i30 Diesel 1600 Automatic - My Hyundai i30 Diesel Automatic, Problems

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Tue 31 Mar 2015 22:21
i30 Diesel 1600 Automatic - My Hyundai i30 Diesel Automatic, Problems - alanjw

I bought the used car, which was about a year old, from the Hyundai dealership. It's been serviced by them at the approprtiate intervals.

It's done about 57K miles. The car is nearly five years old.

Faults or recalls whilst owning the car:

The service book issued was not for my car, but for a Petrol automatic. It stated sevice interval should be 12months or 1 year, which ever is the earlist.

Should state one year or 20K miles which ever is the earlist.

The air condtioner not working. (sorted by dealer)

The radiator overflow tank, below the minimum mark.

The dash has had to be replaced.

The drivers door, would not open, sorted by dealer.

Offside headlights not working ( new wiring loom replaced by dealer.)

Front brake check ( mine OK)

Rear brake light switch (replaced)

New battery after two years (just out of warranty) Now OK

Front nearside headlamp cluster-condensation (sorted by dealer)

Difficulty in starting from cold. Glow plugs to be replaced by dealer.

(it's taken 2 weeks so far) Diffioculkty getting the glow plug out and snapped, they have had to call in an auto engine specialist, they may have to take the cyliner head off to get at the part.)

Take care when puchasing a similar car to mine?

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Tue 31 Mar 2015 22:25
i30 Diesel 1600 Automatic - My Hyundai i30 Diesel Automatic, Problems - alan1302

There are more faults that you would expect for a car of that age/milage but sounds like your dealer has been very good.

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Sun 5 Apr 2015 12:02
i30 Diesel 1600 Automatic - My Hyundai i30 Diesel Automatic, Problems - Hamsafar

"12months or 1 year, which ever is the earlist."

I would have thought they would be both the same!
Doesn't sound bad for 1-5 years old.

Edited by Hamsafar on 05/04/2015 at 12:04

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Sun 5 Apr 2015 13:51
i30 Diesel 1600 Automatic - My Hyundai i30 Diesel Automatic, Problems - gordonbennet

Not especially bad, as for the service being presumably 12k miles or one year for the petrol version, that sounds a better bet for the Diesel too, 20k? not on your nelly, not as your getting anywhere near that annual mileage.

Glow plugs are an issue on many modern Diesels, i can't quite work out why this should be so, they used to come out spark plug like without the slightest problem (as did injectors) on older iDi engines, if i was to buy a Diesel again (most unlikely) i think i'd be removing and refitting the glow plugs every couple of year to make sure this didn't happen.

Injectors getting stuck in have seen MB A Class engines (and complete cars) written off, apparently you can't get the head off without getting the injectors out, seen pics of 3 ft long slide hammers welded to the things and strong men battering hell out of them and still they won't shift, but then first A Class was a horrid design, period.

Your dealer sounds OK to me too.

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Sun 5 Apr 2015 15:01
i30 Diesel 1600 Automatic - My Hyundai i30 Diesel Automatic, Problems - corax

many modern Diesels, i can't quite work out why this should be so, they used to come out spark plug like without the slightest problem (as did injectors) on older iDi engines, if i was to buy a Diesel again (most unlikely) i think i'd be removing and refitting the glow plugs every couple of year to make sure this didn't happen.

Injectors getting stuck in have seen MB A Class engines (and complete cars) written off, apparently you can't get the head off without getting the injectors out, seen pics of 3 ft long slide hammers welded to the things and strong men battering hell out of them and still they won't shift, but then first A Class was a horrid design, period.

It's electrolytic corrosion between the steel glowplugs and modern alloy materials used in engine blocks now.

Same with injectors. There are companies now that are specially set up to remove injectors - it must be big business for them considering the number of engines in existence with this problem. They use hydraulic pullers. Some engines that snap cambelts end up snapping the rockers rather than bending the valves, so the head has to come off.

Probably better to pay a specialist than risk damaging the rest of the engine trying to remove them.

Edited by corax on 05/04/2015 at 15:06

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Mon 6 Apr 2015 00:33
i30 Diesel 1600 Automatic - My Hyundai i30 Diesel Automatic, Problems - daveyK_UK

If you look at the hyundai owners forum, your problems are not uncommon

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Mon 6 Apr 2015 02:31
i30 Diesel 1600 Automatic - My Hyundai i30 Diesel Automatic, Problems - brum

As the car is less than 5 years old, isn't this covered by 5 year warranty?

Is the same engine used by KIA? They have a 7 year warranty....

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Mon 6 Apr 2015 17:57
i30 Diesel 1600 Automatic - My Hyundai i30 Diesel Automatic, Problems - alan1302

As the car is less than 5 years old, isn't this covered by 5 year warranty?

Is the same engine used by KIA? They have a 7 year warranty....

They've been fixed under the warranty

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