Hey enthusiastic fellows, current/past owners and fellow experienced Kia/Hyundai 1.6 TGDI

kind of interested in Cerato Koup, and been putting it on my list lately. So just wanted to asked about the reliability of Kia/Hyundai 1.6 TGDI engine and some questions of its entirety.

Pretty sure they share the same engine as many other Hyundai models, I wonder hows the reliability of engine especially the turbocharger. Does it usually have much issues like conti cars? Are there any repetitive issues from its engine?

Other than that, is ther any non mechanical parts like sensors parts that I should be mindful about?

As for the wear and tear spare parts like lower arm, bushes, bearings, I'm not sure if they're hugely shared with the same gen Cerato. Cause when it comes to parts, I'm afraid that it'll be an issue sourcing for it.

I reckon transmission shouldn't be much of an issue as it's using the 6-speed conventional automatic. And and I've asked my mechanic friend saying that Kia/Hyundai CA GB is good as a Toyota's GB (true ah?). But he doesn't have much comment about Koup as it's pretty rare.

Any advice and feedbacks are very welcomed

nobody could comment at all?

u mentioned pretty rare. i guess ur nearest fren is elantra turbo

Not quite. Still got some other Kia and Hyundai models are using the same engine as well

Just wanted to know hows the reliability of this particular 1.6 TGDI engine

This post has been edited by Quang1819: Sep 29 2021, 02:28 PM

the rarer the engine the more expensive parts are , nothing lasts forever , being sort of performance itis can not be compared to standard bread butter engine.

if you want reliable , needs good oil and strict oil changes , no way around, can't hammer the engine , skip maintenance or cheap maintenance then complain engine not reliable

timely maintenance with good oil isnt much of a problem.

only afraid that it'll be troublesome to maintain as it'll be a daily car and if there are sensitive sensors like contis as well