Kia Engine Failure Settlement. A number of owners and lessees of a variety of hyundai and kia vehicles manufactured between 2010 and 2019 brought putative class. The plaintiffs allege that the class vehicles suffer from a defect, related to connecting rod bearing failure within the rotating assembly of the engine, that can cause engine seizure,.

Nearly two years after final approval was issued for a $3.1 billion settlement over an alleged engine defect in certain hyundai and kia vehicles, the automakers have. “while everybody was going 110.