2008 Kia Rondo

After hearing a popping in my front end for two days I took my car into my mechanic. He took a look at it and said he’d never seen anything like it before. My stabilizer bar had completely ripped apart from my subframe. He said the metal was as thin as a few pieces of paper and there was rust. He contacted Kia to see if there were any campaigns on my car and there was one for an anti corrosion coating that was not applied. I took my car to my local Kia dealership and they were not interested in helping and said they couldn’t even look at it for diagnosis for at least a month and even then didn’t know if they would cover it. I am 38 weeks pregnant and have two small children and my mechanic said it was a major safety issue to drive it as is. I contacted Kia corporate and they informed me that it would be covered but I would have to get it diagnosed at a dealership first or pay for it out of pocket. I’ve contacted every dealership within two hours of me and they have all said they can’t help or haven’t gotten back to me. Kia says they can’t be of more help because each dealership is independently owned.

I TOOK MY 2008 KIA RONDO FOR THE ANNUAL WV STATE INSPECTION TODAY. THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN TOLD ME THAT I HAVE A BROKEN FRONT PASSENGER SIDE COIL SPRING. HE SAID THAT THIS COULD BE DANGEROUS IF THE SPRING SHOULD POP OUT OF IT'S NORMAL POSITION. HE SAID THAT THE END OF THE SPRING COULD RUPTURE THE TIRE AND CAUSE A BAD ACCIDENT. I DIDN'T NOTICE ANY HANDLING OR NOISES THAT ALERTED ME TO THIS CONDITION, SO I DON'T KNOW WHEN IT MIGHT HAVE BROKEN. I DO NOT SEE ANY KIA RECALLS FOR THIS CONDITION. THE VEHICLE HAS 112,500 MILES ON IT.

TAKATA RECALL - I PURCHASED MY 2008 KIA RONDO EX AT WHITE BEAR MITSUBISHI ON NOV. 20. 2018 . & DROVE IT FOR TWO OR THREE DAYS . I WAS BACKING OUT OG PARKING SPACE & I HEARD A LOUD NOISE & A BANG & MY KIA STOPPED ON THE SPOT . I GOT OUT TO LOOK WHAT HAPPENED & MY FRONT DRIVERS SIDE TIRE WAS COMPLETELY FLAT . A FRIEND TRIED TO BLOW IT UP WITH AIR THING & NO LUCK . SOME GUYS CAME OUT TO HELP ME TRY TO CHANGE TBE TIRE & THATS WHEN HE DESCOVERED THAT THE COUL SNAPPED IN TWO DIFFERENT PLACES & WENT THROUGH MY TIRE COMPLETELY . SO MY KIA HAS BEEN PARKED EVER SINCE THAT DAY . I DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT THIS SAFETY ISSUE IM HAVING . PLEASE HELP ME OUT HERE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 KIA RONDO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE COIL SPRING DETACHED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE COIL SPRING WAS REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98,000.

COMING BACK FROM WISCONSIN THE LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING BUSTED AND SHREDDED THE INSIDE OF THE LEFT FRONT TIRE BLOWING IT OUT TRAVELING AT 65 MILES PER HOUR. I HAD SEEN ON THE INTERNET THAT HYUNDIES AND KIA WERE NOTED FOR THERE DEFECTIIVE FRONT COIL SPRING BREAKING AND CAUSING DAMAGE TO TIRES AND POSSIBLY WRECKS. I CALLED THE KIA DEALERSHIP IN QUINCY, ILLINOIS AND HE TOLD ME THE PARTS WERE NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY AND I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR PARTS AND LABOR TO FIX MY VEHICLE. THIS HAS ALREADY COST ME $240.00 FOR 2 NEW FRONT TIRES ON MY VEHICLE. I FEEL THIS IS UNFAIR DUE TO THE FACT THAT POSSIBLY THESE FRONT COIL SPRINGS WERE OF DEFECTIVE WEAK FOREIGN MATERIAL AND SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED FOR THE SAKE OF PEOPLES LIVES

LAST WEEK WENT IN TO GET NEW TIRES AND MECHANIC BROUGHT TO ME 2 LARGE PIECES OF BOTH MY FRONT COIL SPRINGS. THEY HAD BROKEN OFF BUT LUCKILY NOT IN A WAY THAT WOULD PUNCTURE THE TIRES. BOTH SHOWED RUST ON THE END OF THE SPRINGS WHICH LEADS ME TO BELIEVE IT WAS A FAILURE OF THE METAL. THEY WILL COST ME $500.00+ TO REPLACE. THIS WEEKEND HYUNDAI, ALSO MADE IN SOUTH KOREA, ANNOUNCED A RECALL OF THEIR VEHICLES DUE TO FAULTY FRONT COIL SPRINGS, ESPECIALLY IN COLD WEATHER STATES, WHICH WE ARE. . I HAVE TRIED TO RESEARCH WHETHER KIA USED THE SAME SPRINGS BUT CANNOT FIND THAT INFO ONLINE. *TR

PART: SWAY BARS I HAD BEEN EXPERIENCING A CLANKING NOISE COMING FROM UNDER THE CAR. I THOUGHT IT WAS THE SPARE TIRE LOOSE. HAD IT CHECKED IT WAS TIGHT. I THOUGHT IT WAS THE BAR UNDER THE HOOD, THE ARM THAT HOLDS THE HOOD UP. CHECKED IT AND IT WAS PROPERLY CLIPPED. I HAD THE PROBLEM DIAGNOSED BY A PRIVATE MECHANIC AND I WAS INFORMED THAT IT WAS THE SWAY BARS. PRIVATE MECHANIC STATED IT IS NOT A SAFETY FEATURE, BUT HE RECOMMENDED TO FIX AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. I HAD THE SWAY BARS REPLACED. I PAID ALMOST $200 TO HAVE THEM REPLACED DUE TO THE MECHANIC STATED IT WAS THE ROADS I TRAVELED THAT WERE CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE SUSPENSION. NOT EVEN A YEAR LATER I REQUIRE SWAY BARS TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. IS THIS REALLY THE ROADS THAT ARE SO BAD THAT SWAY BARS ARE REPLACED YEARLY. *TR

I TOOK VEHICLE IN TO PRIVATE MECHANIC FOR WHEEL ALIGNMENT. I WAS TOLD THAT DUE TO MANUFACTURING QUIRK THAT ONE OF THE ALIGNMENT ADJUSTMENTS TO THE WHEELS CAN NOT BE ACCOMPLISHED. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO HELP EITHER. I WAS TOLD THAT A TIRE WAS IMPROPERLY WELDED ON UPON MANUFACTURING AND A CORRECT/APPROPRIATE ALIGNMENT WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE. *TR

I OWN A 2008 KIA RONDO AND FOUND OUT THERE IS NO WAY TO ALIGN THE REAR TIRES AND MY BACK END IS SO BAD THAT THE TIRES ARE TIPPING. I HAVE CONTACTED KIA SEVERAL TIMES AND HAVE BEEN TOLD THE ENGINEERS ARE WORKING ON A FIX BUT IT HAS BEEN OVER TWO MONTHS. MY TIRES ARE SO WORN OUT FROM THE MISALIGNMENT THAT THE CAR SOUNDS LIKE A TANK GOING DOWN THE STREET AND WHEN IT RAINS IT IS HARD TO CONTROL THE CAR. KIA HAS OFFERED TO REPLACE THE TIRES BUT UNLESS THE UNDERLINING PROBLEM IS FIXED IN A FEW MONTHS I WILL BE BACK TO SQUARE ONE. THE CAR IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE IN ITS PRESENT CONDITION BUT KIA HAS DONE NOTHING TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. PLEASE HELP AND HAVE THIS CAR RECALLED AND HAVE KIA BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MANUFACTURING DEFECTIVE. *TR