Kia soul in bluestone with 174 870 km. I've taken it offroad multiple times and I'm not always very gentle with it when I'm in a hurry. I recently noticed a leak and took it to 3 different mechanics because I had a rear main seal leak and wanted to make sure. I spent the money to do it because throughout the years of ownership I have only spent money on servicing and nothing else. I asked the mechanics to do a full inspection and tell me if they find anything that needs to be done. All 3 mechanics told me the only thing they could find was that oil leak and that everything else is good.
I'm shocked because I haven't even changed the serpentine belt let alone shocks or any other suspension component. Is this normal? I know Kia's have a bad reputation with reliability but I honestly don't think I do anything special. Please share your experience with Kia's reliability down below and maybe share some tips/tricks with the soul.
I wonder if Kia has some kind of program where they maybe check their older cars to see how they've held up over the years.