Kia sorrento, any downsides?
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Anonymous
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I love the size, flexible third row, and want a hybrid.
If I get the top of the line model does it feel like a nice car? Any heated seats? Is the hybrid engine well made? Thank you! |
Anonymous
I have a new Sorento hybrid. It’s great. Hybrid gives me 45 mpg in mixed city / hwy. Nice size vehicle - not huge, not small. Captains chairs and third row are a plus. It has heated seats. Unlike the gas version, you can only get it in S and EX trims. Both trims are not high end. The only difference is you get a sunroof and power lift gate with the EX. I like the car a lot but I wish it came in higher trims and did not have such a loud backup tone (required on all new hybrids and the electrics). |
Anonymous
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Yes, has one obvious downside.
It is a Kia. |
Anonymous
Tell us you are living in the year 2000, without telling us you are living in the year 2000 (also, tell us you are shallow, without telling us you are shallow) https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2021/08/31/jd-power-iqs-best-quality-cars-trucks-suvs-pickups-2021/5606471001/ |
Anonymous
I agree. I have owned two Kias. Both were junk. Moneypits. |
Anonymous
| I'm looking at Kia Sorento hybrid v Toyota Highlander hybrid. The Kia has a 10 year warranty. Is Kia still unreliable? |
Anonymous
We have a fleet that used to have several mid/late teens Kia Souls for our employees to drive. All but one needed an engine replacement before 100k miles. |
Anonymous
| We love our kia sorento plug in hybrid. We rarely have to get gas. The seats are comfortable. Love the heated seats. I think Kia’s come a long way in terms of reliability. I agree with the earlier poster who listed pros and cons. We bought ours during the pandemic and had few options, so the one we got didnt have a sunroof, unfortunately. |
Anonymous
Not PP but I’m living in the year 2023 in which Kia and Hyundai have failed to adopt industry-wide immobilization technology so their cars are easy targets for theft. 
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Anonymous
But on the upside, thieves won’t get very far before the engine shoves a connecting rod out the side of the block. So you got that going for you. |
Anonymous
| Reliability and build quality issues for sure. |
Anonymous
| Aren’t some insurers refusing to insure Kia’s and Hyundais? |
Anonymous
The “Many people are saying…” fallacy. |
Anonymous
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Aren't KIA's the most stolen car brand?
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Anonymous
Well, the CNN is saying … fact … anyway. https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/27/business/progressive-state-farm-hyundai-kia/index.html Granted, the article is a year old. But it’s probably worth a call to your insurer before you buy to check. |