I have a 2015 Kia optima that has the theta 2 engine with 68 K miles on it with no trouble so far…
When Kia replaces the defective theta 2 engines failures …exactly what do they do? Do they replace the bad parts or make some changes to the defective engineering by using different parts or replace the whole engine or just repay the customer for costs of these failures? How about when they fail a second time? Is anyone familiar with this?
From what I have read, they are replacing the engine. They will transfer some peripheral parts from the old engine that are still perfectly fine to cut costs. As for failing again, I’m sure they have figured out some sort of warranty for the new engine they will have installed. That is definitely something to ask about if you qualify for a replacement through the recall.
Thanks, The dealer was a bit vague about what the Factory will do…