New Stinger Recall

[Johnnys Stung]

According to them, I have to wait until January 4th for them even to inspect the car (before they order the parts).....

Sounds like a dealer who is clueless to the recall. Smdh

 

[Terrorz75]

Hi everyone,

I'm taking my car next weekend. Anyone have any dealings with Smithtown Kia in Suffolk County Long Island NY? This will be my first time going there and want to make sure they aren't going to mess with me.
I just hope they won't blame any issues on my intake and oil catch plus I hope they don't see my pedal tuner which I'm going to have to hide.

 

[Cowboymarc21]

Just returned from the dealership and had the recall work completed. They were great. The tech was very thorough and did a neat & efficient job. They didn’t have too much background on the issue. I discussed with him and he was really good at explaining what he was going to do.
very satisfied

 

[cncBilly]

Just returned from the dealership and had the recall work completed. They were great. The tech was very thorough and did a neat & efficient job. They didn’t have too much background on the issue. I discussed with him and he was really good at explaining what he was going to do.
very satisfied

Did you watch him do the work. What city? What dealership?

 

[Johnnys Stung]

Hi everyone,

I'm taking my car next weekend. Anyone have any dealings with Smithtown Kia in Suffolk County Long Island NY? This will be my first time going there and want to make sure they aren't going to mess with me.
I just hope they won't blame any issues on my intake and oil catch plus I hope they don't see my pedal tuner which I'm going to have to hide.

I’m going to Smithtown Kia for my recall. I’ve gotten a wheel balance and oil change there, no complaints so far. The manager is Kevin and Danny the service writer is a good guy too.

I have no idea if they are mod friendly or not, but they are there to fix a recall that has nothing to do with any other mods. Don’t let them try and tell you otherwise. If you were running lean or misfiring etc. then yea they can bust your chops.

 

[Cowboymarc21]

Did you watch him do the work. What city? What dealership?

I took it to Lockwood Kia in Oakville.
I watched from the waiting area, but I asked to take a look once the new wires were connected.
All looked good in my opinion.

 

[Stock_stinger]

doing some research on MANDO (they make the HECU) im making an educated guess the issue is 1 of 2 things.

1- an internal seal is allowing a slow leak of brake fluid into the pcb causing a short that gets progressively worse

2- excess flux on the PCB board after excessive heat liquefies and shorts the pcb.

these are both issue MANDO had in the past and have all the signs of what were seeing in affected cars

 

[SKStinger]

doing some research on MANDO (they make the HECU) im making an educated guess the issue is 1 of 2 things.

1- an internal seal is allowing a slow leak of brake fluid into the pcb causing a short that gets progressively worse

2- excess flux on the PCB board after excessive heat liquefies and shorts the pcb.

these are both issue MANDO had in the past and have all the signs of what were seeing in affected cars

Any idea why these would only impact 2019 cars?

 

[Stock_stinger]

Any idea why these would only impact 2019 cars?

prob all that theyve isolated. might not have seen any issues in other model years. also possible this HECU batch was used in 19's. its a bit wide spread on the exact details since they dont even know

 

[SKStinger]

prob all that theyve isolated. might not have seen any issues in other model years. also possible this HECU batch was used in 19's. its a bit wide spread on the exact details since they dont even know

Ok. You would think it has to be a batch of HECUs that were faulty and only used on 19’s otherwise they’d recall all Stinger model years but who knows. Hyundai/Kia haven’t exactly been forthright when it comes to recalls.

 

[Cosmo]

 

[BUZSTINGR]

I had a Sorrento that I brought in for recall. Decided to take them up on the one time free oil change during same trip.
I guess they must figure it’s good to sprinkle oil on top of motor too...
I kind of chuckled and shook my head as I cleaned that up but when I noticed the scratches all over the entire car from their dirty car wash that I never asked for that was game changer for me. When I got my GT I told myself they are no way touching this one. I hate recalls!!

Every time I take mine to the dealer, I put a little laminated sign I made over the Horn Area so they CAN'T miss when they are moving the car.
It reads......."DO NOT WASH THIS CAR"

 

[Stephen Brubaker]

Had my recall done today. Everything under the hood looks just like new except for the new fuses.

 

[StingertimeNC]

same here. had it done today, no issues.

 

[eyan869]

Had mine done today too in Calgary. All good

 

[HerbieTheCar]

Had mine done today too in Calgary. All good

How long did it take?

 

[eyan869]

How long did it take?

One hour and half. They started working on the car once I dropped off.

 

[HerbieTheCar]

One hour and half. They started working on the car once I dropped off.

Nice! Thanks for the info!

 

[Blingen]

I contacted the dealership I bought the car at. They said they need to order the part and they have an opening first week of Feb if I schedule today. They are on a 6 to 7 week backlog for scheduling appointments. Same dealer it took 2 months to get an oil change scheduled. Waiting for word from second dealer on time frame.

 

[heyheyal]

Have mine scheduled for two weeks from now. Said it would take 2-3 hours? Seems like an awful long time based on what I saw via the web. Oh well, will have to bring the laptop and get some work done. Coupled with the first oil change. Going to Matt Harvey Kia in Jersey.