2001 Hyundai XG300 from North America - Comments

My late husband bought our 2001 XG300 new. It's been garage kept and now has a little over 71,000 miles on it. It's been a good car, but now I'm starting to see some repair bills.

Last summer I spent $1400 on timing belts and drive belts at the 60,000 mile mark. At that time they also replaced the water pump (still don't know why). I keep it maintained with regular oil changes, etc.

Overall, I've been very pleased with this car. Have never had the radio problems others have mentioned on here.

Lately the car has a washboard shutter effect when the transmission shifts between 35-40MPH. At first the repair shop thought it was alignment or balance, but NO. Past experience had us paying out $1800 for a new transmission on a Chrysler product. Now I fear this may be just the beginning of future problems.

I'm thinking about an extended warranty, but don't know where to go or who to trust or how much to spend to get protection. Guess I need to do some research first. It appears the higher the mileage, the more it costs.

Being an older woman, I want a car that's dependable and I'm hoping I can keep this one going without having to buy a new car and bear car payments.

Thanks for this comments board!

I live in england, and I have a 2002 Hyundai XG30. My problem is the drive light goes out and will not come back on when I change to manual gear change, then back over to auto gear change.

Any ideas?? Thanks.

Hello,

I have bought my 2001 300 XGL about 1.5 years ago (its 7/17/2008). After two months the it needed a new power steering SO I got it fixed since I was in it for the long haul. ($-1000 with tune up ect) Now its back in the shop for a bad radiator. This is going to cost me about 1050 all together. Dealer told me that it looks like someone could have put a sealer in the radiator for a quick fix and now it has chunks in it. I still own a loan on this car so I may just get it fixed. I also do feel a vibration when I reach 40-50mph and I had that checked out but the mechanics could not find anything wrong. I hope there will be no problems after this.