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Originally Posted by ChoosetoCruze I am honestly surprised that this thread doesn’t get the amount of eyeballs that it actually deserves. All Hyundai/Kia new car reviews deserve to have this thread linked in the cons section, just so that prospective owners know what they are getting into. If they still choose to ignore the extremely high safety risks & still choose to buy them for their features, all I can say is good luck.
Korean automobile engineering & reliability standards are still far away from the Japanese, in my opinion, and you can forget about fuss free ownership if you hold onto your cars for any considerable length of time.
The Toyota/Honda drivetrains are extremely reliable as proven by a plethora of reviews on this forum alone. |
Yes, I totally agree with you. This thread deserves to be seen by every Hyundai/Kia prospective owner. I had a horrible experience with my 2014 Fluidic Verna diesel MT. I spoke about this in my introduction thread as well.
1. The day I got it, the engine oil started leaking and it had to be sent to the workshop to change some part (can’t recall) and they said it’s a manufacturing default.
2. Couple of months down the road, the brake pedal kept getting jammed over bad surfaces, the car just wouldn’t break, it was unnerving. The service folks kept telling me that is how the ABS works. Nonsense, I know how ABS works and upon further checking, they found that the brake vacuum booster wasn’t functioning properly and they changed it. The brakes still felt like shit. They still behave soo weird over bad roads, the pedal literally behaves like a spring at first and then becomes hard and dead. Hyundai’s breaks are the worst I have come across in my life.
3. When I thought my problems are finally over, the clutch plates were worn out. The clutch kept slipping. This is a very common problem in Verna and Creta. The car ran only 9k kms by then. My father just couldn’t believe this. My Toyota Innova ran more than 200k kms before we had to change the clutch plates. FYI, it was not because the clutch was slipping, we changed it only because I complained that the clutch was hard and was giving me knee pain.
4. I reach 20k kms and the clutch goes kaput again. AGAIN
![Frustration](https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/images/smilies/Frustration.gif)
. I couldn’t believe this and my father and I were done dealing with this unreliable junk and changed the clutch plates and sold the car. All of this in just two years.
5. The person who purchased the car (we gave him our entire service history) called us within a month and said the car just stopped while he was on a road trip. He got it towed and it costed him 50-60k to get it repaired. Not sure what the problem was.
6. It’s not only me, my friend has an elite i20 diesel MT and a Creta Diesel MT. His i20 breaks are even worse. His clutch started slipping around 35k kms. His Creta’s clutch gave away at 15k kms. The brakes on the first gen Creta were not confident inspiring as well.
7. Hyundai’s are not cheap to maintain. It’s like they have a standard service fee of 10-12k no matter what car you take in. My friends i10 costs 10k to service, my Verna used to cost 10k to service, my friends i20 costs 10-12k to service and the Creta costs 12k to service.
8. Based on my experience, Koreans don’t age well. Their engines are just not as responsive and smooth as they were in the initial period. I drove a friends Verna(done 90k kms) and a first gen i20 (done 100k) and I got to drive my Verna recently as he came to meet us for some other work (done 50k kms) and their engines were just rough and they completely lost the smoothness that Hyundai diesels are known for. They’re all well maintained and serviced at the official service centres.
9. Toyota’s age soo well. My 2008 Innova which has done 270k kms still drives like how it drove in 2008. The engine and the gearbox are so smooth. I say this because I learnt driving in my Innova back in 2012 and it still feels the same in 2020. There is a reason why Toyota’s sell very well across the globe. They are very reliable and as you said the probability of a break down is very less. Not once did our Innova break down. All it needed was a regular service and few parts changed according to the service schedule.
10. The new generation Hyundai’s and Kia’s might have been improved. I don’t know. However, I’m not putting my money on these Korean twins anytime soon. Verna was my first car in life and they ruined the experience.
11. Coming to Honda, we never owned one. But there are 5 Honda City’s in my apartment. Two second gen, one third gen and two fourth gen. All petrol and all of them love their cars. Everyone says they’re very reliable and smooth. The fact that people are still using their second gen City’s tell us how reliable they are. Not a fan of Honda’s 1.5 Diesel engine in their City. The engines clutter is bad and it gets worse as the car ages. They offer brilliant kmpl numbers though.
I’m Team Japanese, when it comes to cars.
Cheers!