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New Vehicle Limited Warranty
The following items are not covered:
Damage due to Factors Beyond the Manufacturer’s
Control.
Examples of these factors include, but are not limited to:
• Misuse of your Kia Vehicle such as driving over
curbs, or other hazardous objects or road structures or
into roadway maintenance or construction areas,
overloading the vehicle, racing or engaging in
activities or uses not described in your owner’s
manual or in Kia’s product literature.
• Accidents and incidents that damage your Kia vehicle
including but not limited to collision, fire, theft, riot.
• Alteration, modification, tampering, rewiring.
• Damage or corrosion from the environment such as
acid rain, airborne fallout (chemicals, tree sap, etc.),
road salt, hail, wind storm, lightning, floods and acts
of God. This limitation also includes damage to
vehicle assemblies such as brakes and suspension.
• Changes to vehicle appearance caused by normal use
and exposure, corrosion to underlying metal when
paint integrity is not consistently maintained.
• If your vehicle is equipped with matte paint, this will
require special care due to the unique finish. Failure
to follow the proper care instructions may cause
visual damage not covered by your warranty. Please
see your Owners Manual for additional information
and care instructions.
• Consumer induced damage caused by fluid spills,
burns in carpet, seats, trim or other damage that is not
considered a defect in material or workmanship.
• Window glass that is broken, chipped, scratched or
damage from outside influence is not considered a
defect in material or workmanship
• Paint or vehicle finish damage caused by applying
chemicals to the paint surface
• Damage caused by installing incorrect tires(size etc)
• Damage caused by the installation of any part that is
not equal to the OE part in quality of material or
workmanship
Damage due to Lack of Maintenance or the Use of
Wrong Fuel, Oil or Lubricants.
• Improper maintenance or the use of other than the
specified fuel, oil or lubricants recommended in your
Owner’s Manual. It is your obligation to ensure that
you obtain all fuels, oils and lubricants from reliable
vendors using quality products which meet the Kia
specifications identified in your Owner’s Manual. In the
event that problems result to your vehicle due to service
from vendors who use reduced quality products, your
vehicle warranties will not provide coverage.
What is Not Covered
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• Damaged brake rotors and drums resulting from
failing to replace brake pads and/or shoes before
they have worn sufficiently to damage such rotors
and drums. It is your obligation to ensure adequate
inspections to prevent rotor and drum damage due to
pad/shoe wear.
Manufacturer Design Choices
• The choices made in designing your vehicle,
including the materials chosen for parts and
components.
• Note: A material is not defective or underperforming
under your warranty because a better, stronger, more
durable or more suitable material could have been used.
• Note: All vehicle dimensions and measurements are
made solely at the discretion of the manufacturer
and are not warranted to be suitable for you or
anyone else who uses your vehicle.
Normal Deterioration
• Replacement or repair of parts intended to wear
including the friction wear parts of the brakes,
including brake pads and shoes, spark plugs, belts,
clutch linings, filters, wiper blades, bulbs except
HID bulbs, fuses, and other wear and consumable
items.
• Surface corrosion on any part other than the body
sheet metal panels forming the exterior appearance
of a Kia Vehicle.
Normal Maintenance
• Normal maintenance services such as: cleaning and
polishing, minor adjustments, lubrication, oil/fluid
changes, filters, anti- freeze coolant replenishment,
wheel alignment and tire rotation unless such services
are performed as part of a covered warrantable repair.
• Normal maintenance items including but not limited
to spark plugs, engine belts, filters, wiper blades, and
bulbs except HID bulbs are not warranted. However,
as a matter of policy, Kia will repair or replace such
maintenance items of a new vehicle during the
vehicle’s initial ownership period, but only up to the
first service interval or 12 months/12,000 miles,
whichever comes first.
• Maintenance services described as “Scheduled
Maintenance Services”, “Owner Maintenance Services”
or “Appearance Care” in your Owner’s Manual.
Altered Mileage
• Any repair of a Kia Vehicle on which the odometer
has been altered or on which the actual mileage
cannot be reasonably determined.
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