# My biggest regret buying that 04 kia sedonna ex **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [March 21, 2009, 1:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-biggest-regret-buying-that-04-kia-sedonna-ex/28059 "2009-03-21T13:30:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HYUNDAI4LIFE](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/hyundai4life/32/1208_2.png) [@HYUNDAI4LIFE](https://community.cartalk.com/u/HYUNDAI4LIFE)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2009, 1:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-biggest-regret-buying-that-04-kia-sedonna-ex/28059/1 "2009-03-21T13:30:44Z")
FROM 04 TO LAST WEEK 39 REPAIRS 4 SETS OF BRAKES 2 TRANSMISSIONS A/C CONDENSOR/COMPESSOR,FUEL PUMP STRUTS,THEN THERE’S A LAUNDRY LIST OF ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS, WHERE MY WIFES 05 TOUSON AND MY DAUGHTERS 00 ELANTRA EACH ONLY 1 PROBLEM,SO I GAVE IN@55,000 MILES THEY GAVE ME 7,500.00+5,000.00 IN REBATES I,M SANTA FE BOUND AND LOVIN IT! JUST 300 MORE MILES AND I CAN START TOWING MY 4 WINNS! ---
**Author:** ![hellokit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6a8cbe/32.png) [@hellokit](https://community.cartalk.com/u/hellokit)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2009, 1:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-biggest-regret-buying-that-04-kia-sedonna-ex/28059/2 "2009-03-21T13:59:44Z")
You bought a Santa Fe? ---
**Author:** ![HYUNDAI4LIFE](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/hyundai4life/32/1208_2.png) [@HYUNDAI4LIFE](https://community.cartalk.com/u/HYUNDAI4LIFE)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2009, 6:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-biggest-regret-buying-that-04-kia-sedonna-ex/28059/3 "2009-03-21T18:40:05Z")
YEAH THE BEST TIME TO BUY A CAR IS IN THE NEXT 90 DAYS,WHEN A DEALERSHIP REALLY TAKES 10,000 OF THE STICKER YOU KNOW THTHE CO’S HURTING. BUT AS FAR AS HYUNDAI GOES I SPENT MY MID 20’S TO MY MID 40’S OUT AT SEA ALMOST BROKE A NAVY RECORD BUT A TIE IS AS GOOD AS A WIN BUT MY FIRST 1988 EXCEL SE WENT STRONG TILL 99 WHEN SOME CRACK HEADS TOOK IT AND LETS JUST SAY GODZILLA!(I NAME MY CARS) DIED WHEN THEY CRASHED UNSER A HOUSE LETS JUST SAY 1 OF THEM LOST THERE HEADS, ANYWAY THEN IT WAS A 2000 FORD TAURUS ELECTRICAL NIGHTMARE, 1988 FORD WGN TRANSMISSION SO WENT BACK TO HYUNDAI 2000 ELANTRA WGN, (STILL HAVE) 2001 SANTA FE,GLS 2005 TOUSON, 2 FOR 1 KIA NIGHTMARE TRADED IT FOR NEW 2008 HYUNDAI SANTA FE SE LTD LISTED 27,745 I PAID $17454HAD 3 MILES ON IT WHEN I TEST DROVE IT GLS IS ALRIGHT BUT THAT LIKED THE 3.5 VS 2.7LITER ENGINE YOU THINK YOUR RIDING IN A BMW WITH 10/100.000 BUMPER TO BUMPER &WRAP MY WIFES TOUSON 50,000 MILES FREE OIL CHANGES 4 LIFE AND 1 PROBLEM BATTERY! ---
**Author:** ![HYUNDAI4LIFE](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/hyundai4life/32/1208_2.png) [@HYUNDAI4LIFE](https://community.cartalk.com/u/HYUNDAI4LIFE)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2009, 6:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-biggest-regret-buying-that-04-kia-sedonna-ex/28059/4 "2009-03-21T18:53:48Z")
OOPS AND TIRES KUHMO FOR THAT CAR WERE /ARE VERY COMMON SO GOT A WRITTEN EST. FROM GERALDS AND AFTER 3 MONTHS OF THEM CONSTANTLY RUNNING OUT. I DECIDED TO WRITE THEM NEXT WEEK GOT A CALL NEXT DAY THEY WERE IN A TRUCK AT MY FRONT DOOR THATS ANOTHER CAR STORY FOR ANOTHER TIME BUT I WILL SAY THAT AFTER 15 YRS I RECENTLY TRIED TO BEAT GERALDS AND WENT TO HILL TIRE GOT A SET OF SUMMOTIMMO" OR SOME THING WELL THEY TOLD ME THE PRICE INCL. ROAD SERVICE BUT FOUND OUT THE HARD WAY WHEN THE GUY SAYS $16.00 FOR THAT NAIL. 9 i walked out pissed because geralds had orderred me a set of bridgestones for 276.00 25.75 more real roadside! whatta ya think should i pay them? ---
**Author:** ![hd72mm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/9fc29f/32.png) [@hd72mm](https://community.cartalk.com/u/hd72mm)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2009, 3:32am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-biggest-regret-buying-that-04-kia-sedonna-ex/28059/5 "2009-03-22T03:32:36Z")
Hate to here of your lemon. my niece has the same one and has 120000mi and it has be great, maybe she got lucky. ---
**Author:** ![FoDaddy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/fodaddy/32/717_2.png) [@FoDaddy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/FoDaddy)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2009, 4:17am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-biggest-regret-buying-that-04-kia-sedonna-ex/28059/6 "2009-03-22T04:17:20Z")
Is your caps lock key broke? ---
**Author:** ![GSN\_fan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85e7bf/32.png) [@GSN\_fan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/GSN_fan)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2009, 4:34am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-biggest-regret-buying-that-04-kia-sedonna-ex/28059/7 "2009-03-22T04:34:14Z")
So are you going to Santa Fe or buy a Hyundai SUV? @foDaddy I believe that if you have a bilingual keyboard caps lock is the toggle key, but he posted in lowercase. ---
**Author:** ![BustedKnuckles](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bustedknuckles/32/25_2.png) [@BustedKnuckles](https://community.cartalk.com/u/BustedKnuckles)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2009, 10:13am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-biggest-regret-buying-that-04-kia-sedonna-ex/28059/8 "2009-03-22T10:13:36Z")
Is there a question in that mess? All I read was bitching and bragging.