Kia has confirmed it will come to the party on respraying Sunset Yellow Stingers after supplier issue causes easy cracking.

Kia will shortly contact customers of Sunset Yellow Kia Stingers to offer a full vehicle respray due to defective paintwork, the company has told CarAdvice today.

The botched paint is understood to include an oil that causes long-term durability to fail, causing easy cracking from stone chips and other incidental contact.

Currently the only Stinger paint colour affected is Sunset Yellow, and Kia will cover the full cost of a respray and also cover the paintwork with a lifetime guarantee.

Speaking with CarAdvice at the launch of the facelifted Kia Sportage, Kia Australia chief operating officer, Damien Meredith, said it has begun the process of contacting the 50 plus customers to advise them of defects with their paint.