Repair Or Dump Her?

[Sickicks]

I Made many posts on my nightmare with my stinger gt 2018 prior, rn shes got about 98k miles and has been sitting for a month while i scram 5k together for a cam actuator repair.

I Love this car, and im upside down by around 10k. I know this repair is needed, but two mechanics asked me if i considered just dumping it due to the probability that something may break in the future.

The issues ive had are all intermittent, as besides that she drives fine. I hope doing the repair will solve the rumbling during 1100 rpm high idle, the stalling and shit driving when its acting up.

My question to yall is, if you got the following bill, and were in my shoes, What would you do? If you did the repair, what questions should i be asking prior, as the dealer who wrote this quote is a scum bag, so im going to another kia dealer which seems nicer.

 

[Snicklefritz]

I don't even know what a "cam actuator" is, much less what would go into repairing. But $5K really? That sounds like rip off time up front to me. I'd be getting research done, second, third assessment/opinion, etc.

As for dumping the car because of fear that something else might break. Why have a car at all then? Any car can break something/anything whenever. If you love this car then repair should be worth it. It isn't old, only c. 100K miles, that's not even "middle age" yet for a car.

 

[Sickicks]

I don't even know what a "cam actuator" is, much less what would go into repairing. But $5K really? That sounds like rip off time up front to me. I'd be getting research done, second, third assessment/opinion, etc.

As for dumping the car because of fear that something else might break. Why have a car at all then? Any car can break something/anything whenever. If you love this car then repair should be worth it. It isn't old, only c. 100K miles, that's not even "middle age" yet for a car.

Apparently after speaking to 3 mechanics they said thats about right. Parts marked up to shit but cant take to a third party shop because they wont work on this car as they dont have the experience. Apparently the whole top of the motor has to come off. Im only worried that i fix this, and then boom the engine shits its self

 

[Snicklefritz]

I understand that. How do you know a "third party" mechanic won't work on it? Do you have a mechanic from pre-Stinger that you trusted with other cars? I do. And he wouldn't refuse to work on this "cam actuator". It's a damn car. Not a space ship.

 

[ht_addict]

Have they tried replacing the Camshaft Position Sensor? Maybe it is faulty??

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[Ah GetFd]

I would probably get a second opinion from another Kia Dealer

When you start talking about a cam actuator, and I dont know much about them, but this sort of fault that has come up with a GM product in the past indicated a timing chain issue. Typically a stretched chain.

So maybe the actuator that is sending out a fault or a sensor sending out a fault is indicating another problem.

 

[ht_addict]

Is this not covered under warranty. 10yrs/100000miles. I see the words "ALL INTERNAL PARTS" under "In the Engine"

 

[7thSonEngineering]

if it timing related it covered by the warrenty