---
title: "Kia Will Repaint All Yellow Stingers Under Warranty in Australia"
description: "A defect is causing cars painted Sunset Yellow to crack and chip."
date: "2018-07-14"
modified: "2019-05-16"
authors:
  - name: "Chris Tsui"
    job_title: "Contributor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/chris-tsui"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/22162/kia-australia-will-repaint-all-yellow-stingers-under-warranty"
categories:
  - "Kia News"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
tags:
  - "Kia"
  - "Kia Stinger"
  - "Korean Cars"
  - "Paint"
  - "sedan"
  - "sport sedans"
  - "sports car"
  - "Stinger"
---

# Kia Will Repaint All Yellow Stingers Under Warranty in Australia

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It looks like Australian [Kia Stinger](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/19400/2018-kia-stinger-gt-v-6-review-korea-builds-a-modern-day-four-door-muscle-car>) owners who opted for the Korean sport sedan's most flamboyant color are entitled to an entirely new coat of paint.

According to [*CarAdvice*](<https://www.caradvice.com.au/665118/kia-stinger-respray-promised-for-defective-yellow-paint/>), Kia Stingers finished in Sunset Yellow have defective paint jobs that easily crack and chip. In response, Kia is offering full, lifetime-guaranteed resprays [under warranty](<https://www.carchex.com/content/kia-extended-warranty>), free of charge. The report says the work will cost the company around $7,400 per car.

Kia Australia COO Damien Meredith told *CarAdvice*, "We've contacted all of the owners. There was an issue in regards to an oil residue in the yellow which could possibly crack more when hit by a stone chip, et cetera, et cetera, so we've moved very, very quickly."

Meredith says there are a total of 50 yellow Stinger owners in Australia, all but 15 of which have been contacted and advised to bring their car back for a repaint. "As of today, we've contacted all of the customers apart from 15 I believe that we haven't been able to get a hold of at this point in time, and we've offered them to respray the car and give that paint a lifetime guarantee," he told the publication.

There are 400 Sunset Yellow Stingers in the U.S. according to [*CNET*](<https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/2018-kia-stinger-sunset-yellow-australia-paint-recall/>). Presumably, all of those cars would also be entitled to new paint as Meredith remarks that the issue is covered under a "global warranty," but we've reached out to Kia America ourselves for confirmation and will update this story when we hear back.

What's more, perusing the [*KiaStinger.com* forums](<https://stingerforum.org/threads/paint-chip-issue.4632/>) yields a poll in which owners claim unwarranted paint chips on cars of all shades, not just yellow. We've also brought this to Kia's attention and will report back with its take.

## Author
Chris Tsui is *The Drive*'s former Reviews Editor and current freelance automotive journalist. He's based in Toronto.

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