kia warranty

[kingsy18]

Don,t know a lot about car engines but i know its recommended to change a cambelt on a used car,so does a cambelt come under warranty if the warranty is for seven years or do you have to change cambelt yourself.

[ElvisThePelvis]

Warranty doesn't cover service items on any car..

[bruno22rf]

Surely the warranty only applies if the service schedule is adhered to - the cambelt would be part of the service around the 70000 mark.

[Hendrix's rifle]

Surely the warranty only applies if the service schedule is adhered to - the cambelt would be part of the service around the 70000 mark.

That may be the case on some cars however the majority are now 100k or 10 years. Some even over 120k. I change at between 60-80k depending on condition of the belt

[armsid]

i think you will have to have service done at KIA or a vat registered garage with genuine parts to keep any warranty valid especially cambelts

[Hendrix's rifle]

i think you will have to have service done at KIA or a vat registered garage with genuine parts to keep any warranty valid especially cambelts

Providing there of oe quality and it can be proved

[Vince Green]

Providing there of oe quality and it can be proved

There lies the problem "and it can be proved".......

 

It all sounds alright until the claim for a new engine starts being investigated. Having had a £3500 warranty claim about ten years ago I found out just how difficult they can be. It wasn't KIA by the way it was Mercedes. They don't just say OK. Every service had been done on time at an approved service centre but they wanted chapter and verse. They put the service centre through it as well

[Rupert]

Cambelt is a service item, a consumable, needs to be changed in accordance with manufacturers schedule in order to maintain ongoing warranty.

[figgy]

I've had it said to me cam belts should be on hours or revolutions the engine has done not miles as some cars sit in traffic for hours and do little miles and a reps car sat at 2500 rpm doing say 70mpb all day will cover many miles in less engine hours. How much factor for this is built into the belt ?

[joe soapy]

I've had it said to me cam belts should be on hours or revolutions the engine has done not miles as some cars sit in traffic for hours and do little miles and a reps car sat at 2500 rpm doing say 70mpb all day will cover many miles in less engine hours. How much factor for this is built into the belt ?

You cant be sure about anything with a cambelt, except that it will break, Worst is to leave for a year or two, then run engine,

best is running all day every day

[HDAV]

Cambelts can be as low as 36k so rtfm and there can be many stipulations and from time to time the interval will be changed in a service bulletin update.

 

Not just the belt either can include changing water pumps and pulleys too

Edited February 4, 2017 by HDAV