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Hyundai Santa Fe, 2 litre diesel

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  • 25-03-2008 12:47pm
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    civic
    Closed Accounts Posts: 41 ✭


    Hi,

    Just wondering if any of you have any experience/opinions on a 2004/2005 Hyundai Santa Fe 2 litre diesel?

    Looking at one with around 40,000 miles. The timing belt is due around 70,000 on the diesels and can be costly but if I got one with this mileage it would be a while before I incur that cost.

    Anything else I should be aware of?

    Thanks.


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    shanel23
    Registered Users Posts: 545 ✭✭✭shanel23


    Had an '04 one for about a year (from new) - great space etc as you'd expect form such a big car -

    My only real flaw with it was the driving position - on a trip from Dublin to Cork which I do regularily - I'd get out of it and my back felt like I'd done a thousand miles over rough terrain - never mind only 160 ! Thats the only reason I got rid of it .. No mechanical problems whatsoever


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    hellboy99
    Registered Users Posts: 6,219 ✭✭✭hellboy99


    civic wrote: »
    Anything else I should be aware of?
    Heavy on diesel and give gearbox problems.


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    cantdecide
    Registered Users Posts: 11,465 ✭✭✭✭cantdecide


    hellboy99 wrote: »
    Heavy on diesel and give gearbox problems.

    Never heard about trans probs but I've heard htey are thirstier than expected. I know a guy who had one that he never bothered servicing and it eventually crapped out which is of course his own fault.


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