Not Stinger but Kia in the news for fires

[Joseph Spiegel]

Whew boy, this isn’t a good thing.

Growing concern over fire risk involving Kia vehicles

 

[MerlintheMad]

LOL! It's always something. What a venue. What a life!

 

[A Member Who Left]

If you smell something burning.....it’s probably your car. Sorry but I just found that funny.

 

[niko]

Damn the only thing I smell burning are my tires skirrrt skirrrt

 

[MerlintheMad]

Damn the only thing I smell burning are my tires skirrrt skirrrt

And let's hope it stays that way! The tenor of the news piece is that Kias are just rolling bonfires waiting to happen. Remember the Ford Pinto flap? What, half a dozen cars burst into flames from being rear-ended, and the Medía made it look like the Pinto was a rolling molotov cocktail.

 

[moinmoin]

Hyundai and Kia Models Suffer Alarming Number of Fires, Watchdog Group Says

2011 through 2014
"The Kia Sorento and Optima, and Hyundai Santa Fe were all produced at the same factory in West Point, Ga., according to the petition. The Hyundai Sonata sedans were made at a plant in Montgomery, Ala., it said. "

 

[bumble bee]

That is crazy!

 

[A Member Who Left]

Well, then it is a good thing my then 17 yo son totaled our 2014 Santa Fe on election night 2016. No fire risk here.

Yes, he was fine. Miracle actually.

 

[Joseph Spiegel]

And let's hope it stays that way! The tenor of the news piece is that Kias are just rolling bonfires waiting to happen. Remember the Ford Pinto flap? What, half a dozen cars burst into flames from being rear-ended, and the Medía made it look like the Pinto was a rolling molotov cocktail.

Yeah but. After all that news nobody drove within 100’ of a Pinto! Clear sailing.

 

[Waynerm002]

News people like to sensationalize things, I feel bad for the folks affected by this and hope H/K will get to the bottom of it. At a time when they are starting to pull in more customers based on their changes, it would be bad if some news outlet do to them what they did to Audi back in the day.