What a terrible service department. Can't speak about sales, this review is not related to that department.
My wife has a 2020 Kia Sorento, which is about a month old. There is water leaking on the passenger side floor when using air conditioning. Fairly obvious what it is, must be an air conditioning condensation drain-hose, which is clogged. A quick Google search confirmed that is in fact the issue, it's a known problem.
My wife was on-the-road, stopped by Kia's service department in Bohemia, the gentleman looked in the computer, and said this would not be covered under the warranty, on a month old leased vehicle.
Not only did we have to leave the car there for DAYS, but he also quoted about ~$160.00 plus 'parts'. She called me, I told her it was a scam, and we'd take care of it during her next oil change, which was going to be that week. After all, it's basically clean water, no odor, wasn't that big of a deal short-term.
She went to our mechanic that we have been using for years for the oil change, he put the car on the lift, stuck a screwdriver in the drain-hose, all the water gushed out. Guess how much? No dollars, that's how much. If he had to put the car on the lift without the oil change, he likely still wouldn't have charged anything, so we'd tip him a few bucks for his time. Even he knew exactly what it was though, a commonly known issue for Kia or not, it's obvious.
I understand the 'unknown', you've got to figure out an issue, charge some 'minimum' fee to evaluate. I get it. But that was not the case here. A clean water leak ONLY when the air conditioning it is, what else could it be? Not like the car has water lines running through it. There's no sink in the car.
But, this is a COMMON problem, they know that, so it's an obvious way to take advantage of people that don't know any better. Luckily, she knows better and isn't a sucker.
Putting all of that aside, why would this not be under warranty? You think this is what they would want to cover under warranty, something that's 1-2-3.
This is EXACTLY why we don't shop directly at car dealerships anymore. We use a car concierge service, which deals with the dealerships directly, and we don't have to waste our time, because that's exactly what you get when dealing with these shysters.
I'll try to post a video of the 'repair' in a bit and if Yelp doesn't allow it, I'll take some screen-shots of the process. read more