Ownership Cost for 2002 Hyundai Santa Fe GLS
Estimated: $35803 over the next 5 years
| Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depreciation | $1049 | $504 | $441 | $399 | $357 | $2750 |
| Insurance | $1451 | $1502 | $1554 | $1609 | $1665 | $7781 |
| Fuel | $1857 | $1913 | $1980 | $2059 | $2152 | $9961 |
| Maintenance | $2763 | $1885 | $913 | $503 | $2291 | $8355 |
| Repairs | $977 | $1138 | $1298 | $1417 | $1627 | $6457 |
| Taxes & Fees | $338 | $338 | $338 | $338 | $338 | $500 |
| Total Ownership Costs | $8435 | $6980 | $6234 | $6017 | $8135 | $35803 |
| Model year | COMPONENT | Complaint |
| 2007 | STEERING | PLEASE CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION INTO NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS REGARDING PREMATURE TIRE WEAR, SUSPENSION AND STEERING IN 2007 SANTA FE. I THINK THEY ARE CONNECTED AND AFFECT EACH OTHERBY POOR DESIGN OR MANUFACTURING PROCESS. PURCHASED AS NEW VEHICLE IN 12/2007. NOTICED WOBBLE IN STEERING WHEEL A DIFFERENT SPEEDS, CONDITIONS AT 3K MILES. DEALER FOUND NOTHING WRONG. NOTICED RATTLE AND KLUNKING NOISE IN LEFT FRONT WHEN DRIVING ON UNEVEN PAVEMENT AT 12K MILES. NO DEALER OR MECHANIC COULD DIAGNOSE ANYTHING WRONG. REPLACED ALL 4 TIRES AT 26K BECAUSE FRONT RIGHT TIRE WORN TO BELT ON INSIDE. ALL WHEELS ALIGNED AT SAME TIME. STILL HAD WOBBLE, VIBRATION AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS, ACCELERATING, COASTING, ETC. NUMEROUS BALANCING AND ROTATIONS. MECHANIC COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. AT 31K, REPLACED SWAY BARS AND LINKS, HAD WHEELS BEARINGS SERVICED. STILL WOBBLING, RATTLE IN FRONT END AND UNEVEN STEERING. AT 32K, HAD WHEEL BEARINGS REPACKED, ANOTHER FRONT END ALIGNMENT, AND ALL WHEELS,TIRES RECALIBRATED TO HYUNDAI SPECIFICATIONS. VEHICLE DROVE PERFECTLY...FOR 3 DAYS. ALL RATTLES, NOISES, WOBBLES, UNEVEN STEERING PROBLEMS RETURNED. GOING BACK TO DEALER 3RD TIME IN 1 MONTH. RATTLE AND WOBBLE GETS WORSE EVERYDAY. DON'T FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE. I DRIVE 15 MILES TO AND FROM WORK ON SMALL EXPRESSWAY IN AUSTIN, TX. NO OFF ROADING, NO PULLING ANY TRAILERS. ONLY HAIL DAMAGE TO EXTERIOR. NO FRONT END COLLISIONS, ENGINE PROBLEMS OR SUSPENSION DAMAGE BEFORE THESE PROBLEMS WERE NOTICED. (SMALL COLLISION AT 30,500K. I WAS AT STOP, DRIVER IN BACK REAR-ENDED ME AT 5MPH. MY FRONT END TAPPED CAR IN FRONT OF ME. DEALER BODY SHOP REPLACED FRONT BUMPER "SHOCK ABSORBERS. NO DAMAGE TO FRAME OR SUSPENSION. IS THIS A SUBFRAME PROBLEM, AXLE ASSEMBLY ISSUE OR WHAT? LOTS OF COMMENTS/COMPLAINTS ON INTERNET REGARDING PROBLEMS LIKE THIS. AGAIN, I DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS CAR ANY FURTHER THAN TO AND FROM WORK. CANNOT AFFORD TO TRADE IN, BUY DIFFERENT VEHICLE. . *TT |
| 2002 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | GRINDING AND OTHER ODD NOISES WHEN BRAKING IN MY 2002 SANTE FE. PURCHASED THE CAR NEW AND I HAVE REPLACED THE HYDRAULIC BRAKES ONCE A YEAR SINCE I PURCHASED IT. I HAVE COMPLAINED TO TWO DIFFERENT HYUNDAI DEALERSHIPS AND TO HYDUNDAI MOTOR CORPORATION. ITSELF AND WAS TOLD THAT I MUST BE A BRAKE RIDER AND CITY DRIVER. EITHER OF THESE IS TRUE. I HAVE NEVER HAD TO REPLACE BRAKES EVERY 8-10,000 MILES ON ANY CAR I HAVE EVER OWNED. I WAS TOLD A COMPLETE, FULL BRAKE JOB MUST BE DONE EACH TIME BECAUSE THE ROTORS ARE SO THIN THAT THERE IS LITTLE MARGIN FOR ERROR OF OVER RESURFACING. THIS COULD CAUSE A VERY SERIOUS SITUATION. I WAS TOLD BY ONE SERVICE MANAGER FROM ONE HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP THAT HE WOULD NEVER ALLOW HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN IN THIS PARTICULAR CAR WITH TURNED DOWN ROTORS AND THAT HE WOULD RATHER LAY OUT THE HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS ON CONSTANTLY REPLACING THE FRONT BRAKES FOR PIECE OF MIND. I WAS SPOKEN TO LIKE I WAS AN IDIOT BY HYUNDAI CUSTOMER SERVICE LINE WHEN I COMPLAINED AND MY CONCERNS OF AN INFERIOR BRAKING SYSTEM WERE IGNORED. I HAVE JUST HAD MY FIFTH SET OF FRONT BRAKES PUT ON THE CAR AND WAS ACTUALLY TOLD BY A NEW SERVICE MANAGER THAT BETWEEN HIM AND I, THAT THE BRAKE PADS WERE MADE FOR A SMALL VEHICLE NOT AN SUV OF THIS SIZE, AND THAT THIS CAR WAS KNOWN FOR BRAKE PROBLEMS. THIS ONLY CONFIRMED WHAT I TRIED TO EXPLAIN TO HYUNDAI AS WAS ALSO TOLD TO ME BY TWO OTHER PRIVATE PARTY REPAIR CENTERS. I NOW REFUSE TO ALLOW HYUNDAI TO CHARGE ME ALMOST DOUBLE THE PRICE TO REPLACE THEIR INFERIOR, CHEAP BRAKING SYSTEM. THEY APPARENTLY PUT CHEAP, HORRIBLE WEAR AND TEAR PARTS IN THEIR CAR, SO YOU WILL NEED TO REPLACE THEM VERY REGULARLY. RESULTING IN THEM MAKING A BUNDLE AND THEN SOME BACK ON THEIR OH SO GREAT BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY. I ACTUALLY SAW THEIR BRAKE PAD AND IT IS SMALL. *AK |
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