Well... Our New 2024 Hyundai Santa Fe is at the Dealership After Only 30 Miles (Transmission Broken)

I've noticed a lot of people are like this no matter where you go, be it certain subreddits, facebook groups, tracks, etc. European = Expensive and unreliable Japanese/Asia = Extremely Reliable American = TRUCKS AND MUSCLE CARS ONLY But truth is the matter is, every manufacturer has issues. Every car will have some sort of issue, even if a car was produced that never had issues doesn't mean that something could happen at the factory where a single worker may have had an off day and missed something so small, that no one picked it up until the consumer got the product. Part prices vary wildly as well, if you get a luxury car no matter the manufacturer, the prices are going to be high. If you get a car that is mass produced throughout the world, the prices are going to be quite inexpensive. If you buy a brand new model year car, no matter that brand, parts are going to be unavailable and if available, that part is probably going to be expensive. In regards to aftermarket parts, if consumers don't have a demand for a part, a company isn't going to waste anything on producing that part to just never sell. So yes, maintenance on a 30 year old BMW may be expensive, because that part you need is not produced by anyone anymore, and only BMW has that part, or the aftermarket part doesn't even work. Yes your labor rates are going to be higher because Joe the mechanic doesn't want to work on something he isn't familiar with so you go to the German Specialty Shop, that knows they can charge you a higher rate because no one else wants to work on your vehicle. Every new year model release, such as the OP, are littered with issues, hence why a lot of people say to skip the first year model cars. Again those issues may not even show until years down the road. The best way to go about owning a vehicle is maintaining it, just like anything else in your life when something breaks or isn't working properly, get it fixed. People seem to fail to realize that all cars, are in the end, cars. They all have doors, windows, engines, wheels, tires, bushings, wires, etc. If you can work on one, you can work on them all, it just may be a different process on how you work on it or diagnose the issue.