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RE: Time to make the Wife happy...

Man this thread is not very helpful to the OP. Simple facts with no bias or emotion:

The Hyundai Tucson (Kia Sportage) is all new for this model year, so there is not much history on them. Very good pre-views by the auto mags though.

Hyundai and Kia are as Ford and Mercury.

All Asian offers came to the US shores with disdain. And over time all have improved their products to equal or surpass their US / European competition. The same folks bashing Hyundai today were bashing Honda and Toyota in the 70's. Now they own them.

American car mags who traditionally favor European cars has even had to admit that the Hyundai Genesis has entered the luxury sedan market as an equal, for thousands less and a better warranty.

There is no such thing as a federally mandated 3 / 36 warranty. Like all manufacturers Hyundai / Kia have several warranties on each new car and they are honored right up to the last month / mile. They include Basic (bumper to bumper) 5 / 60k fully transferable - Power train 10 / 100k non-transferable - They will even cover wear items 1 / 12k - Battery 3 / 36k. 24hr roadside asst 5yrs unlimited. One odd exception to the basic is the audio system, only 3 / 36k.[

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Although warranties are not required to cover items that have not been maintained properly. The burden of proof is on the manufacturer to show that the failure was caused by lack of proper maint. A lack of proper maintenance records is not proof of a lack of maintenance. A threat of small claims court will usually shut them up.

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