Owner quotes — Cluster B — Euro Ev

Published · Researched 2026-09-21

Cluster B — Raw Owner Quotes

Exact owner-worded phrasing captured during research. Translations are labeled. Forum quotes are labeled as forum (not FB/IG/Threads). Nothing here is invented; paraphrase is not used in the quote fields.

Kia EV6 (Tier 1)

• Facebook, KIA EV6 Owners USA, 2025-01-18 (recall-service thread): "Good for you. My dealer took 3 hours"
• Facebook, KIA EV6 Owners USA, 2025-01-18: "Had 12V grief within 2 weeks of purchase"
• Facebook, KIA EV6 Owners USA, 2025-01-18: "You have a great service department mine is horrible"
• Facebook, KIA EV6 Owners USA, 2025-02-17: dealer "postponing all ICCU recall updates until Kia fixes underlying problems"; shop had "seven dead EV6s"
• Facebook, KIA EV6 Owners USA, 2026-06-21 (2025 GT-Line, power loss on I-95): owner calls the vehicles "unsafe" and says "I do not want the car back"
• Facebook, KIA EV6 Owners USA, 2025-10-13 (deceleration 40→6 mph in traffic): "she no longer trusts the car"
• Facebook, KIA EV6 Owners USA, 2025 (owner video caption): "bit by the ICCU bug"
• Facebook, KIA EV6 Owners USA, 2025-02-04 (2023 GT, 27k mi, 12V warning): "It finally happened. 2023 EV6 GT, 27k miles. 2 ICCU recall visits completed prior to this happening with a new one open. Lame."
• Facebook, KIA EV6 Owners USA, 2026-06-17 (reliability-ranking post): the EV6's drop "reflects an unresolved problem the company hasn't fixed"
• Facebook, KIA EV6 Owners USA, 2025-06-10 (defense post, 30k mi): owners call the car their "favorite car"; high-mileage examples to 265,000 miles reported
• Facebook, KIA EV6 Owners USA, 2026-06-03: "a blast to drive"; "the nicest-looking EV" available
• Facebook, KIA EV6 Owners USA, 2026-01-17: "their favorite car" (debadged GT-Line owner thread)

VW ID.4 (Tier 1)

• Facebook, The EV Guy, 2026-08-04: "I've had my ID.4 for 3 months. Wish I'd done it sooner."
• Facebook reel, 2026-07-07 (leased ID.4): "kind of sucks"; "basically no soul"
• Instagram reel, 2026-08-07 (interior walkthrough): "What is this? A glovebox for ants?!"
• Facebook, InsideEVs image post, 2025-06-30 (quoting VW design chief Andreas Mindt): "IT'S A CAR. IT'S NOT A PHONE." — caption: "Copying Tesla backfired big-time for VW."
• Threads, 2026-04-04: "We got a new car today! VW ID4 it's so different driving an electric car. I won't be worried about gas prices now. 😊"
• Facebook, ID.4 owner, 2026-01-20 (2024 Pro S AWD, post-v5.4): screen rebooted "at least nine times" while driving — "both annoying and a safety hazard"
• Facebook, ID.4 Owners Club, 2026-09-18 (6-week-old car, failed 6.0.1 update): "locked and unresponsive for over an hour"; "the car is not as advertised"
• Facebook, ID.4 group, 2026-08-31 (frozen driver profile): VW service offered a diagnostic in two weeks with "no remote advice"; system later "spontaneously recovered"
• Facebook, Autoblog, 2026-09-05/07: "The Volkswagen ID.4 Dies After 2026. Here's Everything the Brand Did Wrong With Its EV."
• Facebook/Instagram, carwow, 2026-08-26 (£44,000 2026 ID.4 interior critique): "Does this bother you?" (hard scratchy rear-door plastics)
• Facebook, ID.4 owner group, 2026-08-02 (anxious new buyer thread): dozens of 2021–2025 owners report "mostly positive ownership with no major issues"

BMW i4 (Tier 2 — forum-heavy; no FB posts extracted, no IG)

• Threads, 2025-01-14: "Test drove a 2025 BMW i4 today and fell in love."
• Threads, 2026-09-01: "Officially a BMW owner!"
• Owner forum (Bimmerpost): "I4 is a great car. I don't think anything is wrong except maybe it's priced a bit high compared to its competitors?"
• Owner forum (Bimmerpost): "after 8 weeks and 2000 miles it broke down" (individual case)
• Owner forum (Which Mobility): "To drive superb"; standard seats called "crap" on longer trips

MG4 EV (Tier 2 — forum + Threads; no FB group found, no IG)

• Threads, 2026-04-05 (owner): "Forgot to post the actual picture of my new car. From one EV to another. Here's my MG4 ✌️"
• Owner forum (2026 thread): "so many issues with the Infotainment system sticking, crashing, phantom breaking which is super dangerous."
• Owner forum (XPower owner, post-first-service update): car became "totally trouble free"
• Owner forum (Spain): "Don't buy an MG if you expect the guarantee to be comprehensive" (while conceding only minor faults in 19 months)

Zeekr 001 (Tier 3 — Threads, Russian-language export markets; translated)

• Threads, 2026-09-03: "Машина топ, по всем параметрам, но не особо ликвидная на вторичном рынке" — "The car is top in every respect, but not very liquid on the used market."
• Threads, 2026-09-03: "Зикр хейтят в основном те, кто им не владел" — "Zeekr is mostly hated by people who haven't owned one."
• Threads, 2026-09-03: "Я покупал за 26 млн тенге, продал через год за 16 млн тенге" — "I bought it for 26 million tenge, sold it a year later for 16 million."
• Threads, 2026-09-03: "Задний редуктор лопается и течет" — "The rear reducer cracks and leaks."
• Threads, 2026-09-03: "001 дорест 23г — мой первый электро опыт. И позитивный." — "The pre-facelift 2023 001 was my first EV experience, and a positive one."
• Threads, 2026-09-03: "отличный авто, но… уже технически + программно устаревший" — "an excellent car, but already technically and software-obsolete."

Validation key: Tier 1 = deep multi-platform owner evidence with exact quotes. Tier 2 = real owner evidence but thin on the highest-signal layers (FB groups/IG). Tier 3 = no verified owner community in target markets; evidence is export-market, review-driven, or otherwise indirect.