Kimber is the same as Keltec to me. Some great design ideas (and bad, e.g. their version of external extractor, resurrecting the Schwartz safety) but for the last 15 years or so cannot be counted on to manufacture anything I would ever trust on the street.
I have known of examples in the hands of people I shared the range with that ran and and equal number that did not in the last couple of decades. Sorta like if you got one they made on Monday or Friday you are probably screwed. I have yet to hear any stories about the new Troy, AL made guns since they started up down there.
The two Kimber 1911's I bought in 1996 were reliable out of the box, series 70 design, ran for many years in USPSA single stack division for tens of thousands of rounds and are currently owned by a pair of friends who report they still run well.