OWNERS of Kia cars bought from the only dealer in Oxfordshire will not have their warranties honoured by the firm after a row broke out with the manufacturer.
Drivers are being told they must take their cars to the nearest Kia dealership, in Swindon, to have work carried out because Kernahan of Witney is refusing to honour the manufacturer's warranty.
The dealership terminated its Kia franchise, which it had run since 2004, in September and said it decided to stop honouring warranties because of a dispute with the Korean car maker over paying the bills for warranty work Kernahan had carried out.
Kia said it could not comment on details of the dispute as the two companies were in the midst of working to resolve legal action arising from Kernahan's decision to terminate the Kia franchise.
The firm, part of the Kia Motors Corporation, said it wanted to assure drivers that warranties issued as standard for three years on new cars were valid at any other authorised Kia dealership.
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