My once and only experience with KIA was a 2014 soul redline with the 2.0 NU 4 cylinder engine. At just a tick over 16,000 miles one of the engine’s connecting rods exited through the side of the block. A call to corporate over my extreme dissatisfaction and I was not pleased with the answer ( in my state up to 16k makes it a lemon with such an issue, just over 16k I felt like they should have bought the car back). It was repaired under warranty. With a major engineering issue with the bottom end of that particular Hyundai engine, it would likely happen over and over. It appears as if Hyundai is facing a law suit over the engine although the soul is not listed oddly enough. No thank you on the Korean autos, I’ll stick to my few Japanese brands and American that still serves me well.