Hi mga mam at sir!
Its our 3rd week of ownership and already logged 1040++ km..
1) Seat Problem - Already being investigated. Sinabi ko nga na palitan yung buong seat... Will await for the answer this week. Isasabay ko sa 1k checkup nung vehicle.
2) Mud guards - Installed Mobis mudguards c/o Maspro. Salamt kay Sir Ben sa magandang price na binigay nya!
3) Blind spots - Totoo na blind spot talaga ang front passenger corner ng Sta. Fe... Buti na lang di pansin yung slight na gasgas sa Mags.
4) Tire puncture - Had the rear passenger tire vulcanized sa Servitek. Grabe yung bumaon na bakal... half circle piece of metal... Pangit kasi yung daan papuntang cemetery last Nov. 2, mabuti na lang may 15 psi pa yung gulong papuntang Servitek.
Sa nagsasabi na bumili ako ng fortuner or montero sport... I wouldn't trade our Sta. Fe over those Thailand-designed Japs... Ride Comfort, German CRDi VGT power, VERY QUIET INTERIOR, near luxury interior appointments... walang panama yang mga pick-up based trucks na yan sa Cross-over vehicle natin.
In fact, we are going Korean already - kung di lang nagkaroon ng problema yung Rexton II na dapat bibilhin namin. Di bale, we are eyeing an 08 Sorento CRDi 4x4 non-VGT. Research lang ako.
With regards to the seats, our 99 field master had creaky seats paglabas ng casa and makalampag na door and Manual Transmission problem. Our 02 Suzuki Jimny had brake noise problems similar to the Sta. Fe paglabas ng casa. Kumbaga yung mga problems namin dito sa Hyundai are not that extraordinary. I just document those problems to prove that Hyundai has the remaining 10-15 percent dissatisfied with their initial quality.
But 3 things made me smile today that always re-assure me we bought the perfect vehicle:
1) Super Comfy Cruising Speed 100kph along NLEX going to Pampanga
2) Fortuners & Monteros trying to race us but we just ignored them and
3) Three 16-year-old teenage girls giggling, excited an SR Sta. Fe parked beside their Kia Carnival EX SWB.
I can say that our family is still proud owners of an 09 SR Sta. Fe
