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Covina Kia

Covina, CA

2.5
106 Reviews

626 South Citrus Avenue

Covina, CA

91723

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July 30, 2025

Please, I need help. .. My Kia is about to blow!!!! In July of 2023, I decided to trade in my 12-year-old Chevy Traverse with 185,000 miles on it. It was running great an More

by Ernbrook5
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. ., Tim Campfield
Jul 30, 2025 -

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Please, I need help... My Kia is about to blow!!!! In July of 2023, I decided to trade in my 12-year-old Chevy Traverse with 185,000 miles on it. It was running great and had no major issues with it. I felt I needed to get a newer model vehicle before I started having to put thousands of dollars into it. I researched the local dealers, and they all had great reviews and a nice selection of certified pre-owned vehicles. I had already dealt with the Chevy dealer in Covina, but I decided to shop around a few times before I went back to them for another Traverse. Besides, the Traverse was nearly $8,000 more than the Kia Telluride. My wife and I went to Kia of Covina to look at 2 cars, the Sorento and the Telluride. We were talked into the Telluride by the salesman along with the extended warranty. We were told that the extended warranty will restart the Kia 50k bumper-to-bumper and the 100k drive train warranties. It will also give us free oil changes for the next few years. Since we were looking to be hassle-free for a while, we decided to go ahead with it. September 2023, 3k miles after buying it, I went in for the first oil change. After I got it back, the service advisor told me I don't need to come in until 5k miles. December 2023, 5k Miles later, I took it in again and told the service advisor that it seemed to be misfiring while idling. I was told that it could be because it was due for an oil change. Got it back and no flutter. Must have been. March 2024, 4500 miles later, I started getting the missfire again. Set an appointment for the oil change and drove it for a few more days. It was a nice night, and my window was down. Accelerating from a stop, I hear a bad knocking from the engine. I stopped and checked the oil level, and the dipstick was dry. Took it to the dealer to check it, and they informed me it was 4.5 quarts low. They did an oil consumption test on it for 1000 miles. They called me back with the results and said nothing was wrong. OK... July 2024, 4k miles later, I started experiencing the same thing. Checked the dipstick. Dry again. Took it back in, and this time they wanted to charge me for the oil. After complaining, they topped it off. They also didn't document it. I did another oil change and another consumption test. This time they told me it was low oil, but it was within normal for Kia. I'm thinking less .1 quart. It was down .7 quarts. How is that normal? That's 3-1/2 quarts in the oil change. When I said that it's not normal, they replied, "Kia specifications state that burning 1 quart per 1k miles is normal." Then said, "especially for an old car." Old Car... It's 4 years old and has 75k miles on it. I traded in an old vehicle that burned no oil. October 2024, added 6 to 7 quarts before another oil change, another test, same result. In January 2025, I got the oil change and told the tech that I'm up to adding 7 quarts. He stated we can do an oil consumption test. I told him I've gone through it a few times now, and all I get is that it's normal. May 2025, git the oil change, handed the tech advisor a bag with 12 empties in it, and scheduled for another test after my son's graduation. June 2025, got the test, and this time it was 2.5 quarts low. I felt relieved. Will it finally get fixed now? They took it back for over a week and found that it had 3 blown gaskets. They fixed them and did another test. Came back at 2.3 quartz low. They kept the car. I had to get a rental and pay over $1,000. After 2 weeks, they called and said that neither Kia nor the Warranty company will cover it. Why am I paying for an extended warranty if it doesn't cover the issues? The tech told me he will file for a goodwill claim. It is now July, and I have not heard a thing. Now, when I check the oil to top it off, it smells like gasoline. This issue is getting worse, and I still owe over $32,500, and I'm making payments on a car that is soon to be non-operable. I need this fixed... I need help.....

April 23, 2025

Dealership uses deceptive practices and extremely unprofessional. Agreed on price, said they would add the military rebate offered by Kia corporate. Didn’t give me the final price breakdown and rushe More

by K H
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. ., Tim Campfield
April 08, 2025

There are good because I like them and ther good thx for sale man name John More

by Jacksonf
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John, Josh Hill, . ., Josh Hill, Tim Campfield, Rhett Kahny
January 28, 2025

Overpriced on service and parts will not come back. They need to refund my money More

by darrowrebecca
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September 09, 2024

Terrible location service , terrible front desk employees with negative attitude, I have visited multiple Kia service locations but the Covina Valley location tend to charge the highest pricing , this locati More

by novaalber
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Josh Hill, . ., Josh Hill, Tim Campfield, Rhett Kahny
June 03, 2024

I took in my 9 year old Kia Forte to this location after it began to demonstrate concerning behavior when driving. When driving my car, it would change gears on its own and sputter and downshift to a stop. More

by moralesnita
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Oscar Najera; Matt Park, . ., Tim Campfield
March 29, 2024

Very helpful with my 2021. Also, I believe his name is Steve at the service department. Excellent service try to resolve any issue I had but all I came in was for a service ver More

by raulscolorado
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January 11, 2024

Horrible wait times for getting your vehicle repaired. They have had my vehicle atleast 4 weeks a year for the last 3 years while they do simple repairs. So many excuses that are just xx. Theres no supply More

by Tim Maiorca
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Victoria Bayer, . .
December 19, 2023

We just bought a new Sorento there and the service was excellent. Our sales rep, Ray, was very knowledgeable and did not pressure us to make a quick decision. He explained the differences between the tr More

by snthompson08
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Ray Rojas, . .
August 16, 2023

They had my car since 7/13/23 & finally got my car today, 8/15/23. We own a 2017 Kia Sportage. Not sure about everyone else but from the few other cars before me when they picked up there cars looked washed. More

by jhonna f.
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