2013 Kia Soul Engine Question

I have a dumb question.  My SIL has a Kia Soul and the engine has seized. The warranty company looked at it and said it wasn’t covered due to sludge. I do not find this hard to believe but she keeps arguing that kias had a recall for sludge. Nothing I found about the sludge issue involved the Soul. Did they have an issue or was she not as diligent as she claims with her oil changes?  I’m pretty sure she’s SOL but if there is some kind of claim it would help out my mother in law who is likely to get stuck with the bill. 

Well, the 2.0 did have a recall in the Optima. Does she have the 2.0?

Otherwise I'd be gathering all of the receipts from the oil changes (she kept them, right? right?) and going to Kia corporate. If she didn't then call to every place that she went to get an oil change, and get the receipts. 

For 2013 it could be a 1.6L or a 2.0L.  Does it appear to be a very base model?  If so, 1.6L.  If it is well equipped then 2.0L  

She bought it used so the warranty is through a private company instead of KIA so when the dealer contacted them to try and get it covered after them private warranty turned them down they were not interested in paying,  As for receipts she doesn’t have them, some were in a shop, some by the ex boyfriend, I’m expecting this to go nowhere.

The Optima 2.0L is a different engine than the Forte/Soul 2.0L. They do not have an issue with sludge. That's a problem with over extended oil drains. 

Aftermarket warranties are horrific. You'll spend more time fighting them than getting anything from them. 

In reply to bobzilla :

That’s pretty much what I thought.  I gave her some suggestions for what to do know but she’s intent on repeating her brother’s $45,000 Aveo adventure. 

Wally said:

In reply to bobzilla :

That’s pretty much what I thought.  I gave her some suggestions for what to do know but she’s intent on repeating her brother’s $45,000 Aveo adventure. 

Ok, this needs an explanation. I mean, did the adventure involve buying 3 brand new and then demo-derbying them?

In reply to mtn :

With base models and some incentives/negotiation it could have even been 4 of them.

He started with bad credit and the desire to own a new car. He put nothing down on a KIA Sephia with a high interest six year note.  After a few accidents he traded the battered hulk on a new Accent. Again nothing down and the remaining Sephia loan rolled into it.  It was repo’d twice, each time he got a family member to get it back for him and eventually was run out of oil.  When the internal bits went external he traded it on the only thing someone would sell him, a year old Chevy Aveo with the previous two cars tacked on. When it was finally paid off it came out that the Aveo loan was for close to 45 large. Now my SIL has a dead 2013 Soul she owes $8000 on and is looking to trade it for a Forester.  I’ve often told my wife the high school they went to should have been torched with the teachers inside.

I tried explaining the loan thing to my daughter.   Waste of time.

My friend was in a similar situation recently when the transmission in her impala died. Sucking up the repair is better than rolling it over.