Does any body Know about the Terracan

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I am looking to trade my Mitsubishi Pajero sport for something newer and I'm looking at a '04 Hyundai Terracan. however I dont know anything about them. I really want somebodys opinion, are they reliable, economy, power, any known faults etc.
I want a vehicle that can pull a boat or mini-digger, do a little bit of off roading but will still be sort of economical for everyday use(that rules out the mitsubishis). I dont want to trade down in years (that rules out the toyotas)and my budget is 13-14K and i'd like fairly low milage.

alias no.9

Don't know much about it but hyundai used to make the older version of the pajero (late 1980's / early 1990's) under license and called it the hyundai galloper so don't be surprised if the chassis / transmission is a development of that, making it very similar to the pajero. Economy wise, it's probably much the same as the pajero too.

Hellrazer

Just be careful that its got all the recalls done on it especially the one for the metal filings in the fuel system--Roughly 3000 euros if it wasnt done under the recall.
Great 4x4 besides that though.

colm_mcm

they're pox. underpowered, small inside, ugly and never cheap enough. They're pretty heavy on fuel too (this view is from personal experience of them)

there was a problem as Helleazer said cocerning the fuel pump, where basically the pump would disentigrate and get into the engine. not pretty. I've also seen a lot of problems with transmission - mostly diffs.

There are better options out there.

Hellrazer

colm_mcm wrote: »

they're pox. underpowered, small inside, ugly and never cheap enough. They're pretty heavy on fuel too (this view is from personal experience of them)

I had one as a company vehicle for a year and never had any problems with it bar the recall mentioned above.Fuel economy is probably to be expected with a 2.9 diesel.
Never found them small inside,cheap maybe but thats Hyundai for you(everythings plastic) or underpowered.

colm_mcm

Size wise inside, it's on a par with a Terrano or Pajero Sport. Whether you find it sufficently powerful or small depends on what you can compare it to.