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Hyundai Sonata 2011 - Second Hand, Aircond / Other Problems?
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andrekua2
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 Mar 1 2016, 08:34 AM
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Well, well...
My boss bought 2 YF 2012 for me and my uncle. I noticed that the aircond was severely lacking in mine when compared to my uncle. I wrote a very sad email to Hyundai Korea and voila, they arrange an aircond compressor exchange for me. After that, no more hot air when stationary at traffic light/jam.
However like stimix said, Sonata main heat absorber was the sunroof. On top of that, if you car color was dark, it will only get worse. My uncle white unit fared slightly better than mine under the sun. To make it a worse defeat for me, I had tinted both sunroof windows, front windscreeen. Both cars came with side windows tinting.
Personally Im quite happy with the car except rattling from sunroof and bad fc. I also hate the leather seat which gets really hot when baked under the sun. There is another thing to watch out which is the soft suspension. Remember to test drive it over the highest bumps you can find with few people. Always hit the bottom, even when driving up the ramp on some parking. I partially fixed it by changing to Michelin PS3 which had harder sidewall than the stock Hankook.
I would say it has serve me well over these 4 years+. The rear passenger seat is really spacious, which is a plus whenever you need to seat more than 3. I love how it will automatically switch off the cabin lights if you forget to turn it off.
Been driving Japanese all these years. I can only say the Sonata feel more solid over Camry (office had a camry hybrid, and a 2.0). Perhaps that would also mean its heavier as well. Im not really sure if I got used to it compared to Camry which I drove only a few times, but I do think the driving dynamics is better on the Sonata.
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andrekua2
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Mar 1 2016, 08:35 AM
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QUOTE(stimix @ Feb 29 2016, 10:20 PM) Somehow expected dy.. That's also one of the reasons I disposed last year rather than wait  I thought Sonata was at least 20K cheaper than Camry. |
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andrekua2
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Mar 1 2016, 03:53 PM
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QUOTE(stimix @ Mar 1 2016, 03:32 PM) Sonata outlook still good. However as u agreed, the peryy sound from the sunroof, seats & even door panels and lastly also suspension sound pissed me off. On the soft suspension, I cannot connent bcos I switched to 18" rim & feel too hard pulak haha. Anyway, my new camry hybrid, the suspension just nice. Not hard & too soft. Just ngam-ngam. Handling also surpringlt good comparing to sonata without 18". Look probably not as good as sonata but the ride is superply quiet since it's a hybrid. Infact the most quiet car I ever ride so far + no vibration at all vs sonata or even my older honda civic fd. New car ma... Since we had two Sonata, I can say mine rattles badly compared to my uncle's. His sunroof had no rattling... |
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andrekua2
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Mar 1 2016, 06:59 PM
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Since replying in sonata thread, it reminded me to recheck my sun roof. I was surprised to find this. I really wonder how it broke off just like that. Probably already broke at the hand of an angry korean man in the assembly line. At first thought it's rubber lining. Now check properly, it's actually plastic that somehow broke in half, resulting in rattling. Rattling sound reduced a bit with some diy but planning to find a piece of plastic that would fit the gap and glued it down. Attached thumbnail(s)
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andrekua2
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Oct 12 2016, 06:13 PM
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QUOTE(Ruidon @ Mar 17 2016, 09:30 PM) After a week + battling with the Sonata AC, here are my findings. I changed the Compressor (recon) Changed the Condensor (new) Flushed the AC system Changed the Valve Aircond now works perfectly.. sometimes with flaws: Reduced "coldness" when stuck in major traffic jam Sometimes could hear either "refrigerant" or "pulley" sound when AC is on (dunno where the exact sound comes from but no leaking of refrigerant) ONCE. the AC completely shut down and blows hot air. I shut down my car, turn it back on and the AC returns to normal (like how you boot the computer and things go back to normal) I dont know what else to do. I am lost lol ~ Bring it to workshop to check, cant check anything coz AC is perfectly fine. Hiccups a lot. But overall, I am still loving my YF haha Sonata ac very weird one. Don't top up gas and think it will solve problem. It doesn't. Instead if your car ac is blowing hot air, check the ac pressure. I brought mine to top up gas and end up worse. Then he helped me release all the gases, reoil the compressor and top up gas again. That fix it. The other day my uncle sonata which never had its ac serviced also suffer this problem. Sc also released some gas as pressure too high. After released, much cooler. This post has been edited by andrekua2: Oct 12 2016, 06:13 PM |
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andrekua2
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Oct 13 2016, 09:14 AM
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QUOTE(vengeful_revenge @ Oct 13 2016, 08:58 AM) Aircond is most important in Malaysia for our hot weather. Korean didn't do research before giving us type of aircond? The heater is not needed, why they bother to give heater? No wonder Korean cars failed here. Local companies probably "Yes Man" failed to inform the needs of local market. Latest news, their sales continue to drop and nobody bothers to look at Korean cars at roadshow in Midvalley. Just me & my friend sitting in 1 of the cars for more than 10 minutes while waiting for another friend to arrive. The sales people, they knew it's hopeless now. Next year Korean car job intake, if my application rejected again, I'll come with the 3rd wave attack strategy giving free to Japanese competitors. Idiot comment. My sonata and rio ac working well. |
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