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Kia leads J.D. Power's Vehicle Dependability Study for 2022
Autoblog via Yahoo ^ | 2/10/2022 | Jeremy Korzeniewski

Posted on 02/13/2022 7:29:45 AM PST by Roadrunner383

For the first year ever, Kia leads J.D. Power's annual Vehicle Dependability Study with a score of 145 problems per 100 vehicles. Buick (147) and Hyundai (148) round out the top three. The highest premium brand on the list is Genesis, with a score of 148.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: automobiles; carratings; jdpower; kia; vehicleratings
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To: usconservative

My SIL drives a Genesis Coup. I borrowed it one day from my daughter for a fly/buy lunch. It was fun to drive. With rear wheel drive, that sucker can accelerate through turns.

The next day SIL asked daughter: Why is accumulated fuel mileage so low?


41 posted on 02/13/2022 8:53:38 AM PST by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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To: Babba Gi
Perhaps the people who pay the extra money for Honda/Toyota take better care of them, they sure look better with age.

This is true. I have two Toyotas, a '14 Sienna and a '15 Tacoma. Both paid off. I take them to the Toyota dealership every 5000 miles for servicing. I know this costs me a little more but I plan on keeping these vehicles for a long time.

42 posted on 02/13/2022 9:02:58 AM PST by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President 2024)
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To: Sirius Lee

We have similar taste. I’d been looking at a Mercedes and even made initial contact with my local dealer. The new 2022 C class won’t be available in my area until April.

A relative mentioned the new G80s. After some research, a bunch of YouTube video reviews and a test drive, it was a done deal. Glad to see some competition for the Germans.


43 posted on 02/13/2022 9:51:39 AM PST by Textide (Lord, grant that I may always be right, for thou knowest I am hard to turn. ~ Scotch-Irish prayer)
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To: Vaduz

Ill never drive a KIA. We had a number of KIA vans where I worked.

Theres a break in traffic so the driver would step on the gas to get into it. The van did nothing. The driver would take their foot off because it was no longer safe. The van would lurch into traffic. We couldnt get it fixed because the mechanics claimed there was nothing wrong with the vehicles. We got to the point that we drove with both feet because no one trusted them.


44 posted on 02/13/2022 9:55:26 AM PST by gnarledmaw (Hive minded liberals worship leaders, sovereign conservatives elect servants.)
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To: usconservative
The GV80 is definitely a nice looking SUV. It's got the same design features as other Genesis models. Twin convex lines on the body, front side lights and that nice grille.

I wasn't looking for any offroad capability or hauling though, so went with the G80 sedan.

45 posted on 02/13/2022 9:56:01 AM PST by Textide (Lord, grant that I may always be right, for thou knowest I am hard to turn. ~ Scotch-Irish prayer)
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To: Roadrunner383

When I see “JD Power” I always wonder how much of a bribe the companies had to pay this year to get their ranking.


46 posted on 02/13/2022 9:57:21 AM PST by gnarledmaw (Hive minded liberals worship leaders, sovereign conservatives elect servants.)
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To: gnarledmaw

Hi.

KIA and Hyundai have large recalls of vehicles with different problems. Currently examples are the suspension and fire hazzard. Hood and doors latches.

I’m sure JD Powers knows this.

5.56mm


47 posted on 02/13/2022 10:13:14 AM PST by M Kehoe (Quid Pro Joe and the Ho need to go.)
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To: Roadrunner383

As always, Land Rover is at the bottom.

I wonder where Tesla would be if they had a big enough sample?


48 posted on 02/13/2022 10:20:52 AM PST by Fresh Wind (Media Control is an anagram of Delta Omicron.)
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To: IYAS9YAS

Scotty is also an idiot - not because of his Kia statements, but because of some of his other statements that have been proven demonstrably false.

Oh, and because he’s stupid enough to go underneath a car supported only by a single jack (not a jack stand, just a jack) on camera and deliver a monologue.


49 posted on 02/13/2022 10:44:47 AM PST by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: bankwalker

My brother owns a body shop and he’s seen everything as deep into a vehicle as you can possibly see. He said Hondas are the best built vehicles in existence and Toyotas are tin cans in comparison.


Prior to retirement I supervised collision damage estimators for a large insurance company. One of them was previously a highly-regarded heavy-collision repair tech, and he said the same thing about Hondas.


50 posted on 02/13/2022 10:46:16 AM PST by Magic Fingers (Political correctness mutates in order to remain virulent.)
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To: Magic Fingers

Yep, I pretty much have been buying only Hondas, still drive my 2003 Accord daily.


51 posted on 02/13/2022 10:49:09 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Spktyr
Oh, and because he’s stupid enough to go underneath a car supported only by a single jack (not a jack stand, just a jack) on camera and deliver a monologue.

Every time I've seen him jack something up, he always puts a jack stand under the car. That's not to say he's done it every time, just to say that of the hundreds of videos I've watched of him doing things, he's never not used a jack stand when he's jacked something up and crawled under it.

52 posted on 02/13/2022 10:51:27 AM PST by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
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To: Jeff Chandler

When driving a vehicle “enthusiastically”, always remember to reset the cumulative fuel efficiency device while enroute to returning the car, thereby disguising your heavy foot.

Don’t ask me how I know this...


53 posted on 02/13/2022 10:53:16 AM PST by Don W (When blacks riot, neighbourhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
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To: Gay State Conservative
Consumer Reports Magazine has reliable reports on cars but,IMO,JD Powers doesn't.

We used to subscribe to Consumer Reports. Got burned on several things they said were quality products. They went leftist, we dropped them.

54 posted on 02/13/2022 10:53:47 AM PST by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
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To: dfwgator

“Yep, I pretty much have been buying only Hondas...”

Same here, ever since I stopped driving company cars :). I’ve got a 2014 Accord that’s never needed anything but routine maintenance.


55 posted on 02/13/2022 10:53:55 AM PST by Magic Fingers (Political correctness mutates in order to remain virulent.)
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To: IYAS9YAS

Then you haven’t paid attention to his videos. There’s at least three times that he’s done it on camera. If I wasn’t at work, I’d go dig up the videos from my “Scotty is an idiot” playlist on YouTube.

Also worth noting that:
1. The guy has had several videos where he was visibly drunk.
2. He has stated as fact many things that have been easily refuted.
3. His mechanic shop in Houston was so successful that he went out of business (not sold out, went out of business) due to lawsuits and lack of customers and had to move in with his kids in Tennessee.


56 posted on 02/13/2022 10:55:55 AM PST by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Spktyr
Then you haven’t paid attention to his videos.

The guy puts out two or three a day. I watch maybe two in a week. I reiterate, the ones I have seen, he uses a jack stand, I've certainly not seen all his videos, not even close.

I will say this, out of the last six brand new vehicles I've owned in the last 20 years, four have been Hyundai or Kia vehicles. Only had real complaints about one of them, and it's currently twelve years old and still sitting in my garage as my (mostly) daily driver. The other two were a Dodge and a Jeep. Neither are still owned by me. Both for good reason.

57 posted on 02/13/2022 11:07:45 AM PST by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
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To: DAC21

My Lamborghini Aventador hasn’t given me any problems. Oil changes cost ten grand so I can’t afford to drive it but it’s solid as a rock./s


58 posted on 02/13/2022 2:35:03 PM PST by slouper (LWRC SPR 5.5 6)
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To: Jeff Chandler

I have heard that as Honda has become more Americanized and hired a lot of MBA grads to override the engineers, their product is performing more Americanized.


59 posted on 02/13/2022 2:37:44 PM PST by nascarnation (Let's Go Brandon!)
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To: Textide

My neighbor has a 2019 Genesis.
Lots of problems but the dealer treats him like a potentate (they pick it up and drop it off). He’s got four other cars so he’s not unhappy. It drives beautifully.


60 posted on 02/13/2022 2:39:06 PM PST by nascarnation (Let's Go Brandon!)
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