Not sure which section to post this in.
some info on the trade in vehicle:
My 2014 Kia Sportage SX started making a loud ticking noise about 2 months ago. It makes the noise on cold starts and lasts about 2-3 minutes. Once the engine is warmed up it goes away completely. It still drives well, I drive 40 miles round trip to work 5 days a week. Was busy with work (lots of mandatory overtime), holidays, kids, etc. Just dropped it off at the Kia dealership yesterday. They just called and said the turbo bearing is worn out and will cost $5,000 parts and labor to replace the whole turbo. Back in Jun 2021, it went into limp mode after work on the highway, but could still drive 50 mph to the dealership. Kia replaced the engine and covered part of the car rental, but still cost me $900 for 2 weeks rental. Oct 2021 got home from work and smelled gasoline. The high pressure fuel pump was leaking and i got it replaced immediately. Its the cause of most of the Kia/Hyundai engine fires that were on the news, and had a recall. Still cost me $1,100. Last Oct the bushings were worn out on the control arms, cost $2,000.
last Feb when we got the 3 we kept my wife's 09 Corolla for my MiL to use. a few months later she no longer needed it and we sold it to Carmax. They did a fairly thorough inspection before cutting us a check. the whole process took 2 hours. So how thorough is Telsa with non-Tesla trade ins?
Thanks in advance.
some info on the trade in vehicle:
My 2014 Kia Sportage SX started making a loud ticking noise about 2 months ago. It makes the noise on cold starts and lasts about 2-3 minutes. Once the engine is warmed up it goes away completely. It still drives well, I drive 40 miles round trip to work 5 days a week. Was busy with work (lots of mandatory overtime), holidays, kids, etc. Just dropped it off at the Kia dealership yesterday. They just called and said the turbo bearing is worn out and will cost $5,000 parts and labor to replace the whole turbo. Back in Jun 2021, it went into limp mode after work on the highway, but could still drive 50 mph to the dealership. Kia replaced the engine and covered part of the car rental, but still cost me $900 for 2 weeks rental. Oct 2021 got home from work and smelled gasoline. The high pressure fuel pump was leaking and i got it replaced immediately. Its the cause of most of the Kia/Hyundai engine fires that were on the news, and had a recall. Still cost me $1,100. Last Oct the bushings were worn out on the control arms, cost $2,000.
last Feb when we got the 3 we kept my wife's 09 Corolla for my MiL to use. a few months later she no longer needed it and we sold it to Carmax. They did a fairly thorough inspection before cutting us a check. the whole process took 2 hours. So how thorough is Telsa with non-Tesla trade ins?
Thanks in advance.