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Hundreds of thousands of cars being recalled following reports they're bursting into flames
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Kia and Hyundai have been discovered to have defects that greatly increase in the risk of ignition
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This is Eilar and welcome to Peace Consumer Channel. In this video we will discuss
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a problem with Kia cars. We'll also hear a feedback from our user who almost lost their
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life because of the defect in the car. I'm not getting any response from Kia company and would
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like some help with this issue. But first please subscribe to our channel, hit the like button and
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mention the brand of your car in the comment section. Now let's start. Kia and Hyundai are
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calling nearly 300,000 SUVs. Cars from Hyundai and Kia, they are the largest SUVs that the company's making
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They're warning owners to park outside because of a risk of fire
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245,000 are Hyundai Palisade and 36,000 Kia Telluride. Causing this fire. They're not exactly sure why they have a temporary fix
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so go to the dealer to get that. They're still working on a permanent fix
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The Telluride and Palliside are mid-size SUVs priced from $33,390 and $33,600 respectively
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Both are positioned as family cars. Leather has three rows of seats and a luxurious interior, which, according to a Car & Driver product review
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is the task of ferrying a herd of children through suburban America
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Also, owners of these models are advised to park outdoors and away from buildings
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The reason is burning incidents that are caused by short circuits. It has happened again
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Another Kia mysteriously catches fire parked outside the car owner home It came dangerously close to burning their house and a big RV They are triggered by the defect in the model clutch
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The images are scary. Get over! Get over! Kia says there have been six incidents of their Telluride igniting
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and Hyundai representatives confirmed three incidents of burning and 16 meltdowns. These companies promised to repair the cars for free or reimburse owners for the cost of the repair
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However, practice shows that the cases are dragging on. One of the victims of the engine fire was our user, and she agreed to share her story
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I live in Greenville, Michigan. I was coming home from Grand Rapids, Michigan
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And my something started knocking really hard on the car. And it wouldn't quit, wouldn't quit
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And so I pulled over at a gas station and a guy had heard it knocking
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um so anyway um I tried to attempt to make it as far as I could to get home so I could call my
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husband well he was having problems with his car too so I knew he wouldn't want to drive too far but
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When I got to Myers Lake Road and M57, the car actually died on me completely
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And I had to it was right in the intersection and it was 430 traffic on a work day And I got it over off to the side the best I could spitting and sputtering and before it died completely
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um my husband came um to meet me and we he got it pulled over into a parking lot um
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which was another horror story in the event uh because we was afraid they was going to close on
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us we had to wait two hours for a tow truck in 90 degree weather
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so finally when the tow truck got there we um he towed us home we had five miles
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of free towing through triple a and then we had to pay the additional 49 dollars
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uh we had him tow it to a dealer or a repair place and they said the engine had gone on it
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and quoted us like almost $8,000 just to get it fixed. And then labor on top of that
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So anyway, we couldn't leave it there. So then we had to turn around and pay another $50 to have a toad less than a mile home
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And it's been sitting in our yard ever since. In this situation, the reaction of Kia Motors is striking
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Kia Motors, Kia dealerships, the place where we purchased the car, and I don't get any luck from any of them as far as helping
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Apparently the warranty they said was gone on it not by very long but anyway we hadn gotten a new warranty And then I heard
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both by media and also people were saying there was messages or a thing on
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Channel 17, Fox 17 News, about other people having issues with their Kia
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And then, so I tried to get a hold of them, and I haven't gotten any response from them back either
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So it's just, I'm just very upset because I no longer have a car, and we still owe on the car
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We hope that the issue will be handled fairly. They should take care of the expense for getting the car fixed
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period don't have a car to go anywhere my husband's driving a 2008 saturn view back and forth
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from greenbelt to grand rapids every day so he can get to work and we've had to put money into
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that car in order for him to be able to drive it and then there's no guarantees because it's still
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got some things wrong with that. You know, money just doesn't grow on trees. The Kia
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another thing, only has like 83,000 something miles on it. Maybe close to 84,000 now. But
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anyway, for 2017, I think that's pretty good. Head slow. Thank you for watching this video, have a great day and good luck on the roads
