So I am dropping my Stinger off for Repaint...

[A Member Who Left]

Told to keep quiet? Seriously? WTF?

 

[forzanerazzurri]

Apparently for some current owners, this result is completely satisfactory and everyone should just shut their mouths and be happy. Nothing to see here, Uncle Kia has brought gifts and has taken care of us all. Everybody move along.

 

[StingerGT68]

Apparently for some current owners, this result is completely satisfactory and everyone should just shut their mouths and be happy. Nothing to see here, Uncle Kia has brought gifts and has taken care of us all. Everybody move along.

If Kia is fixing the issue, what else should we be asking for? Genuinely curious.

And I'm in the camp that this won't hurt resale value because every time I've sold a car on cars.com it's "can I drive it? Has it been in an accident? Ok great let's make a deal".

 

[SteveCo]

Not to intrude on your comment. And I don't know about your market.. but here in Saudi Arabia the G70 and Stinger have identical prices. Both fully loaded 3.3 will come arround $47,700. (Without our New 5% VAT)

No worries - that is interesting to know. The MSRP on the top model Stinger 3.3T AWD Limited here including delivery and destination is 52K CAD, the Genesis G70 3.3T AWD is 57.6K CAD. The Genesis purchase includes complimentary maintenance and map updates for 5 years/100K KM, and at-home pickup and dropoff for service/maintenance with a provided Genesis loaner vehicle. Those are all extra features to those provided with the Kia Stinger - is that the same in your market?

Except Kia is currently renovating all of their dealerships to include all of those features.

Not according to any dealers I've spoken with, and I've talked to a few about whether they were looking into following the Genesis lead on upscale, separate branding for the Stinger and possibly other vehicles. Do you have proof of this?

 

[Mach_Tuck]

Glad to see @Bren1979 chime in. I too have a Sunset Yellow and am headed to dealer today for initial eval and pics. Only showing headlight area currently but does not mean something else lurking below the surface!

Thanks for standing up and helping the community.

Cheers

 

[DiabloStinger]

If Kia is fixing the issue, what else should we be asking for? Genuinely curious.

And I'm in the camp that this won't hurt resale value because every time I've sold a car on cars.com it's "can I drive it? Has it been in an accident? Ok great let's make a deal".

The problem is this is a new car. I would never accept them repainting my brand new car. Resprays can be easily seen with a meter.

 

[Paul32]

The problem is this is a new car. I would never accept them repainting my brand new car. Resprays can be easily seen with a meter.

If it looks good, runs good and has reasonable miles on it, why would they get the meter out? If sold outright, don't think the used car buying public has a meter.

 

[Paul32]

If it looks good, runs good and has reasonable miles on it, why would they get the meter out? If sold outright, don't think the used car buying public has a meter.

Also, should not affect a lease turn in if it is handled by the dealer.

 

[stinger1168]

Hey everyone, I’m the guy in Australia that first detected and reported this paint issue back in October last year and have had mine receive a full bare metal respray.

I can tell you that it was initially proposed to much less but it became obvious as more chips appeared that the whole car had the problem and if we didn’t do it all in one go, it would be an ongoing saga for years.

They went back to bare metal to remove all of the dodgy etch primer and baked on base coat that caused the issues to begin with. They replaced my front and rear bumpers and my hood.

I’ve uploaded a copy of the job sheet I got when I picked it up.

I can say that I’m ecstatic with the quality of the new paint job and took it to get looked at independently after the reap

What color was/is your Stinger? And would you consider the paint better/as good/worse than the original when new and not flaking off?

That's great you got things resolved satisfactorily!

 

[Salman]

No worries - that is interesting to know. The MSRP on the top model Stinger 3.3T AWD Limited here including delivery and destination is 52K CAD, the Genesis G70 3.3T AWD is 57.6K CAD. The Genesis purchase includes complimentary maintenance and map updates for 5 years/100K KM, and at-home pickup and dropoff for service/maintenance with a provided Genesis loaner vehicle. Those are all extra features to those provided with the Kia Stinger - is that the same in your market?

Yes, all what you have mentioned is the same here... and the warranty is 5 years unlimited KM. As for the Stinger we have 5 years/100,000 Km (which ever comes first)

 

[Stevo]

Waiting to hear back from the dealer on my GT1 micro blue also. They said they are waiting for a corporate decision before they proceed. Guess I will be visiting them again soon.

 

[Mike04SVT]

Steveo, Did you get your car from the dealer in Renton? If you did i would be careful of those guys. A week after i bought mine there i took it in for window tinting. Some one there lifted up the wipers and scratched the shit out of the hood. When i told the service manager about it he said i could not prove it was done there and they wouldn't even give me a paint pen for the scratched.

 

[MerlintheMad]

@Mike04SVT: holy crap! That reads like a bad parody of a bad dealership in a movie! Unbelievable treatment.

 

[Soca Boy]

I don’t know about the USA but in Canada KIA has a paint warranty the covers their vehicles for the first 36 months or 60000KM. It does suck when you have issues with something brand new but it’s covered under warranty. That comes with every KIA, don’t know if other manufacturers do the same.

 

[MerlintheMad]

@Soca Boy: Yes, the paint warranty is the same in the US. I haven't heard any different anywhere else.

 

[Stevo]

I'll be heading there tomorrow, will post an update.

 

[Rydahog]

Does it go on CAR fax? .

 

[Stevo]

Does it go on CAR fax? .

Good question

 

[Luminary]

Update...

So after two weeks I picked my Stinger up from the dealership. First, I want to say that my dealership is awesome in all ways service. Great people there. Unfortunately I do not have much to update except that I am not very happy (make that pretty damn disappointed) with the repaint that was completed by the 3rd party body shop. I am still in talks with my dealership about it, and as soon as I know something, I will update you all (for those that are interested). I do have some pictures, but am holding off at this point until I hear back.

On a side note, the damn Hatch Rattle is back... again. 2 "fixes" for it so far, SA322 and the newer one that I cannot remember the SA number for. It is really loud this time as well. Uggg.

 

[KiaofMuncie]

Update...

So after two weeks I picked my Stinger up from the dealership. First, I want to say that my dealership is awesome in all ways service. Great people there. Unfortunately I do not have much to update except that I am not very happy (make that pretty damn disappointed) with the repaint that was completed by the 3rd party body shop. I am still in talks with my dealership about it, and as soon as I know something, I will update you all (for those that are interested). I do have some pictures, but am holding off at this point until I hear back.

On a side note, the damn Hatch Rattle is back... again. 2 "fixes" for it so far, SA322 and the newer one that I cannot remember the SA number for. It is really loud this time as well. Uggg.

Without Pictures what is it that you do not like? What did they actually repaint?