Q&A

Crankshaft bolt just broke yesterday and the car has 77,00 miles on it. Sent to the dealer and he acts like this is something new he has not heard of. I told him it is all over the Net. He said it would not be part of the 100,000 warranty and that I will have to pay for repairs. Has anyone had this issue fixed by dealer after the fact and the dealer paid for repairs?

Traded the Sorento in as is lost $4000 but no one would guarantee the work, Kia said it was a none cover part. I will never but another from thing from them and tell my story OFTEN to anyone who is going to buy a car, SUV or anything else

This was the subject of a recall. I had mine replaced free at a dealer. Don't have the recall # handy and don't now if they cover any damage but you would have a strong argument based on the recall facts.

ALOT !! KIA will usually NOT cover it because they replaced the faulty bolt as a recall in 07. I've heard of countless owners where the bolt has broken three times. Mine broke at 79k but I discovered that the bolt was gold and not silver as the replacement bolt should be. I was able to get the dealer to cover it since they claimed they had done the recall years ago. But unfortunately they did such a horrible job on my car that it is ruined and broke down the next day. I ended up paying for the repairs. Some people have gotten it covered but I guess they were lucky or the dealer covered it under the crankshaft and not the bolt.