Every time one of these Hyundai/Kia threads pop up, I can’t help to think these are not this forms favorite brand.
And it also appears if you’re over at say 35 you don’t like Hyundai or Kia
I grew up when Hyundai/Kia already basically had their name established and vehicles like the 02-05 sonata or the 03-05 XG series and even the 02-05 Elantra Really put Hyundai on the map.
Any one remember the 2005 XG350L? That was about 23 grand in 2005
( being there Lux sedan the most expensive Hyundai up to that point, Azera came in 2006, then the Genesis in about 2010) The XG never gave one (1) issue through the whole ownership. Many years and tens of thousand of miles. I was the cats meow showing up at school with that XG350L.. and it took a lot of abuse being young… literally burnt the front tires up in under 5000 miles a few times from doing burnouts with the parking brake engaged
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The 3.5 L engine ran silky smooth ( I used synthetic oil.) and it never burned a drop per oci. No exaggeration that car would be red lined 60 to 80 times a week for years
it only had about 205 hp but it was enough with the five speed transmission.. It even had a little character which was extremely surprising for a Hyundai/Kia products at the time.
So I said all that to say this: I took my drivers test in that XG350L.. looking back I absolutely did abuse that vehicle for years, and literally never even had to replace the brakes. The engine would be at redline within 20 seconds of being started up every day after work, and school. I have a lot of respect for these Hyundai kia vehicles because of what I put that one XG through. To this day if I could buy another one I would buy one just for a winter beater but they are now nonexistent in today’s world.
And also I am not living in a fantasy world that Hyundai Kia does not have engine troubles, they do but they also produce many vehicles a year or so I think a small percentage is acceptable when you’re producing mass numbers. Also One last note even “if” you do have trouble on a newer Hyundai Kia they usually stand behind their products and will fix it. I know of a few other major manufactures that are up there in the top 7 that completely denied issues for years or blame the customer, or any other excuse to get out of support of their product.. Hyundai is not afraid to issue a recall or a technical service bulletin at least in comparison to some other major manufacturers