Faults:

Came with cheap tires I had to replace at about 60,000km. The front rotors needed to be machined in the first 10,000km. Dealer covered this under warranty.

General Comments:

This has been a very reliable car since day one.

The interior hasn't worn abnormally, in fact, when cleaned properly, looks brand new.

Engine noise is minimal and is responsive at highway speeds.

Well worth the money, and it wasn't too much. Hyundai just keeps getting better.

Faults:

- Transmission skips and kicks and is ready to go to the big scrap yard in the sky.

- Major electrical problems, car gets stuck in park and brake lights fail almost weekly.

- Check Engine light coming on is almost a weekly event, I thought it should have it's own day of the week.

- Passenger door handle broke, loved opening the door by rolling down the window everyone thought I was cool.

- Paint is flaking off on the roof already and I wash the car weekly and take care of it.

- Rust is showing up in various areas already and it shouldn't be.

- Car has terrible body roll, if you would like to try and turn a corner quickly doing 50km trying to avoid hitting other cars because the backend is swinging out of control is a must.

- Car came with cheap tires that only lasted 30,000km.

- Have gone through 4 sets of Hyundai brakes which is very odd since I gear down to overdrive most of the time barely use them and I don't drive in the city too much.

- Mechanics are always lying to me about the car and it's problems, one of them told me that this was all normal.

- Hyundai warranty isn't all it looks to be, it's really all a bunch of lies. I took my car in at 97,000km telling them the transmission was acting strange they refused to fix it because they thought it was fine, and it really isn't, my friends 84 Honda civic with 300,000km on it sounds and shifts better then ours.

- Brake shoes fell off at 80,000km, was an interesting experience not to mention costly.

-Dash lights blew at 60,000km it's hard to read anything at night time.

General Comments:

- Car has a decent engine, better then civics I've driven.

- Gets looks since I have a really weird color (midnight purple).

- First 50,000km it wasn't too bad, but after that the problems just started poring in.

- Basically you get what you pay for is all it comes down to.

Faults:

Faulty coolant temperature sensor, causing a high idle, finally fixed by the dealer after three attempts.

Faulty spark plug wires, causing a slight misfire, replaced by the dealer.

All work was done under warranty.

General Comments:

Build quality as good as any of the Japanese auto makers.

The engine loves to rev and makes good power above 3K.

Cheesy cup holders and uncomfortable seats.

It's been a great little runabout, solid and reliable, but the dealer service in my part of the world leaves much to be desired. I'm only grateful I didn't need them for any major repairs.

Faults:

At 70mph, the engine periodically shuts down, then mysteriously restarts. Dealer has yet to figure this problem out after 3 attempts.

Seats squeak nastily.

Trip odometer broke.

Driver's side door lock broke.

Really bad tires, had to replace at 24,000 miles.

Power steering fluid pump broke at 18,000 miles.

Arguably the worst car I've ever owned, and that includes my first car: AMC/Renault Alliance 1983, I got 165,000 miles out of that car, this one will be lucky to survive to 80,000.

Cheers,

Ray Wiggins

ray@ifxpro.com

General Comments:

Nice styling, relatively comfortable. Don't believe everything you hear about the warranty.