 5 years now, I don't recall anybody coming on here complaining.

It is gradually becoming the norm now, even Chevrolet and Toyota have joined the bandwagon.

flyingscotno1

The Telegraph's motoring questions bit stated this when asked about independent servicing.

"...The EC has Directed that a manufacturer warranty cannot be affected by a car being serviced outside the franchised dealer chain. But it must be serviced to the manufacturer stipulated schedule, using the specified fluids and parts. An independent garage cannot, for example, use its bulk oil and an aftermarket oil filter if these differ from the manufacturer specification. In the UK, the SMMT has secured agreement that this also covers the second year and third year of the warranty, even if these are described as “conditional dealer warranties”. Further warranty, such as Kia’s five- to seven-year warranty and Hyundai’s five-year warranty, depend on franchise dealer servicing from the start. As does the Mercedes-Benz 30-year Mobilo cover on some parts of the car..."

I'd still be intrigued to hear what Kia cover at 6 years and 80,000 miles. I note they state that "Some items have a natural limited life/durability and are therefore covered for less than 7 years. These items include (but are not restricted to) consumable parts such as worn windscreen wiper blades, clutch linings, etc." which I'd expect, I just wonder what failures they would deal with. Would my faults with my Skoda after 3 years be covered- wheel bearings, bushes and an ABS sensor(which was 8th year)? I suspect would all be consumable/ general wear and tear?

skipsmum

I went in to Kia to buy a ceed, but bought the Soul diesel.
My last car, a suzuki swift, owned by me from new and driven gently, cost £3000 to repair over 4 years because nothing was covered by the warranty.
I went through Kias warranty very carefully, highlighting bits and asking for written confirmation. ABS sensors are included (cost £700 on the swift!)
I love my kia, everything works, had no problems, and its very good on diesel.

jd82

I bought a Panda with a three year warranty over the Piccanto because the Panda for my needs was a much better car. The Panda is fun to drive where the Picanto felt like a washing machine with stupidly setup brakes and Lada like gear shift.

I would not personaly buy a Picanto they are too old school Kia, the Hyundai i10 which shares the same platform is similar but is better built and has much better engines.

Personaly though Kias are only worth looking at when you can afford something like a Cee'ed. I would much rather take a two year old Cee'ed than a brand new Picanto.

You really do not want to be doing long communutes in a Picanto they are just too small. I wouldn't have bought my Panda is that is what I do.

getmore4less

I looked at the history on a CEED SW that has had 3 services(12.5k interval).

I was a little suprised by the costs for these basic services they did seem higher than the kind of spends we have on our 2 cars(clio and 306) allthough these don't get the full treatment these days.

The oil used was £70, there were parts amounting to over £100 on the £25k service and the labour on top. I did not take a note of the actual numbers but from memory over £170 for the 12.5k/37.5k £300+ for the £25k.

Not outragious but seemed a bit higher that we are used to paying, but these were with a KIA dealer so the labour is probably 30%-50% higher than an independant.

epz_2

IMHO the best thing about these long warrantys is it encourages the manufacturer to build reliable, cheap to service cars.

That said the on a lot of kia's i have seen had damn near vertical depreciation as its not a 'solid' brand, it might be worth buying a two year old one and you will save so much you could buy a second one if anything goes wrong. Especially with financing and dealer servicing added in it could work out cheaper but then owning a car from new also has its perks.