If it’s still under Hyundai warranty and you bought it so recently why would you not approach the selling dealer? If you take it to a non-Hyundai dealer for repair you will risk compromising the warranty.
The supplying dealer may agree there is an issue but if he says they are all like that you could ask to drive another similar model from their stock to check for yourself.

I seem to have seen lots of issues with Hyundai clutches (and, to a lesser exetent, manual gearboxes) over a long period. My first Hyundai (a 2009 i10 which was bought new and starting playing up within a few weeks) had a new clutch fitted under warranty after much argument with Hyundai who tried to wriggle out of it. It had clutch judder and the forums at the time had numerous other people fighting Hyundai with similar things.

As you bought the car from a main dealer, there is no question that it is still under the remainder of the 5 year warranty it had when new.

But I am wondering whether the issue you describe is actually a problem, or a 'characteristic' of the car?. Not all cars have smooth gear changes and if you've come from something with a particularly slick shift, it would exaggerate the perceived problem.

I'm a bit puzzled though, if I'm understanding your post right, you did research and found evidence that these cars do indeed suffer from gearbox and/or clutch problems. Presumably you also test drove the car before purchase, so experienced the gear change before signing on the dotted line, but you went ahead and bought it?.

But as others have said, you do have rights, even ignoring the warranty (though as skidpan says, if it is the clutch, the warranty won't cover it, not on a 27k mile car). But you definitely need to deal with the problem through the dealer. And, as has been said, ask to try another example if they tell you that is just how the gearshift is.

It is under warranty so at least take it back for a proper diagnosis. Dealers have loan cars if you are concerned about being without so ring them up and see what they say. If as you say the clutch as plenty of bite could be linkage or anything. Little point in buying a car in warranty if you do not use it

Sorry it's taken a while to reply i don't get notifications from this site.

I wish you good luck with the dealer because I was appalled by the way the local Hyundai dealer treated my partners aunt.

The new car consistently drained the battery and the dealer insisted it was the elderly aunt leaving a door open.

They didn’t even offer to drop her hone when she returned it, a distance of three miles. This happened several times and all they did was to charge the battery.

When I got involved and left the car with them they checked and found there was a problem with the wiring harness on the I 10.

Thoroughly nasty experience and a dreadful way to treat an elderly customer , maybe as she is unlikely to live long enough to buy another ?

It's of no help to the OP but my i30 bought new in May 2019 came with a 2 year warranty on the 'clutch disc', which was a surprise as I thought that clutches are a wear and tear item. Maybe Hyundai were responding to the criticism. The gear shift has been a bit notchy from new in 1st and 2nd (as some professional reviewers have commented on) but with only 8.5k on the clock it's now very smooth.are covered for 2 year

Hyundai warranty has stated for at least 10 years that clutches are covered for 2 years / 60,000 miles.

Brake linings are covered for 2 years / 20,000 miles.

If you look at the "limited coverage" section of the warranty there are details on other wear and tear items such as v belts,wiper blades etc.

Edited by galileo on 02/04/2021 at 15:01

My main problem is when i accelerate from 1st to 2nd it has crunched once so now i don't accelerate fast if your gentle with it its ok. If it was a clutch problem why would it only affect just the change between these gears?. The rest of the box is ok as i mentioned before but it's not defined it's like a bowl of soup and you can hear and feel every gear change thru the stick. If this was a classic car you would expect it not from a 3 year old one with 27.000 on the clock.

Thinking about this issue, the original Minis had a very long gear lever, after a year or two selecting gears became something of an art, vague hardly describes it, 'stirring porridge with a rubber spoon' was one common description.

If your gear positions are not positively defined as they should be, go back to the dealer, ask them to check the linkages and / or ask to try another car to see if they are all like this. The design may have changed in recent years.

Like i said before somewhere that the gear that crunches is 2nd first to second i have to be gentle with . The rest of the gearbox doesn't crunch but it's sloppy undefined experience and i wonder if you should really hear a gearbox change quite as loudly as this does and i can feel every cog change through the gear shift.

youngalistai

You started this thread over 3 months ago and appear to have done nothing to actually get the car sorted.

Writing about it will not cure your issues.

The people on this forum cannot cure your issues.

A mechanical fairy will not magically sort it while you sleep.

Only YOU can do something and that means taking it back to the garage you bought it from but its possible another Hyundai garage may help you.

So get in the car and speak to an actual person at an actual garage. They have remained open during this lockdown so no excuses.

A bit off topic. When we went to Australia in 2019 mostly NSW. The amount of Korean cars had to be seen to be believed . We drove a Hyundai i30 around about Sydney for z few days. Then picked up another i30 from Sydney to Brisbane via Hunter Valley, along the coast etc. Then past Brisbane to the Irwins Australia zoo. So we drove i30s a lot. Seemed to me to be a pleasant easy to live with car. A bit uninspiring but competent and if I owned one I'd be happy. Preferred my 1.4t Vitara but as a hire car decent. No gearbox issues whatsoever. Not sure how far but got to have been a thousand miles in all. When we flew to Perth picked up a brand new Toyota Camry. Which was lovely. Disappointed didn't see hardly any Holdens.