The car was delivered with a vibration due to unbalanced tires. It took 3 service calls to finally do it right. The car is very sensitive to wheel balance as I replace tires every year. A tire shop told me the stamped steel wheels aren't true, aluminum machined wheels are better.
Spark plugs and wires last about 25,000 miles.
Battery was getting weak at 140,000 miles.
Front brake pads replaced at 110,000 miles.
I faithfully change the oil every 10,000 miles, whether it needs it or not.
New timing belt at 90,000 miles. Original rear brakes. Will need oxygen sensor to shutoff check engine light, these normally should be replaced at 100,000 miles, but I'm cheap and waiting for warm weather so I can do it myself.
I drive very hard for work and the only time it wouldn't start is when the battery got low due to age and from operating a laptop with the engine off.
100% reliable, quick and fun.
I bought this because it was cheaper deal than I could get at the Saturn dealer, after reading the Saturn postings here and on Edmunds, I'm glad I was cheap and bought the Hyundai!
You're supposed to change the oil every 5-6 thousand miles.
An update on my car... I now have 176,000 miles... the timing belt stripped at 168,000, but there was no other engine damage. This is the best dollar value car I have owned and it still is fun to drive, the other cars I had felt tired and loose after 100,000 miles.
One of your comments was that you are cheap. This tells me you buy cheap parts and that is why you replace them so often, in fact a good set of plugs and wires should last at least 50,000 miles and good tires should last as long as the warranty states. Basically if you want to cure the frequent part changes, buy good parts.
IN ALL ACTUALITY, you are SUPPOSED to change the oil faithfully every 5,000 KILOMETERS! (whether it needs it or not)
Heather, Manitoba Canada.
In the STATES you need to change the oil every 3,000 miles!
Dale, Marion, Illinois U.S.A.
Yes Km's are conspiracy. lol. forced on us poor Canadians a couple of decades ago... along with celcius and litres.
Thinking of buying a used Tiburon. Test driving a 99 tomorrow. Worried about reliability and image.
Kim.
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