What's your worst vehicle ownership experience?

[bradbowl]

My first car was a 1987 Ford Thunderbird (which of course I had painted sparkly blue). That thing left me stranded all over northern CA. We eventually found out it was a "control module." It also had a bad catalytic converter and my dad had to drive down the interstate 80 miles to come pick me up at some small town rando gas station and drive the thing home terrible exhaust fumes.

But the worst experience was a 2015 Kia Optima SX-L (the top trim) that my parents bought brand new. Around the two year mark, the thing would not start at random. People on the forums complained of the same experience but the dealership would not fix the issue since it never broke during their quick test drive. And then the e-brake would engage randomly as well, further stranding us. Even worse, the years immediately before 2015 had to be recalled due to having stray metal bits in the engine causing catastrophic engine failure (which Kia denied for many years). Ended up trading it in for a Honda CR-V.