Faults:

My Head gasket blew at 65,000 miles.

My wheel bearings went twice on the drivers side and three times on the passenger side.

My spindles went twice on the driver side in less that 3 months.

The seats are ruined, they fell apart.

The timing chain went and messed the car up worse than it was prior.

My seat belts in the back won't even come out on either side.

I can't go anywhere to get an oil change because they can't do it.

General Comments:

The car is not a reliable piece of transportation, to think I was going to put my two young children in that death trap.

Two weeks after I got the car it was already in the garage because my passenger side tire was leaning in.

In this car, you seriously feel like you are riding in a Flyer wagon on a rocky path, it is unbelievably uncomfortable.

The car didn't even come with a radio, I had to put one in myself.

I couldn't drive the car for more than 25 miles without letting it rest, if I didn't it would hesitate and not shift well.

Faults:

Factory tires suck. I replaced them with decent tires and they've held up fine.

The paint scratches very easily. Around 70,000 miles the car wouldn't turn on at all and the battery went dead because of the alternator.

I had the transmission replaced at 50,000, but it was under warranty.

Automatic transmision has trouble switching from second to third gear. Also, sometimes when I put the car in reverse, the engine stalls.

General Comments:

I can't imagine that the people who buy a KIA expect the car to be great. For $8,500, who would?

It is very noisy on the highway. Also on the highway the car gets blown around like it's in a tornado.

Hubcaps are very noisy.

When you turn the heat or A/C on, the whole car vibrates.

However, it is awesome on gas. Every serious problem I've had has been under warranty.

Most of the people who bought this car didn't do any research on it. I knew it was a cheap car when I bought it, so I expect that it has problems.

I would not recommend buying this car used!

Faults:

The car door locks have completely stopped working, I couldn't get in my car at all!!! Transmission is very loud and hits hard between gears. Very uncomfortable to sit in for a long periods of time. Sound quality is terrible, speakers are blown. Oil leak after oil leak, after oil leak...

General Comments:

I really feel that Kia's in general are priced very reasonable. I think this is why people buy them, however don't be fooled!!! Pay the extra money and buy something decent, Kia's are one problem after another.