# 2002 Hyundai XG350 Backfires

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-hyundai-xg350-backfires/35106>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** hyundai, xg350\
**Created:** [August 15, 2009, 9:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-hyundai-xg350-backfires/35106 "2009-08-15T21:09:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![rabs64](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@rabs64](https://community.cartalk.com/u/rabs64)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2009, 9:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-hyundai-xg350-backfires/35106/1 "2009-08-15T21:09:34Z")

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2002 Hyundai XG350 Backfires upon startup? What is causing this and is it safe to drive?

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**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2009, 9:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-hyundai-xg350-backfires/35106/2 "2009-08-15T21:22:03Z")

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Odometer mileage?  
Maintenance history?

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**Author:** ![rabs64](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@rabs64](https://community.cartalk.com/u/rabs64)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 2:13am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-hyundai-xg350-backfires/35106/3 "2009-08-16T02:13:22Z")

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Bought the car used at 33k miles; has 99K miles now. Nothing major has been done, brakes, tune ups, regular oil changes, fix a transmission leak,that’s it. Some one told me to run premium gas to see if that clears the backfiring.