I bought my Santa Fe new 10 years ago, we now have 135K and it is coming up for a timing belt change. Haven't paid attention to the new models at all until we stopped at a dealer and started looking around... gosh things have changed!
We are empty nesters so looking at a SWB model, the sport. I am struggling with the notion of a 2.0T vs 2.4 NA engine. I don't want to start up a long ego fight over this, but seems like the 2.0T is plenty of power!
My existing Santa Fe weighs a lot more than the new ones, it is a 3.5L V6 with 200 hp and about 219 lbs torque. The performance for the 2.4 NA is pretty close to that. We are happy with the "zip" of our older model, do you think we would do ok with the 2.4 NA engine? What gets me with the turbo is that the "timing belt" was a surprise expense and I am thinking the turbo also has a surprise expense associated (accelerated sparkplug change, etc).
Appreciate any thoughts from existing owners. Is the turbo really worth it? Is the 2.4L adequate power?
Also, regardless of if you have this issue. The complaints on the '13 at the gov web site: www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov (forum won't let me format as a link as I am too new)..... anyway... it shows quite a few concerns about steering. THIS IS SIGNIFICANT and the most common complaint.
Have the Hyundai corporate people addressed this steering issue in the "14 adequately? Recalls? Those with the 13 that had complained, have you seen them resolve?
We are empty nesters so looking at a SWB model, the sport. I am struggling with the notion of a 2.0T vs 2.4 NA engine. I don't want to start up a long ego fight over this, but seems like the 2.0T is plenty of power!
My existing Santa Fe weighs a lot more than the new ones, it is a 3.5L V6 with 200 hp and about 219 lbs torque. The performance for the 2.4 NA is pretty close to that. We are happy with the "zip" of our older model, do you think we would do ok with the 2.4 NA engine? What gets me with the turbo is that the "timing belt" was a surprise expense and I am thinking the turbo also has a surprise expense associated (accelerated sparkplug change, etc).
Appreciate any thoughts from existing owners. Is the turbo really worth it? Is the 2.4L adequate power?
Also, regardless of if you have this issue. The complaints on the '13 at the gov web site: www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov (forum won't let me format as a link as I am too new)..... anyway... it shows quite a few concerns about steering. THIS IS SIGNIFICANT and the most common complaint.
Have the Hyundai corporate people addressed this steering issue in the "14 adequately? Recalls? Those with the 13 that had complained, have you seen them resolve?