Faults:

When I step on the gas hard, the engine lags for about 3/4 of a second until it speeds up, but once you get it going, it's quick to accelerate!

When I first bought it, the passenger seat would show that the passenger air bag was off with a 180lb person in the seat; sent it to the dealer, and they fixed it right away.

General Comments:

Great gas mileage, 22 MPG average.

Very quick car! 0-60 in about 7 seconds, which is quick for the 17k price tag and the vehicle it is.

Looks great with all around tinted windows, blacked out wheels, and tinted tail lights with chrome rings around the STOCK rims.

Handles very nicely, at 20 mph or 100 mph.

Lots of cargo space, and very good for going on trips with 4 people in it.

I get lots of complements on this car.

Faults:

Battery dies overnight.

Engine pings on first start up for 20 seconds.

General Comments:

Car runs good and is one of my fastest cars I owned,

but I replaced the battery after 4 years and 39000 miles.

Faults:

I had bad vibration when applying the brakes. I had to have the front rotors machined at 13,300 miles.

I now have 20,800 miles and have to get front and rear rotors machined. Dealer is charging me $240 for this. Kia brake warranty expires at 12,000. I will be filing a complaint with the NHTSA. I have read many others have the same problem.

General Comments:

I loved the vehicle until I started having these problems. I will never buy another Kia, and will tell anyone considering one the same.

Faults:

The car was delivered with a torn seat, broken moon roof, rear hatch that wouldn't close, passenger air bag that sometimes turned on, sometimes didn't.

It took over a month to get the seat replaced. The air bag and hatch have never been fixed. They told me to keep slamming the rear hatch and eventually it would break in. It hasn't.

At 3K the car started shuttering when starting off in forward and reverse. After a few visits (80miles round trip) they finally got the part. The dealer and Kia didn't know where it went. Can you believe that! We have to return again. Good thing gas is so cheap!

General Comments:

Two dealerships have dropped their franchises since I bought this 10 months ago. I now have to drive 40 miles each way to get the car fixed.

As a second time Kia owner I expected more. The first one was a little rough around the edges and I traded it in at a little over 15K miles expecting to get more than I had. What a mistake!

This one will be lucky to make it to 7K before I get rid of it.

Pluses:

Much improved ride, great power, better, but not good gas mileage, comfortable.

Negatives

Poor brakes, Unreliable, Poor Service- Too bad.

Faults:

My rotors had to be replaced at 500 miles and again at 9500 miles. Now the vehicle is at the dealership again with the same issue and only 11500 miles.

I have had the transmission shutter at 60 and 65 mph with no explanation. The dealership refuses to acknowledge a problem. Now it shutters at 30-40 mph and at 60-65 mph. The dealership has yet to repair it.

The passenger door will not shut if the vehicle is locked with the auto door lock button while the passenger door is open.

The dome light has never worked properly.

The back glass door (hatch) will not open with the key control consistently.

General Comments:

The car is a maintenance nightmare; rotors 3 times in 12k miles. The Service manager actually told me I couldn't use the brakes going down a hill! I live in the mountains. The dealership is in the mountains. The vehicle is comfortable and rides well, but in no way shape or form would I buy another or recommend these vehicles, at any cost, to someone else. Even if the vehicle was free I would have spent the equivalent of a car payment each month on just the items I've mentioned.