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Hyundai and Kia have multiple engines through the 2010's that are prone to varying degrees of death from sudden to less-so-but-still-immediate. (there's been lawsuits, extended warranties, etc.)
And that's before you include the whole easy-theft design flaw increasing insurance and vandalism risk from the same time period.
It's a shame since it really kicked off their "solid value car with some sneaky design flaw that'll kill it/burn it/strand you/cost a lot of money later/etc." trend that continues to this day - even in their electric models.
If it's a second car and exclusively driven locally then you can be fine with one especially since you'll have lots of cheap parts at junkyards for a while to come. Especially if the engine's been replaced already under the lawsuit but multiple replacement engines isn't unheard of. And you'll want to change oil every 3-4k miles and watch the oil level like a hawk.
Not saying they haven't made a solid individual vehicle nor are all lawsuit vehicles about to die but it's not really great having that Sword of Damocles dangling to save a buck. (of course it depends on how many bucks are involved)