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1.6 16V K4M, known issues

III · 2008–2016 · R2 Manageable

Recorded issues1

Walk-away0

Over €1,0000

Checkable at viewing1/1

Likely spend€400

Likely spend is the mid cost of every issue rated common or universal, added together, what an unmaintained example owes over the next few years, not a prediction for any one car. Worst case if everything here failed at once is €600, which isn't a realistic scenario but is a useful ceiling.

All issues, by system

Electrical

Key card and ignition electronics faultsIII body€150–€600

The car failing to recognise the key card, a no-start with the dashboard lit, or an intermittent immobiliser warning. The card reader and the ignition electronics wear, and the cards themselves fail with age. It's rarely expensive to put right, but it strands the car when it happens, which is what gives it its reputation.

Check: Start the car several times with both cards if two exist, and treat a seller who can only produce one working card as telling you something.

ElectricalcommonDetectable at viewingevidence: documented90–180k km

How to read this

Every issue is authored once against the part that actually carries it: the engine, the gearbox, the chassis or a shared component, and inherited by every variant that has that part. The badge next to each issue says where it comes from, so you can tell an K4M problem from an E9x problem.

Evidence tiers. Manufacturer means a recall, technical bulletin or revised part number. Documented means workshop data or multiple independent sources. Reported means owner consensus with no hard confirmation, and never sets a risk level on its own.

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