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130 messages, Last post on Nov 24, 2009 at 4:39 PM
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Replying to: badhyundai (Jul 06, 2009 10:47 am) |
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Replying to: badhyundai (Jul 06, 2009 10:47 am) |
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Replying to: badhyundai (Jul 06, 2009 10:47 am) Some people drive with their left foot on the brake, and that will wear them out prematurely. Also, disengaging the cruise control at 75+mph with full braking is extremely hard on the brakes and rotors. The brakes should be tapped (or the cruise disengaged from the steering wheel) and the car allowed to coast a while and slow down before applying full brakes. My Sonata has the best brakes of the 8 or 9 cars I've owned. When I drive other cars now, I'm never happy with the brakes.
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Replying to: bobad (Jul 15, 2009 9:10 am) |
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I may be comparing apples to oranges but..... I bought new a 2003 Elantra GT and have a little over 89,000 miles on the original brake pads. It is driven by myself and wife. She does a lot of stop and go, I less so. I just pulled a front wheel and removed the calliper ( a ridiculously easy job) and still see plenty of pad left. I do brake easily and anticipate my stops. I also down shift to 3rd , using the engine to slow. ( automatic transmission) We are not slow poke drivers either. 
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Replying to: hotrod54 (Aug 03, 2007 7:45 pm) |
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hello, i purchased an 09 sonata back in oct 2008. the car is great and all, but i noticed a chemical odor (very hard to explain) from the trunk. it was really bad during the summer and the odor is starting to seep into the cabin. i hardly put anything in the trunk and i even checked for dead animals. it's not an organic smell, but a chemical one. the source, after tireless sniffing, is the fabric material that covers the walls and roof of the trunk. the worst is the board that separates the trunk interior from the spare tire compartment. i've been to the dealership and they act as if there is no smell. anybody have any issues like this? any remedies? thank you. sincerely, t
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Replying to: sltho (Sep 21, 2009 1:51 pm) Of course the biggest concern is whether the odor is noxious. The last thing you want is to accidentally get high or black out while you’re driving. If it was me, I wouldn’t use something to simply cover up the smell (air freshener). I would try Febreze or maybe even sprinkle a box of baking soda all over the trunk and leave it in there for a few days before vacuuming it up. In fact, I would go the baking soda route first – you don’t want a lot of moisture from Febreze sitting in your hot, dark trunk (it could cause mold to grow). I hope that helps.
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Replying to: james1982 (Sep 21, 2009 4:55 pm) It will dissipate on its own after a month or 2. Baking soda won't penetrate to the glue on vertical surfaces, and will make a mess. It will make the covering material attract dirt, even after it's vacuumed. The odor absorption of baking soda is over rated anyway. |
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Bought this new 2009 se v6 2 1/2 months ago, we travel quite a bit, have 10,000+ miles as of now. I thought I had done a pretty good job on my research, did at least enough to know what we wanted. Well, I found out things about this particular trim model I really didn't have a clue about, but am learning on a regular bases. Such as Trip computer, heated exterior mirrors on timer, special new suspension system, the list goes on. The technology on the Sonata and Santa fee is amazing thanks to one of the largest tech groups in the USA, and also the fact that they are both built here in Alabama. Hyundai a Korean originated company has only been in the US a short period of time compared to most of the other foreign and domestic car makers. The v-6 drive train is actually unique to the 2009 models for more than 1 reason. It is revised this year to more HP and Torque using the same basic engine with some Hi-Tech engineering, coupleled to the shiftronic trans. The main thing that makes it unique to me is it's desingnd and built by Hyundai USA for their new car market in the USA. Built as a high performance version, as I was told by a long time Hyundai service manager with the new (if you will) "sporty" SE in mind). One more change that pleases me BIG TIME added to the new engine, it is fitted with a real timing (CHAIN) not a damn belt. How does that grab you. Now I am very much happier about the decision to buy this car. Do you remember before the stupid belt deal how often you had to change the timing chain (yea right), NOT! Who's idea was it to put the belt anyway? I'm pretty sure who it wasn't. As for as I know most or all of the rest still do, not including all trucks. Interesting don't you think. Don't get me wrong about Korea this really not about that, I don't care who makes it. The point is this car cost less than all the other midsize sedans equally equipped some don't even have all this stuff available. If you would like to check this out just put "2009 sonata comparison" on the search line on say like google. Check specs and features and msrp on side by side comparison. How can this fairly new car maker do this and WHY!!!!! Do the other makers don't care what they sell, or do they think people will continue buying their cars no matter what they build. I used to be a all GM person, the last GM products I owned didn't cut it. I'm not real proud of it but you do what you have to do. Still own a 2002 Mazda good service but not what this car is.
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