Hi everyone.
Looking to purchase my first I30. 2008 SX 2.0L petrol. 230,000km
Regularly serviced. Timing belt done at 100k and 200k. Country driving and one owner.
Im worried about the amount of kms. I only plan to drive this for a few years till i save up and buy a newer model. Your opinions and advice would be muchly appreciated
Thanks. Russ
What sort of advice are you after? have you driven it? Is it manual or auto?
My background is with the diesels and one of those with those K's if highway and well serviced the motor would be good for another 200000k.
A highway car should have less wear than a city vehicle.
Here's my list of common items that may need attention with those K's. Keep in mnd all cars suffer wear and tear and at some point maintenace will be required if you like things right.
Rear shocks - I've had these get weak and result in the inner edge of the tyre being squared off like a 50c piece. Tyre will be noisey if this has happened.
Front arms - the bushes can fatigue, crack and separate from the arms
Sway bar bushes - can become hard and noisey or with extreme mileage become oversized to the point the sway bar knocks.
Sway bar links can also wear and knock, I've yet to have that.
Strut mounts may start to knock - no issues yet for me
Steering bush - common failure they disintegrate and when they do will produce a clunk in the steering, noise will be inside. Part is replaceable and cheap enough. $300 job would be avg price to pay someone
If manual - clutch pedal bite point can go very low all the way to the floor. Sometimes clutch may not fully disengage due to lack of travel. It seems to be the consensus that a damper valve on the master cylinder goes weak and instead of all the pressure being delivered at the clutch, this valve absorbs too much pressure instead. Replacement or bypass of that valve sorts that out in those cases.
Obviously clutch could be worn.
For the Auto, Valve body can wear out. I have not experienced it but at least one of my vehicles has had that replaced before me.
I believe delayed gear engagements and 2-3 shift issues can be warning signs. Expensive item, $1000 at least for the part if you bypass the dealer + labour
Window mechanisms- power window mech the plastic clips the window is attached to, snap.
There's DIY solutions and aftermarket clips available online, or entire assembly can be replaced. It will happen at some point, age , heat etc all play a part.
Drivers would be first to go, used the most.
SLX models with the chrome internal handles, these can peel and also just snap.
Brakes- you'd check for any vibration on application or a pulsing action in the car as you slow to the lights. I've had front and rears warp from time to time. Nothing in the steering wheel felt but pulsing chassis would indicate rears.
Driveshafts- based on my diesels, I've had the inner boots let grease out and also had worn inner joints as a result. Causes vibration under load and acceleration generally felt through the floor / chassis usually above 70kph.
This may more diesel related with the extra torque that it has, petrols may be more resilient
Door locks can fail, I 've had a couple now either noisey, will not lock or unlock completely with the remote. I recently had one that the internal snib was not fully moving in either direction with remote, often all doors would be locked except that one.
That will probably scare you, but with those K's and years you have to expect everything has a limited in use life.
I have two 200000K + (auto) examples and a 390000+(manual) K vehicle, Diesels
Specific petrol issues, hard for me to comment, maybe some crank sensors that fail on top of some of the general items I mention.
