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    JohnnoMcJohnno

    JohnnoMcJohnnoRichmond-Tweed, NSW

    • 2 reviews
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    Good concept ruined by lousy transmission

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    BadgeGLS
    TransmissionAutomatic
    Date PurchasedSep 2005

    Best car ever owned

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    Bought my Santa Fe new in 2005 with the V6 2.7 motor. It has now done 135,000 klm and going better than ever. Have not spent a cent on repairs only regular servicing, 1 set of brake pads and tyres.
    Not real good in soft sand as it is only all wheel drive, but have done a lot of dirt road driving and is very stable. Have towed a 16 ft caravan from Port Lincoln (God's country) to Augusta WA, up to Broome, Darwin, Kakadu, the Rock and home - 22,000klm. No problems at all. About to hook up again and go to Queensland. Hopefully everything will go well. A top little car.
    A bit thirsty at the pump with towing, but hey, it is only money.
    Not a thing

    Transmissionauto
    3 comments
    ROSEMARY
    ROSEMARY

    What kind of petrol do you use, 95 or 98?

    RYZR
    RYZR

    Hi Rosemary, I always use 95 as a minimum, prefer 98. The Santa Fe seems to run better on the good stuff and definately returns better economy. Worth the extra spend at the bowser.

    ROSEMARY
    ROSEMARY
    2006 Santa Fe

    2006 Santa FePrescott AZ

    Poor Quality

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    Terrible

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    Jabein
    Jabein

    Tynan is known for dodgy warranty repair and service, regardless of what brand or how expensive the vehicle is. Enough said.

    Terrible

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    Whilst our Sante Fe has been reliable the paint job is rubbish and is crazing and fading in five different places. Hyundai put it down to bird droppings but I saw another Sante Fe yesterday and they have the same problem in exactly the same places. All for a car that has never been off road and had paint protection on it from new. The bars that divide the back window are also rusting. NEVER buy another.
    Reliable, comfortable
    The paint! It is fading and crazing in five different places.

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    sheree_bee25
    sheree_bee25

    Would have to agree with you there. I have just recently bought a Santa fe and the paint on it is [censored word removed] house :)

    Dave

    DaveSydney, NSW

    • 3 reviews

    Good

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    RYZR
    RYZR
    tripoli406857

    tripoli406857tripoli-libya, tripoli, Libya

    Excellent

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    the is Car comfortable. For the fuel i spent of 10 dollars every three days. after distance of 132 000 miles in six years started to show a range of problems
    - the air conditioner working without pressing the play button,
    - the voice sounds strange when you drop or raise glass for all the doors,
    - But still the car that far exceeds other types
    my snta fe 2004 2.4 comfortable and Smooth in libya i bought it by 5000 $ and spent 300 $ a year for Maintenance so its poor friend car
    the front key panel is old fashion,

    Good

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    A great car if you're not in a rush and don't mind paying a little more on petrol.
    Plenty of passenger room and driver comfort is great. Smooth, quiet drive. PLenty of drink holders and rear seat adjustments a plus. Loads of storage space with the seats folded up.
    A little slow to get moving and a little thirsty, perhaps underpowered.

    1 comment
    ROSEMARY
    ROSEMARY

    which petrol do you use? 95 or 98?

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    Questions & Answers

    jjsnag

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    Santa Fe SM (2000-2006)

    Hi. I just bought the very base line 2006 Santa Fe 2.2 diesel. I should have checked it out better but, talking with the seller and not concentrating on what I'm supposed to be looking for, I bought a car that doesn't even tell me how much further I can go on a tank of fuel or even the Litres/100kms. I'm wondering, is the wiring under the dash and all I need to do is buy a dash with the wider odometer panel or do I need to get a later model computer as well. Please help me.

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    Donna

    Donnaasked

    Santa Fe SM (2000-2006)

    I have just brought a secondhand 2006 Santa Fe SUV Petrol,Privately. And took it for a drive up to "City View" which I wanted to see how she handled going up a hill. But now the engine light is on and staying on?? I checked online and it said that I should be using Premium Unleaded Petrol, I filled it with normal unleaded from a B.P. Servo. Also I can feel a slight surge every now + then when driving around 60-70 klms round town? Does anyone know what I should do now or what theses problems maybe? Mechanic suggested that I put an octane additive into the fuel to see if that helps, so I did. Too early to tell if it has worked. Helllllp me please.

    3 answers
    Steven
    Steven

    Sorry I am only familiar with the diesel ones.

    brian d
    brian d

    we found that the sante fe does not like the E10 fuel, our service personnel advised not to use it and it was possibly the cause of the seal failing in the intake manifold, we found that it idled higher than should and fuel consumption was much greater, the scan-code readout was "lean on idle" unfortunately the seal could not be replaced and the whole intake manifold had to be replaced, this cost around $1500 plus labour and seals at the time, they had to source one from Korea at the time.
    also keep an eye on the catalytic converters these are expensive to replace as the 2 front ones form the exhaust manifold, we have had all of ours fail all about 2 months apart.
    other than that its a good car been to townsville, port pirire and did not miss a beat. tows our 1700kg caravan ok. have not done any off road in it so cant comment onthat, we got it for the tow ability.

    brian
    brian

    How did it go / it sounds like it suffered some strain / found out that ultratune are great at diagnosis and repairs of faults

    Lizzie

    Lizzieasked

    Santa Fe SM (2000-2006)

    I bought a second hand Hyundai 2004 almost two months ago from a dealer, and I just discovered that I have to replace the entire radiator. They gave me three months guarantee, not sure if that is covered, if no where can I go to have that one changed. I just got a quote for over $700 and I was searching the net for radiators and sounds like that is not so expensive. So not really sure where I can have both good price and service. Can some one help?

    Lizzie

    1 answer
    brian
    brian

    You could try to take the vehicle to a radiator specialist possibly such as natrad as they would probably have better parts to suit the vehicle

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