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ESP warning light

feeds@kickapps.com (SantaFeUK22) — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:32:15 PST

Hi,

Got a 2007 Santa-Fe 2.2L deisel, clutch failed a few months back and ever since the warranty replacement I have had the ESP warning light coming on about 15 minutes into a journey.

Hyundai dealer had a look at a few times and recommend that I get the wheels alligned, as it MIGHT fix it. I am thinking they should have done wheel allignment when re-building the car with the new clutch - can anyone confirm this ? Surely drive shafts would have been removed ans ball joints disconnected ??

I am not chuffed with the level of service form the dealer.

Any comments or advice ?

Hello from Germany

feeds@kickapps.com (Goofer) — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:41:20 PST

Hello forum from Germany................

i am 32 years and i come from germany.... i want to say hello to all of you..... later i will post some pics of my santa........

How much for a 40k service....

feeds@kickapps.com (Barryd) — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:27:15 PST

Just been quoted £475 for the 40k service, and that's before they find things to replace... I shall be crying into my beer on Tuesday night.

Also asked them to look at the radio as it keeps dropping channels (loose lead I think) and the speedo as it over reads by 10% at 40 which just ain't right..

Hello there from the Philippines!!!

feeds@kickapps.com (LadyRider) — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 20:33:20 PST

Hello there! This is Ladyrider from the Philippines and I am a proud owner of a 2007 Blue Titanium 4x2 Santa Fe.

Very satisfied indeed with its performance and power!

I am also the President of the Santa Fe Club Philippines.

Do check us out at http://www.santafeclubph.com/

Hope to hear from you guys soon!

Worth Fixing?

feeds@kickapps.com (steff1965) — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 12:14:20 PST

I am thinking about sticking a bid in for this so do you think it would be worth fixing or would an engine cost too much to make it worth while?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=190233109756&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=009

40k service

feeds@kickapps.com (Alan51) — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:24:57 PST

Just had it done and the dealer didn't change the fuel filter. Could be that the petrol system has probably only done about 200 miles since I bought the car, all the rest has been with LPG.
It just shows that some dealers check things, but don't change them (and charge the customer) if change isn't needed or done.
Horbury Bridge Hyundai near Wakefield in Yorkshire. Excellent dealership.I think that's the 20th service they've done for me in the last six years!

Roofbox for santy

feeds@kickapps.com (nobby1961) — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 06:09:06 PST

Ok, so I am a bit tight on the money front, but what the heck, the new santy comes with rails and bars factory fitted!!!!!!!!!!
I have been trying everyone online and visiting local outdoor pursuit shops. My requirements are simple, a quality roofbox that will fit onto the existing factory roofbars.
Hyundai UK are adamant that if I can find one that fits and is within a 100kg weight limit total, then they are happy and it wont affect the 5 year warranty.
My local maindealer (not being used by me anymore, but thats another story and one I will share soon), along with every other shop & online specialist, insist that I must buy another set of bars and foot-pack (about £120) before ANY box will fit my Santy! However, I have been looking into the Thule Atlantis or Spirit roof-boxes that comes with a unique "claw-like" fixing system. The blurb on this says that it will fit onto any roofbar that is upto 80mm wide, the new santy is just under 80mm.
Has...

My latest addition to the Santy

feeds@kickapps.com (DaveVSixUK) — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:05:16 PST

. My latest addition to the Santy.I fitted a Mobis bumper guard to it and think it looks quite good with the chrome grille.

I tried the sport bumper...but it doesn't fit with the chrome grille...well not without cutting it!

Diesel consumption is poor, so is the aftersales.............

feeds@kickapps.com (nobby1961) — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:07:52 PST

I have a Hyundai santa Fe 2.2 crdt cdx+7 AUTO, which is 11 months old.
I have had it for about 3 weeks now. When i collected it, it showed me that i was achieving around 22 mpg, (hyundai technical sheet states that this should be 26.4mpg-urban, 42.2mpg-extra urban, 34.4mpg-combined). Then, after 1 week, an engine emissions warning light flashed on the dashboard, and eventually stayed on permanantly.
I complained about the poor mpg and warning light to my local hyundai dealer (swindon), who had the car for 24 hours. The service advisor phoned me to state that they would need to "re-generate the particulate filter on the fuel pump", which he believed would extinguish the warning light and should improve the mpg.
When I collected my car, it initially showed 37.7mpg being returned, but has continually reduced all the way down to my best of 29mpg.
I am a qualified driving instructor, and teach SAFED (safe and fuel effecient driving) to pupils. I have tried...

Santy finally going

feeds@kickapps.com (DeanoV6) — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 06:31:36 PST

After two years of being a Santy owner and loving a whole lot about the car (and the community that goes with it!), the repair costs over the course of time and now the rising fuel and tax costs mean that she is finally having to go :-( I will miss her a great deal I think.

The finance deals that they are doing on new cars now are too good to pass up, and the lure of cheap finance, 50 mpg, no MOT for 3 years and a new warranty have meant a new Renault is on order. Should arrive around the 1st May, so I have between now and then to try and sell the Santy privately otherwise she's being taken as a part-ex (will loose a fair bit of money that way but expect to start saving it vs running costs fairly quickly).

Road Tax

feeds@kickapps.com (steff1965) — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 01:03:19 PST

Has anyone else noticed the changes made to the price of road tax from next year?

I missed the high tax band because my santy was registered before march 2006 so was therefore in group F but the greedy gits appear to have changed it during the week and now cars registered after 2003 and over 225 co2 emissions are being moved to group L. Dirty rotten tree hugging gits.

http://www.parkers.co.uk/cars/road-tax/?deriv=24946

My mates V8 Chevy Silverado pick up truck doesn't show the Co2 emissions on the log book due to being an import so he gets his road tax cheaper so i may look at changing my Santy next year for Dodge Ram or a cheep Navigator this way i can do my bit to help Global warming happen quicker and then maybe our taxes will come back down.

Rant Over.

More ebay bargains!! Very cheap leather for new santy

feeds@kickapps.com (DaveVSixUK) — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 11:32:58 PST

Well..just found these too
ebay new santy leather seats
Wouldn't like to see what these would cost new!!

Another ebay bargain for someone?? luggage cover

feeds@kickapps.com (DaveVSixUK) — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 13:05:02 PST

I know these are VERY expensive.....So take a look if yours is broke or missing

luggage cover (2001-2006)

Spotted this on ebay for new shape Santy!!

feeds@kickapps.com (DaveVSixUK) — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 07:04:36 PST

Good bargain for someone...buy it now too
cgi.ebay.co.uk/HYUNDAI-SANTA-FE-WHEEL-ARCH-EXTENSION-KIT_W0QQitemZ250207483680QQihZ015QQcategoryZ43117QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Check out the sellers other stuff too.
He has bumper mouldings, front centre protection bar etc...worth a look for you newer type owners

Window tinting prices

feeds@kickapps.com (DaveVSixUK) — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 16:59:27 PST

I have been thinking of tinting the windows in the santy.
I like how Steffs turned out and usually having our 2 kids and the dog in the back, thought it might help keep them all cool in the summer.
I recall Steff that yours cost around 170. I was wondering what sort of price others have paid and how beneficial they are in the hot weather (other than looking cool )
Any help would be very much appreciated

New Philips x-treme bulbs

feeds@kickapps.com (DaveVSixUK) — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 17:23:01 PST

I always thought that my santy was a bit weak in the headlamp department, so I have just Just bought some Philips X-treme bulbs for it.
They claim to be 80% brighter than standard and have won various group tests for bulbs (Autoexpress etc)
I bought them of ebay and they were 19.99 including delivery. Not too bad and certainly the best price I could find.
I fitted them today and my initial findings are that they are very good, they seem a lot brighter than the old ones, a good spread of light and a whiter colour too.
They are the same wattage as standard, fully road legal...so no problems with wiring or the law etc.
I would recommend them to anyone wanting to upgrade to better bulbs.

K&N bargain for someone?

feeds@kickapps.com (DaveVSixUK) — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 10:07:06 PST

Just spotted this on ebay:_
cgi.ebay.co.uk/K-N-HIGH-FLOW-AIR-FILTER-FOR-NEW-SHAPE-SANTA-FE-06-ON_W0QQitemZ140194169365QQihZ004QQcategoryZ72235QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
The buy it now isn't too bad....but maybe you could win it for a tenner plus P&P! BargainI think

Rear bar Steff?

feeds@kickapps.com (DaveVSixUK) — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 18:07:41 PST

Hey Steff,
just wondering if you ever got that rear bar sorted for your Santy?
I just spotted this :-
cgi.ebay.co.uk/Hyundia-Santa-Fe-Stainless-Single-Pipe-Rear-Bumpep_W0QQitemZ8028130716QQihZ007QQcategoryZ9886QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
You might have already had a look...just that it is listed as Hyundia not hyundai??
Just thought that it might be of interest.

Fuel Protests next week

feeds@kickapps.com (steff1965) — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 12:00:04 PST

It is about time someone tried something.

www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=78417&in_page_id=34

Good luck to them if they go ahead with it.

Steff

Noisy clutch

feeds@kickapps.com (henrysmum) — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 14:09:38 PST

Currently driving a 2003, 03 plate, 2.4 petrol Santa Fe. For a while now I have been noticing a noise when pulling away in 1st gear when the clutch is depressed about half way. It's starting to get worse and I'm noticing it occasionally when changing up to second and sometimes when reversing. One of the guys at my local dealer has heard the noise (OK so it was 5 months ago) and said it was the springs in the clutch plate vibrating and wouldn't do any harm at all. Since then a local mechanic has heard the noise and diagnosed a worn clutch bearing.

Has anyone else had the same or similar problem? Would the bearing be covered under the warranty as a new clutch is upwards of 600 !!!!!!!!

I originally bought the car to tow with but never have. I chose this particular Santa Fe as there is no tow bar fitted and stupidly thought that it was less likely to have clutch probs than one which has...