Really liked this car online and at the dealer, maybe even got attached to it... kinda sorta still want to buy it.
Great space. Great mileage. Solid reliability and satisfaction on Consumer Reports review site.
The EX with Tech Pkg (for the safety stuff, esp blind spot are rear cross traffic alert) is near the top end of my $ range (yep really).
Niro is around the top end for size car i want (don't laugh, I drive a 98 Honda Civic HB).
Sort of a perfect car fantasy -- match made in heaven etc.
Then I came across this forum.
Many messages about mileage decrease. Hmmm, but I could live with it if it turned out to be true.
Reports of gas leaking into oil (!) What? that's not good!!
Report of getting an error message instead of a car that starts up when it is supposed to (!!!!!!). WTF? Big problem.
In the 20 years with my current car, 3 times it hasn't started. Twice when I knowingly essentially ran it out of gas before parking it, once when the battery was done (got a jump and then went to buy a new battery).
So the fantasy is gone and unease has set in (maybe like some of my relationships, but i digress ha ha).
I'm a sensitive guy but y'all figured that out seeing how my thoughts have changed based on what I've read here.
Hard to tell how real these issues are, and whether they are like 1 in 10,000 or like 1 in 50.
My new car decision just got more complicated. Yes, it's not a bad thing to be more informed of what could go wrong. But will it?
Any experience/input from owners, especially from those that have had no issues or minor issues and maybe haven't spoken up. And even better if 2019 model Niros, non-plugin.
Reliability is such a big deal for me. My car priorities
(1) reliability - seemed great now I'm not so sure :-/
(2) utility - it's got a hatch and great space
(3a) safety - IIHS top safety pick
(3b) mileage - cuz I'm eco-conscious and cheap like that.
(4) image - (>5 years ago this didn't matter to me at all, somehow it does now, this car hits all the right image buttons for me)
(5) price - (hey if it's a great match and anywhere within my $ range, I'm all in)
Generally don't like the idea of leasing, but also thinking about that for the first time now so I could have an exit plan for a problematic car after 2-3 years. I'd rather it turn out to be super dependable and have it for 10 or 15 years cuz that's what I tend to do.
Okay that was maybe cathartic do get that all written down and "out there" albeit to a fairly small audience.
If I end up a Kia Niro owner, I promise to come back here at let everyone know how it goes over the (hopefully many) years.
Cheers,
Drewsel
Great space. Great mileage. Solid reliability and satisfaction on Consumer Reports review site.
The EX with Tech Pkg (for the safety stuff, esp blind spot are rear cross traffic alert) is near the top end of my $ range (yep really).
Niro is around the top end for size car i want (don't laugh, I drive a 98 Honda Civic HB).
Sort of a perfect car fantasy -- match made in heaven etc.
Then I came across this forum.
Many messages about mileage decrease. Hmmm, but I could live with it if it turned out to be true.
Reports of gas leaking into oil (!) What? that's not good!!
Report of getting an error message instead of a car that starts up when it is supposed to (!!!!!!). WTF? Big problem.
In the 20 years with my current car, 3 times it hasn't started. Twice when I knowingly essentially ran it out of gas before parking it, once when the battery was done (got a jump and then went to buy a new battery).
So the fantasy is gone and unease has set in (maybe like some of my relationships, but i digress ha ha).
I'm a sensitive guy but y'all figured that out seeing how my thoughts have changed based on what I've read here.
Hard to tell how real these issues are, and whether they are like 1 in 10,000 or like 1 in 50.
My new car decision just got more complicated. Yes, it's not a bad thing to be more informed of what could go wrong. But will it?
Any experience/input from owners, especially from those that have had no issues or minor issues and maybe haven't spoken up. And even better if 2019 model Niros, non-plugin.
Reliability is such a big deal for me. My car priorities
(1) reliability - seemed great now I'm not so sure :-/
(2) utility - it's got a hatch and great space
(3a) safety - IIHS top safety pick
(3b) mileage - cuz I'm eco-conscious and cheap like that.
(4) image - (>5 years ago this didn't matter to me at all, somehow it does now, this car hits all the right image buttons for me)
(5) price - (hey if it's a great match and anywhere within my $ range, I'm all in)
Generally don't like the idea of leasing, but also thinking about that for the first time now so I could have an exit plan for a problematic car after 2-3 years. I'd rather it turn out to be super dependable and have it for 10 or 15 years cuz that's what I tend to do.
Okay that was maybe cathartic do get that all written down and "out there" albeit to a fairly small audience.
If I end up a Kia Niro owner, I promise to come back here at let everyone know how it goes over the (hopefully many) years.
Cheers,
Drewsel