restore fair labor times for Kia's PI1803/PI802 and Hyundai's T3G engine replacement campaigns
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Michael Freeman
5 years ago
As you continue to ask more of your technicians to approve engines, your labor times should be going up, not down.
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Christopher schneider
5 years ago
Do what’s right not what’s cheap these guys work their butts off day in and day out
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Brian sieg
5 years ago
Please adjust the labor rate back to what it was thanks
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Joseph Rayburn
5 years ago
Labor times should reflect standard warranty procedure no matter if the repair was done via a recall.
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David grafton
5 years ago
11 years @ kia. Disappointed that they are trying to pass the cost of their poor engineering off on the very people they rely on to install these engines. This will undoubtedly lead to short cuts, by inexperienced techs. Leading to more recalls and lawsuits. Nothing like an oil changer installing a long block...should be interesting.
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Benjamin Woodruff
5 years ago
I’ve worked for Kia going on 6 years as a master tech and our labor times have slowly gone down over time. But being the only guy in the shop that completes these recalls this truly affects me personally like ik it’s going to do for most! I will be losing 10+ hours every week with this taking into affect. If this continues to be then unfortunately I may have to find another career option to financially support my family, which is not my intended move! I love Kia and there product and I own 2. Just very hard to believe that they are willing to affect so many people in such a way. Please help us to restore our labor times, in downward slide that we are going through with our Economy!
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John babler
5 years ago
Dropping the prices of engine swaps because workers are getting paid to much lol. If you can take a engine out and put one back in eight hours is a job. Were you are a good fast mechanic or slow mechanic still taked time. Kia needs to take better care of there wa workers it what gives them a good name
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Joseph Fath
5 years ago
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I've been a flat rate technician since 1978. Have never seen such bad labor times. Kia keeps demanding more hoops to jump through for less and less pay. I feel like they are just making it easier for them to start bouncing claims. You get what you pay for.
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Todd D Lang
5 years ago
Making approvals more difficult and then cutting time 25% goes way beyond unfair
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Lana Mills
5 years ago
You should back pay your techs for most of their jobs that they did!
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Megan
5 years ago
Reinstate the original labor times! Those guys work to hard to have it cut!!
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Joel Turner
5 years ago
You want to keep good technicians, you have to pay them their worth.
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Trey wilson
5 years ago
People have to make money to buy the tools needed and for a living
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Chad Michael Phelps
5 years ago
I will order engines and let them sit until these labor times are changed. We drive our bodies into the ground to get these done and to stay caught up with them. I'm sure cleaning wasn't taken into consideration either.
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Joshua callaghan
5 years ago
Stop cutting our labor times!!!!
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Tami
5 years ago
My husband is a Kia tech and this is not ok at all for the work he does.
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Jeremy Crawford
5 years ago
This labor time is unfair to our techs it needs to be reinstated to the 8.8 labor time
As you continue to ask more of your technicians to approve engines, your labor times should be going up, not down.
Do what’s right not what’s cheap these guys work their butts off day in and day out
Please adjust the labor rate back to what it was thanks
Labor times should reflect standard warranty procedure no matter if the repair was done via a recall.
11 years @ kia. Disappointed that they are trying to pass the cost of their poor engineering off on the very people they rely on to install these engines. This will undoubtedly lead to short cuts, by inexperienced techs. Leading to more recalls and lawsuits. Nothing like an oil changer installing a long block...should be interesting.
I’ve worked for Kia going on 6 years as a master tech and our labor times have slowly gone down over time. But being the only guy in the shop that completes these recalls this truly affects me personally like ik it’s going to do for most! I will be losing 10+ hours every week with this taking into affect. If this continues to be then unfortunately I may have to find another career option to financially support my family, which is not my intended move! I love Kia and there product and I own 2. Just very hard to believe that they are willing to affect so many people in such a way. Please help us to restore our labor times, in downward slide that we are going through with our Economy!
Dropping the prices of engine swaps because workers are getting paid to much lol. If you can take a engine out and put one back in eight hours is a job. Were you are a good fast mechanic or slow mechanic still taked time. Kia needs to take better care of there wa workers it what gives them a good name
I've been a flat rate technician since 1978. Have never seen such bad labor times. Kia keeps demanding more hoops to jump through for less and less pay. I feel like they are just making it easier for them to start bouncing claims. You get what you pay for.
Making approvals more difficult and then cutting time 25% goes way beyond unfair
You should back pay your techs for most of their jobs that they did!
Reinstate the original labor times! Those guys work to hard to have it cut!!
You want to keep good technicians, you have to pay them their worth.
People have to make money to buy the tools needed and for a living
I will order engines and let them sit until these labor times are changed. We drive our bodies into the ground to get these done and to stay caught up with them. I'm sure cleaning wasn't taken into consideration either.
Stop cutting our labor times!!!!
My husband is a Kia tech and this is not ok at all for the work he does.
This labor time is unfair to our techs it needs to be reinstated to the 8.8 labor time
This is a complete outrage. The nerve KIA has
Stop playing with our lively hoods
This is an outrage