I got a call from the service department today saying my car will be ready either tomorrow ("in a perfect world" he said) or by Monday at the latest.

I told him I was thinking about trading my car in. He said (off the record) he never liked Kias. He also said that was the reason for the 10 year/100,000 mile warranty.

It is not feasible at this time to trade it in because I'm out of work and because they'd have to tack on $9,000 left to pay on the Kia loan to the new car loan. As long as it's fixed and runs, I'll be happy.