Reliability of Hyndai Sonata

Still apples and oranges. The 01 has nothing in common with the 06-07-08
models. Different engine, transmission, body, assembly plant. Sorry to
hear of your problems, but they don't extrapolate anything to the new
models.

 

Watching this thread, I have to say my 02 Sonata was a creampuff! Only had 3
issues, one of which I created;

1. Rear speakers blown, yeah I know, too much bass!
2. MAF sensor died on a HOT 124 degree Laughlin, NV day.
3. Clutch- once in a blue moon it wouldn't disengage which I traced back to
a bad slave cylinder. The SM and I went round and round over that one.

All in all, I have had three Sonatas now and I think they are fast becoming
the Toyota and Hondas of the 21st century. They've already edged out Nissan
amongst several "authoritative" publications.

Now, when they get big, famous and expensive, what other choice will us poor
working stiffs have? Maybe Yugo will make a comeback!

Steve

 

pardon me for snipping the previous 3000 lines of the thread......My 2006 lx
has been most reliable. I did have a bad passenger seat adjuster which I
think my kids managed to bugger up replaced by dealer on warrranty. Oh, and
a ambient air temp sender fritz out in the first coupla' months...fixed on
warranty. Mechanically, and fit and finish it has been a dream....57000
miles now. Thankfully none of the dreaded door handle paint peeling debacle.

 

Reply to message from "Steve R" <> (Mon, 26 Nov 2007 20:
45:16) about "Re: Reliability of Hyndai Sonata":


SR> Now, when they get big, famous and expensive, what other choice will
SR> us poor working stiffs have? Maybe Yugo will make a comeback!

Chinese cars will appear in our not-too-distant future. There are presently
5 carmakers in China.

Bye
Wayne Moses <> Sun, 09 Dec 2007 00:11:36 -0600

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Too bloody Right I am mate!

One year out here on any vehicle is worth about ten in other places

Oh and not yet a squeak or rattle or problem of any sort
and since original post another 18000 on the clock

 

Thanks for the info Wayne. I saw a Chery (no, not a typo) sometime ago in an
article and it was like < $7k!

 

http://www.cheryglobal.com/

 

Had 3 Sonata,s. Only problem was on the 2002 V6 when all 6 plug leads failed
one after the other about 2 months apart. And the silly bloody dealers were
happy to pay somebody to take off all the inlet manifolding etc etc
3 times rather than just replace obviously a bad batch of leads they
probably pay a few dollars for. What always impresses me with the things is
that I get 7.8 litres per 100Km on a trip. From a 2.7 litre donk.
Cheers
John