I had that noise in the steering column on my 2019. Knowing MDPs and that if it dies you have no steering, I pointed the danger out to my dealer and explained my lawyer loved suing people. My column was ordered that day and for 2 weeks I drove a new Tucson on Hyundai's dime. Do not let them play games with you. Examples of Problem at car complaints. Refer to the first issue reported at the bottom of the page.
The 2019 Hyundai Elantra has 8 NHTSA complaints for the steering at 22,645 miles average.
www.carcomplaints.com
No reason to get cross with the dealership on this one. They can submit to kia and once approved the dealership actually makes money in this. Its kia corp that loses.
just a tip. Do not attempt to get multiple things done at once. Kia will flag that as a dealership throwing parts at a problem and will elongate the entire process. My dealership is still fighting with kia over my steering column because they also attempted to fix a grinding noise in my passenger side front wheel which consisted of them replacing both strunt mounts (300 dollars in parts)
overall i love my 2020 kia forte gt-line. I drove it off the lot in 2019 for 20,800 dollars with the advanced package (auto climate and all that jazz) and all the extras like auto dimming rearview.
i had a bad experience buying it (besides the price) and kia corporate gave me 3 years of maintenace for free. I litterally juststarted paying for oil changes like this year (i change oil every 3k miles)
i had my steering column replaces and the 2 front strut mounts. They are still getting me in line to fix that wheel (does not affect driving) and my driver aide back window sometimes does not roll down when itsraining hard or its extreme cold outside.
all in all i have a great car that gets 42 mpg on my way to work. I got 50 mph one time but it involved me goinf 55 to work in hwys and driving like a long range racer.