Faults:

-Weather strips on every window and door came off/became damaged. The dealer reaplced these, but it is clear the material is very cheap and poorly manufactured so I expect it to happen again out of warranty.

-Up to a 30 second delay when you are shifting to reverse. Dealer claims it is a fluid needing changing (yea, whatever -tempted to say... okay when you change it and it still doesn't work then you will pay for my unnecessary tran fluid change.)

-Driver side window does not close and is incredibly hard to open/close - going to take that into warranty soon. Think this won't be an issue with dealer.

-Engine sounds like crap - loud and whiny.

-Rear middle seat belt stopped snapping in, but warranty covered it. They didn't say why it broke.

-Rear-ended another vehicle bad. Crumpled like crazy... 3000 dollars for insurance to repair. No deployment of air-bag on KIA. Surprisingly on SUV it caused a scratch on did deploy its airbag. Hmm... interesting.

General Comments:

I would never buy one of these ever again. I will never buy any KIA again. This is the worst car I have ever owned.

Don't let the 10 year warranty fool you. It only covers most things up to 6 year/60000 miles anyway.

The car is also poorly manufactured. You definitely get what you pay for.

Faults:

At 10000 miles, after several trips to the dealer complaining of an engine whine the transmission was replaced under warranty.

At 13000 miles a bad vibration began when braking. Despite only 13000 miles Kia wanted $100 to replace both front rotors, claiming brakes were only covered for 12000 miles. Ended up getting the rotors turned at a local shop for $20 and solved the problem.

Needed a new set of tires at 20000 miles despite rotating and balancing as required.

Replaced some window molding at 25000 miles, covered under warranty.

Developed another vibration when driving with ac on which Kia won't acknowledge as a problem.

General Comments:

This car keeps up with traffic fairly well and rides and handles decent for a $10000 car.

Gas mileage is less than expected for such a small car.

It's a bit cramped on the inside and the seats are uncomfortable on long trips.

I like the car, but not too confident I won't be having more trouble in the near future.

Faults:

6 head light replacements in 2 years @ $20.00 per!!

Factory issue tire 'threw' a belt.

Brakes have been replaced 2X's.

Dash lights flickers at will. Interior overhead light works occasionally.

Rear speaker intermittent.

Center console poorly designed... it collects crumbs, dust etc and is VERY difficult to clean.

Most recently, the back support of the driver's seat has given way and is extremely uncomfortable.

Poor service at the dealership!

General Comments:

It has started every day during our Canadian winters.

It does not like to take a hill from a stop, but is fine if you hit the hill running :-)

Harder on gas than it should be for a small car.