Does anyone know why Sonatas seem to catch fire easily? i saw
afew "black" sonatas already.
Korea Cars have a weak spot in term of cooling system, car like
Sonata, every 2 to 3 years, you need to be care about cooling
radiator timming, thermostat and alternator. Fuel distribution is
not a problem, but the cooling timming and alternator play a major
role. My advise is that when servicing after 2 years, you ask for
cooling and radiator flushing service and alternator check. And
also thermostat, which is a sensor, it can break down leading to
irregular cooling water supply or no supply at all.
For those on the road with sonata, if you notice you aircon
sometime cut off for no reason, you better check your engine
instead of aircon system. Because sonata automatically cut off
aircon when the engine is hot, need more energy to run, and when
the delay of cooling water (due to timming) running into the engine
make the engine hot, then when it run in, it cool down the engine
and your aircon suddenly work again. Most people do not know, they
thought aircon problem, so change air filter, put gas, flush
cooling system, change alternator etc but end up is the cooling
radiator problem, sometime it can be as small as a problem of
changing the radiator sensor, which cost only about a 100 buck
w/workmanship. Of course another indicator is the temp indicator on
your panel, most of you see a slight below the half way mark while
driving all day, then as it goes up abit, you dun bother, but abit
is a few hundred degree hotter, so even abit, you need to pull in
to service centre and check. However, guess most cabbies are
working hard to earn money and forget to look at the temp
indicator, once the engine caught fire...that is it.
When fire, please run away from you car, you life is more
important. Car can cover by insurance of your company, but you got
to live to drive another day.
