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What is the skinny on Hyundai?

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AMCRambler said:
Fyi they specify to replace the timing belt at 60k. Seems like every other car I was familiar with that wad an 80k or 100k service. Good news is on the Elantra it's cheap to do. Dealer quoted me $600.

My wife has a 2007 and has owned it since new. It's been pretty reliable and has only needed two oxygen sensors, a flex pipe, door lock actuator, timing belt, belts, brakes and tires in all that time. I had the transmission fluid changed while it was in for the belt. Has had no major mechanical issues and has never left her stranded.
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Hyundai is still using timing belts? Honda and Toyota moved to timing chains for their 4-cylinders years ago. As long as you don't do something stupid like run the car with no oil, a timing chain will likely never need replacement. Over 200K miles, those timing belt replacements would easily make up the price difference between a Hyundai and a comparable Honda or Toyota.
 
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There's nothing wrong with belts. I'd rather replace belts than worry about chains and their associated components failing.
 
Well seems she found a 2013 Elantra GLS while I'm away house/pet sitting. Has too many miles (57K) and is about $800 too much, and I told her so, but it's my mom. Gotta love her, she asks me for my input, wants me to go with her, and then summarily disregards what I say and does whatever she wants, anyway. lol

Waiting on inspection by an excellent mechanic we know.
 
Sounds like every mom. My mom decided it was taking too long for my dad to sell his old truck so she "made" him sell to Carmax and leave a few $K on the table.

Moms, gotta love 'em!
 
My mom has like bipolar. e.g. Week #1: we're going to shop around, drive different cars in the class, even if it takes a month. Week #2: Buys the first one she test drives, pays too much.

But it's her money so.....
 
I just bought a used 2013 Sonata and am liking it. The dealer I went through put a lifetime power-train warranty (the non-transferable 10 year is what this replaced) on it which they do on all used car sales for Hyundai. We also bought a lifetime bumper to bumper extended warranty for it. Price for that was the same as other 3 year 30k mile warranties, $2400. The warranty actually states 999 months and 999,999 miles on the contract.

Hyundai also owns Kia now and they have been working hard on catching Kia up in quality and features to be comparable to the Hyundai lines.
 
DalonFalco said:
I just bought a used 2013 Sonata and am liking it. The dealer I went through put a lifetime power-train warranty (the non-transferable 10 year is what this replaced) on it which they do on all used car sales for Hyundai. We also bought a lifetime bumper to bumper extended warranty for it. Price for that was the same as other 3 year 30k mile warranties, $2400. The warranty actually states 999 months and 999,999 miles on the contract.

Hyundai also owns Kia now and they have been working hard on catching Kia up in quality and features to be comparable to the Hyundai lines.
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They saw you coming...
 
Kia is and always has been Hyundai's budget brand. Like Lexus and Toyota. Or Dodge and Plymouth. Resale on a Hyundai is pretty good with some models being very good. Kia still trails in this aspect.
 
matty67 said:
Kia is and always has been Hyundai's budget brand. Like Lexus and Toyota. Or Dodge and Plymouth. Resale on a Hyundai is pretty good with some models being very good. Kia still trails in this aspect.
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The Kia/Hyundai corporate structure isn't that simple. They share a lot of R&D, but they are run as separate subsidiaries of the larger Hyundai corporation.

I think a few of the Kias are better than their equivalent Hyundais.
 
LTC8K6 said:
It means that I think the dealer robbed you.
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How so? Basically a lifetime warranty on a car with mileage and time limits I'll never get to for what a normal extended warranty would cost? Extended warranties are a gamble as is buying any used car without a warranty. I'm the type of person who does a lot of his own car work but sometimes you just don't want to do it or have had enough of doing so. I generally own my cars until 1 of 2 scenarios happens: 1)Totaled in an accident (has happened once) or 2) the motor gives it up and I don't feel like swapping in another. The last car I had went through 2 motor swaps, which would be covered under this new car's warranty, before I gave up on it. It's not just cost but my time as well. It takes me a couple of days at least to get a motor in and out myself plus the time and money spent on new gaskets and fluids, borrowing a car to get to/from work, etc. While doing that work yourself can save money it isn't easy. Had I the warranty I have now I wouldn't have spent anything on 2 factory new/rebuilt engines instead of a couple of thousand on junkyard motors and the associated parts needed to refresh them.
 
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996GT2 said:
Hyundai is still using timing belts? Honda and Toyota moved to timing chains for their 4-cylinders years ago. As long as you don't do something stupid like run the car with no oil, a timing chain will likely never need replacement. Over 200K miles, those timing belt replacements would easily make up the price difference between a Hyundai and a comparable Honda or Toyota.
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No, they have chains now.
 
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