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Look at the car, not the brand. My 2003 Honda Pilot costs about $500/year in repair on average. My wife's 2005 Odyessy is about 3x that, despite being mostly the same car.

Why? The sliding door roller system is garbage and breaks semi-annually. (@$900/per incident) Biggest issue the Pilot is a poor quality key cylinder system that was a recall in several 1999-2004 models, but not the Pilot.

You can fix the sliding door rollers with about $5 in parts from the local hardware store. I did mine and it's lasted for years.

My car seems to eat the little motors too. Also taking off the door sucks!

Interesting, wasting money on a Toyota Sienna's sliding doors and windows which kept breaking down the minute it was out of warranty, and its write-off in what seemed a minor accident is what drove us to the above strategy.

It sounds like Kia (but they have 7 years warranty though) or Alfa Romeo.

Yes, Kia.

I heard 7 years in Europe. Is it true in the US too?

I wonder why 5 years only in Canada!

Ah, I thought it is the global policy of 7 years. Maybe it is 5 years in North America though.

I'm in Canada, Kia.

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