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Luckily they have a 10 year 100k mile warranty.

...which AFAIK isn't transferable. IOW, used Hyundais are cheap for a reason.

Are you sure? The warranty is on the car, not the owner. Almost all manufacturers (except Tesla) transfer automatically and are based on mileage.

Who told you that? Unless you buy your Hyundai new, or CPO from a dealership, the powertrain warranty is 5/50.

Only if you happen to be the second owner. Third owners get nothing.

Of the important life-lessons to have before one turns 18; "don't ever be the third or fourth owner of a Hyundai" is right up there with not eating the yellow snow.

There's no shame in being broke, of course-it is merely a catastrophe. The fourth owner of a '11 Sonata is gonna have a different outlook than the fourth owner of a '73 Mercedes 600 Pullman.

Their much hyped 10 year 100K mile power train warranty is only for the original purchaser. Once sold the warranty reverts to a more standard 5/60K term.

You have it backwards. Hyundai, KIA, etc will knock it down to 5yrs/60K for used car buyers.

Source: https://www.kbb.com/car-advice/car-warranty-guide/

Teslas new car warranty transfers as is to the new owner.

Source: https://www.tesla.com/sites/default/files/blog_attachments/m...

Why would they do that? It just seems like such a bad business move without really affecting anything.

Some MBAs probably calculated that it saves more money than they would lose by pissing off used car buyers. And they want people to buy new cars.

> And they want people to buy new cars.

Seems like the effect would be to take off a significant chunk of value off your used car in a way that makes it more difficult to buy a new car.

MBAs don't care about what happens a few years from now, they only care about the next quarter or two. By time consequences come back from consumers they will have already been cheered for their contribution and possibly given a bonus for it.

Although confusingly, the battery/motor on a Hyundai EV is covered under a different 10-year/100K warranty which does transfer to used car buyers. Important because of their unfixed ICCU problems.

5yrs is only for the 2nd owner. 3rd owner and beyond gets the shaft. Or rod, I suppose.

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