@The Critic have you done the math on how much fuel the hybrid version could potentially save them, versus upfront cost?
If you have time, please share the problems you had with that vehicle.
I didn’t test drive it. It was covid, cars were selling at a markup…I put $ on this one in transit, it showed up with no notice. Literally showed up on a Saturday so if I didn’t pick it up, it was being sold to someone else. I didn’t get there till late after cleaning up our trade, wasted ton of time negotiating the trade, left after closing.
Vibration right off the lot. Of course nobody is there.
Took it to my old shop. They told me I had 3 bad tires (failed road force) they told me they can’t help with warranting tires, Hyundai just flat out won’t, but selling dealer might goodwill them.
Selling dealer said they fixed them with balance. They didn’t.
3 trips or so later, finally have 2 new tires (not 3, not 4). Smooth-ish, but driveline vibration.
Selling dealer doesn’t understand what a driveline vibration is, tries to cut my rotors. I took the car to another dealer (shop 3).
They know it’s in the driveline but no idea where. Rotate driveshaft, say it’s fixed. It’s not.
Order and replace driveshaft. Vibration improved but not gone. Droning noise begins now too.
Replaced transfer case. No improvement.
They don’t know if they should replace trans or rear end. Or wheels. Or axles. Hyundai won’t let them do anything else “unless I raise a big stink.” Tech told me I should pursue lemon law.
Ultimately got it bought back, it was a more lucrative deal than the headache of lemon. Trade ins were worth a ton of $ and they offered me a good chunk too, and paid my car payment a few times as the car was in and out of the shops almost 2 months in total (business days).
Seat belt buckles were unlatching randomly.
Rear lift gate hatch panel popped in the heat. Literally sounded like acorns on the roof. Body shop had no idea how to fix it. They offered to remove it and reinstall it with glue instead of the factory clips. No thanks.
Paint had dirt under it. Body shop was aware but suggested not repairing due to paint fading and aging differently than factory paint would. I researched and found that to sound true so it never got fixed.
Tires started chopping and cupping around 7k miles. They started trying to tell me I had to buy tires for them to pursue fixing the driveline noise even though their notes said rear diff was noisy in the air. I had already rotated tires at 5k as well, and they aligned it when they did transfer case. No reason to eat tires that early.
Steering wheel damaged in service department. They would not fix. Had to enlist Maryland attorney general to get it fixed. They even admitted to it but would not fix it.
Ultimately it was the service around here and the fact that the shop foreman advised me to pursue lemon. That even if they fixed the driveline vibrations and droning, the problems often re-occurred.
That was a very frustrating almost exactly 1 year of ownership and 10k miles. A coworker of mine had a 2020 and started having tons of electrical nanny problems…the scariest made him trade his too. The lane keep almost drove him into a jersey wall or construction zone somehow.
