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Sedans Hyundai Sonata 2009-2010 Hyundai Sonata
1006 messages, Last post on Nov 24, 2009 at 6:17 AM
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Replying to: necostanzo (Oct 31, 2009 9:55 pm) Slim and none...and Slim just left town. |
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Replying to: necostanzo (Oct 30, 2009 10:10 pm) plant. I have not visited the Sonata car maker in Alabama but have come across quite a bit of info during research. It sounds like it is a very modern high tech place. If this is such they probably utilize the same kind of equipment as most of the others use. There are hundreds of car bodies painted every work day, the trunk lid, the hood and the doors are not on the body when painted, this painting is done by robotic computer controlled machines. We all know that machines and computers are dfifinetly not foolproof, so things will happen. That is why these companies also have so many quality inspectors to catch paint blemishes on the final product. When it is found I dont think that car is thrown away, it is fixed, and if it is a door it could very well be fixed in place like a body shop maybe better, but maybe not perfect "over spray?" or the like. Since it was only caught by very close observation by a critical eye it is not hard for me to believe it couldn't have happened at the factory. Would they keep records on exactly what car it was done on, your guess is as good as mine. It may not have been any damage on the door just repaint, again who knows. This is just a thought, no one has to agree!
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Replying to: 8babies1dog (Nov 02, 2009 1:43 pm) No B.S.
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Replying to: espo35 (Nov 02, 2009 2:06 pm) ship a vehicle out that don't meet their standards, more importantly our standards. In a perfect world that could happen, unfortunatly no one alive is perfect and most every man made item is not perfect including robots. As you said anything is possible. Lets say the painted door was actually done by the high tech paint machine and that is how it came out and the inspector for that area was thinking about his girlfriend or something, he or she could have missed it since it was hard to find according to the owner. How would anyone know? If a paint mill gauge don't detect it that would be kind of hard to do without sanding the entire door down. This is my opinion only. |
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Replying to: 8babies1dog (Nov 02, 2009 1:43 pm)
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Replying to: wayne21 (Nov 02, 2009 4:28 pm)
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Replying to: wayne52 (Nov 02, 2009 4:42 pm) you may find that even Hyundai don't permanitly attach the doors, hood, or trunk lid for paint process, they are taken off at the start of the final assembly line and brought to an area to put the finishing touches such as on the doors, power window parts, remote trunk and gas door, glass etc. and the liner. For the hood and trunk lid the insulation is put in and the little hydraulic cylinders are attached the locking assembly is put in. The main reason these things are taken off is to allow the robot equipment to install interiors like all the dash, seats, actually everything including complete drive train. What I am getting at is with all this taking off and putting on, moving and handling can the final paint job on it be scratched or damaged some way, and will the same door or hood go back on the same car it came off of, there are many cars painted the same color on the line at 1 time. On the tour it didn't show that part step by step I presume, maybe they don't want that part to be seen. All this is not exclusive to Hyundai check the GM assembly line some of their older plants still paint cars by hand and put doors and things on after final assembly. You have probably heard of new cars being bought with factory defects are even with parts missing, if you by enough of them you have a very good chance of getting one also, feel very lucky if you don't have one already! Do you have a new one?
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Replying to: 8babies1dog (Nov 02, 2009 8:40 pm) I have never owned a hyundai. I took the tour because I was thinking of buying a hyundai genesis and was interested in learning how they do things in their factories. If I were in the market for a car in the sonata class for myself, I would give it very serious consideration.
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Replying to: wayne52 (Nov 02, 2009 9:27 pm) a bunch of research for a few months on most of the competitors in that class the one that stood out the most is the one we wound up with. 2009 se v6 and so for after 11,000k miles am very happy we did. IMO this thing is awesome all the way around, seems like the factory in Alabama really got their _ _ _ _ togather, and proud of it. I think this is good for the whole Auto industry in general Hyundai will push them to build better cars with more standard equipment and up the warranty and keep the prices a little under control. If people keep buying the over priced cars that other car makers put out just for the name, that company may not step up what they offer. Just as an example one of the top competitors at the time of our purchase had the comparable trim line but had much less standard stuff had to drop to a 4 cylinder version to compare. Sonata had $3000. rebate and a $2000. dealer incentive the other had no rebate or dealer incentive. With the warranty difference it was not even close, the Sonata was rated better by almost all the top rating people and $3000.+ less expensive. Will be more than happy to give you the info on where I found this info. Happy motoring! |
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Replying to: wayne52 (Nov 02, 2009 9:27 pm)
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