Despite the fact that typical malfunctions are present in the Hyundai Solaris car, due to a large number of qualities, they still remain very popular. Compared to other brethren of this class, the maintenance of this model does not require huge financial costs from the driver. But there is one exception that nullifies all the creditable stories about this vehicle. This, of course, is the car's suspension, the front is made like MacPherson, and the back is double wishbone. The manufacturer considered that such a solution could contribute to improving ride comfort, as well as achieving other positive results.
Main problems
The main problem that requires Hyundai to perform quality maintenance is poor handling. The car begins to throw to the sides already at a speed of 80 kilometers per hour. This drawback is especially noticeable when cornering. For beginners who get used to driving, this can lead to a complete loss of control. As a result, road accidents and additional costs for "treatment" and restoration of the vehicle (if there is something to restore).
Considering this unpleasant fact, the owners of Hyundai Solaris come to the conclusion that it is necessary to make a comprehensive repair of the suspension: replace the springs and shock absorbers. Note that standard shock absorbers are able to withstand 60 thousand kilometers without any problems. Stiffer suspension systems allow for normal handling. But the disadvantage of this solution is the lack of normal comfort when driving on a dirt road. It will not be superfluous to monitor the condition of the mountings of the front anti-roll bars from time to time. It cannot boast of good reliability.
Relatively rapid wear of all bearings belongs to the category of simpler Hyundai Solaris breakdowns. The reason for this is:
- constant ingress of dirt and dust, which the bearing cannot withstand;
- old grease.
Certain breakdowns are also associated with a rather poor quality of fuel. As a result, the driver may experience complete engine cessation in neutral, jerking jerks, idle floating, and intermittent operation.
Since these vehicles are collected on domestic conveyors, do not be surprised when the manual transmission suddenly stops working normally. To do this, check the drive cables. According to feedback from vehicle owners, it is common for workers to adjust them incorrectly during assembly.
Additional problems
The prospective Hyundai Solaris buyer will not face the problem of radiator and muffler corrosion, as can be seen on other vehicles. The manufacturer is one of the best in terms of corrosion resistance. In the case of Hyundai Solaris, there are practically no problems of this nature.
When working during winter frosts, it is important to make sure that the vehicle is not damaged in any way. Some owners claim that the Hyundai Solaris did not want to start the engines from time to time. But it is important to first get into the salon in order to try to start the power plant with the ignition key. And to do this is quite problematic, because the alarm locks can freeze in the car from time to time.
If you decide to purchase Hyundai Solaris, keep these faults in mind. Especially in cases where you have decided to refuse to buy a car from the showroom, preferring the previously used option.
Hyundai Solaris is a Korean car with a "Russian registration" which is gaining more and more popularity among motorists. The first experience of operating Hyundai Solaris revealed some problems: a noisy interior, a "dull" automatic transmission, poor handling, and inability to adapt to climatic conditions. Although every car has its own weak spots and disease. There is no perfect car. There are just significant flaws and not significant ones. Solaris refers to cars that have just insignificant diseases, of which after 2012 it became even less, so to speak, "childhood diseases" have outgrown.
Undercarriage
- Very soft suspension (sags under weight) and the body sways strongly on every small bump. The car goes off course on bumps - at speeds above 100 km. Also fast.
- Already after 3-4 thousand km of run, the rail begins to tap hard. The metal sleeve breaks and appears. The issue went away after revision in April 2012.
- Weak wheel bearings. The front one can fail already at 15 thousand mileage, and the front one is slightly over 30 thousand km.
Body
- Weak paintwork: on the chips you can see how thin it is, therefore it is very easy to scratch.
- The metal of the body is very thin, it is easily generated by the impact of stones.
- The windshield bursts when heated in severe frost.
- The windscreen washer sprinkles begin to sprinkle slightly during operation.
- Poor fastening (often breaks with little effort).
Engine
- Bad from -17C °, the problem was solved by flashing the ECU. The capacity of the storage battery and starting currents are not enough to start at 30 ° C frost.
- The impeller at the radiator cooling fan flies off (the fastening bolt flies off).
Please note that all the aforementioned ailments of Solaris were until 2012, which the manufacturer gradually eliminated, and by 2016 have already been resolved!
The popularity of Hyundai Solaris is explained by the ideal combination of quality, technical characteristics, democratic cost of the car, which makes it in demand both among young people and among the older generation. Compared to its competitors, the maintenance costs of the car are not so significant, and the comfort of movement, excellent appearance are not comparable with other vehicles. Nevertheless, there are certain malfunctions of the Hyundai Solaris, which sooner or later manifest themselves and are able to present their owner with a sudden unpleasant surprise.
The need for timely detection of malfunctions
There are no cars that never break down, just each brand and model has its own flaws, knowing which, you can minimize their negative consequences. Of course, the frequency of occurrence and the severity of malfunctions is influenced by the driving style, vehicle care, timely maintenance and careful operation. Also important is the need to listen to the operation of the engine, which reports any violations by extraneous noise or failures. It is important to understand that detecting a small problem early on will avoid major costly repairs in the future.
Common breakdowns and their causes
The main reason for the appearance of various kinds of negative consequences is the rather poor controllability of the Hyundai Solaris, due to which it is necessary to regularly undergo high-quality maintenance. As a result, the car is poorly controlled at a speed of 80 km / h, which is especially dangerous for novice drivers, whose mistakes can lead to an accident, long-term treatment that accompanies it and the restoration of the car to large financial losses. Given this fact, it would be appropriate to carry out a comprehensive repair of the suspension with the replacement of shock absorbers and springs.
This is due to the fact that the installation of more rigid suspension systems contributes to better handling, but this will have to sacrifice a comfortable ride on a dirt road. It is important to periodically inspect the front stabilizer mountings, the failure of which entails the appearance of the car wobbling at high speeds.
Less significant, but still unpleasant problems that car owners can face are:
- Rapid bearing wear, aided by old grease and constant exposure to dirt and dust.
- Breakdown of the engine system due to the poor quality of gasoline. As a result, one should not be surprised at the impossibility of starting the car the first time, its uneven operation when driving, or the fact that the car constantly stalls when stopped.
- Minor electrical malfunctions in the form of spontaneous operation of the high beam when turning on the right turn, problems with the gas pump.
- The need for periodic tightening of the bumper mounting bolts, which are characterized by constant unwinding.
- Occasionally, there are annoying troubles associated with the onset of frost, representing the unwillingness of the engine to start, as well as freezing of the alarm lock.
Timely diagnostics followed by deciphering errors will avoid the need for repairs and a long separation from your pet. In order to minimize the possibility of malfunctions, it will not be superfluous to replace some parts of the car, increase the ground clearance and eliminate the problem of insufficient lighting, which will allow you to get even more pleasure from driving this beautiful car.
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Asks: Smirnov Kirill.
Essence of the question: How to reset the "CHECK"?
Hello! I have a Hyundai Solaris, and the check is constantly on! I already went to the service station and found out what the problem is. The first time they threw it to me, and now it appears again, while the behavior of the car has not changed in any way. Please tell me how I can reset it myself, because I don't want to pay for it again in the service.
If the CHECK lights up when the engine starts, then you should not worry. But if the check is on when the engine has already started, then you need to find out the cause of the error.
Diagnostics and removal of errors that occur on Hyundai Solaris may be needed by the vehicle owner in various situations when there is no desire to do this work in a certified service center.
It is not difficult to do this work, the main thing is to know what you can remove yourself errors related to the first level , that is, those that are not recorded in the ECU memory, which do not significantly affect the operation of the car and its devices. Because only a special dealer device (scanner - approx.) Can remove such errors, one of such errors is an error in the car's airbags.
When are errors removed on their own?
Among all the important malfunctions on the Hyundai Solaris, some can be reset on their own after carrying out one or another repair.
So for example error codes with 301 on 304 , talking about a spark in one of the cylinders (the last digit of the error refers specifically to the cylinder - approx.).
If the error signals a misfire in the cylinder, first of all, they look at the state of the spark plug. In the photo, the candle is the culprit of this error.
Accordingly, when these gaps are detected, the ECU will give a signal in the form of a burning "CHECK", which cannot be removed without erasing the code or resetting the terminal from the battery.
This error is completely removed, only by replacing the non-working candle with a new one, after which the error will disappear by itself.
Self-dumping of a check on Hyundai Solaris
It is possible to reset errors on your own on Hyundai Solaris thanks to the OBD-II protocol and the presence of a special adapter with a diagnostic device, be it a smartphone or a computer that supports Bluetooth wireless technology.
In order to check errors on the car, we perform the following steps:
Scan Master standard error check and reset window
Diagnostic and error reset process without OBD-II
On Hyundai Solaris, you can diagnose and remove errors without even having any additional devices at hand.
Diagnostics (this method does not work)
The method described below runs all over the Internet. We checked on our editorial machine. He does not work. We cannot delete the method, as some owners may think that it works.
Rebuttal on video:
Removing errors
- In order to remove the error, it is necessary to do the entire above-mentioned course of work from 1 to 5 points, and without turning off the ignition, press the "gas" again.
- After that, turn off and turn on the ignition, start the engine.
- If the progress of the work was done correctly, the error should be removed.
As you could see for yourself, there is nothing difficult in removing the error on Hyundai Solaris yourself, no.
The check is on and the Hyundai Solaris stalls
We have already written about where Hyundai cars came from. But still we will partially repeat - suddenly one of our readers has spent the last 6 years in a lethargic sleep and now does not know what Solaris is.
There was a time when thousands of inexpensive, but very decent cars ran out into the streets of cities in our country. At first, they were looked upon suspiciously: the "Koreans" were not yet known, so they waited cautiously for these Accents to fall apart.
But as time went on, completely different cars fell apart, and Accents still continued to drive on the roads. Our motorists began to look at the Korean car industry a little more optimistically, and the fact that the bulk of Russian Accents was collected in Taganrog gave hope that a decent car could be assembled in Russia.
In a word, the road for Hyundai products was open for us. But the Koreans did not go the easy way: they offered us the third generation Accent under the name Verna, but this car was not something that was not to our liking, but rather, not affordable. So everyone would have forgotten about good new Korean cars, but the Taganrog plant successfully riveted Accents until 2012, and back in September 2010 at the Hyundai plant in St. Petersburg, a new product of the company was shown, which became known to us under the name Solaris. Its mass production began in 2011.
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Why Solaris? It's no secret that in many other countries it is known as the Fourth Generation Accent.
It's all about marketing and psychology. We are used to calling cars by our own names, so the Accent for us will forever remain the Accent of the second generation. In some other countries, Solaris bears the name Verna, but ours was the name of the third generation Accent, which sales failed. Selling a new car under a "failed" name would be just plain stupid. For all these reasons, a competition was announced, as a result of which the new model, which appeared on the assembly line of the plant in the northern capital, was named Solaris (this word can be translated as “sun” or “solar” - the people of St. Petersburg appreciated the joke).
Since the beginning of production, the model has undergone some changes. In 2013, the range of available options was expanded, and in 2014 a full-fledged restyling was carried out.
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Our today's car is just restyled, produced in 2014, with a 1.6-liter engine and a six-speed automatic transmission. Its mileage is 39 thousand kilometers, which is very little for this reliable car. Therefore, for help in the form of additional information, we turned to ROLF Lakhta Hyundai, where service station specialist Aleksey Gromov very generously shared with us the intricacies of servicing this car.
Engine
Hyundai does not indulge its customers with a wide range of available engines. For Solaris, there are only two options: Gamma series engines with a volume of 1.4 or 1.6 liters (107 and 123 hp, respectively). Let's go over the cost of basic maintenance operations and see how tolerant Solaris is about the straightforwardness of the hands of a thrifty owner.
As usual, you can change the engine oil yourself. Dealer refills with recommended Shell Helix 5W40. For replacement, 3.3 liters will be required, the cost of oil in the official service is 750 rubles per liter. Of course, you can fill in another oil with the same characteristics, the main thing is not to fall for a fake. The original oil filter costs 450 rubles, and it hardly makes sense for it to look for an analogue - the quality can be questionable, and you won’t be able to win much on the difference in price.
It is impossible to get the filter from above, so you have to somehow crawl under the car. If there is neither the ability nor the desire to tinker with the replacement, then the service asks for only 500-600 rubles. But if we decide to carry out maintenance on our own, then while the oil is draining, we will change the air filter.
The cost of the original filter ranges from 600 to 800 rubles. Replacing it is a matter of a couple of minutes: flipped the latches, pulled out the old one, inserted a new one - that's it, you're done! So why does this operation cost as much as 430 rubles in the service? And all because it is wrong to do so. On the mind it is still necessary to blow through all the air ducts. Pay attention to the inside of the filter housing cover. A branch pipe is visible in it - the entire path from the body to the cylinders must be blown out. But in no case should you blow, but on the contrary, “suck out” all the dirt and dust from there. This is an important procedure that everyone forgets about.
The next job available to everyone is replacing candles. To do this, you will have to unscrew four bolts and remove the plastic cover, under which you can find the ignition coils - four pieces, one for each of the candles. Further, I think, there is nothing to explain: we remove the coils, change the candles (1,700 rubles for the NGK set). What do we pay attention to here?
It happens that low-quality fuel gets into the tank of the car. This can lead to malfunctions of the spark plug, after which the ignition coil sometimes "perishes". Surprisingly, the workshop technician says that on the warranty car, the coils and even the candles will be replaced free of charge, even if the reason for their failure was bad gasoline. This is rare, but it happens, so you don't have to think that if you have an inexpensive Korean car, you can fill it up with all kinds of flammable rubbish: you should still approach the choice of a gas station responsibly.
Solaris is the case when. But this was not always the case: in 2013, a wave of guaranteed replacement of the chain still swept across the country. Since then, there has been a lull, and the motors are fulfilling their warranty 180 thousand mileage without problems. Of course, this does not mean that the chain should not be changed at all. On long runs, you should still listen to it, and if necessary, bring 37 thousand rubles to the service and leave here with a new timing chain.
By the way, about the mileage limit. All sorts of people have already christened Solaris "a disposable aluminum pan", which falls apart exactly at 180,001 kilometers. Let's not argue: aluminum engines do not have piston overhaul sizes, and with high mileage, they are really expensive. But there are two more points. Firstly, for "Internet experts" this may be an amazing discovery, but aluminum engines did not appear yesterday - they have been used by Toyota for more than 15 years (ZZ, NZ, AZ series of engines, and so on). Yes, just imagine, since the beginning of the 2000s, most Toyota, including right-hand drive, no longer have any "perpetual" cast-iron engines.
Secondly, ROLF masters service post-warranty Solaris with high mileage - there are cars that have overcome the 300 thousandth and even 400,000th milestone without capital. It is clear that this is rather a pleasant exception to the rule, and the result is achievable with a calm ride and attentive service. But the hysteria about "disposability", you see, is somewhat unfounded.
An unpretentious car, oddly enough, is capable of spoiling itself with its reliability. If earlier you had to constantly check the level of oil consumed by the engine, add coolant that leaves no one knows where, or monitor the level of brake fluid, then Solaris allows you to relax. The oil dipstick is removed less and less often, the level of other liquids is not checked at all. Especially those that are not in plain sight.
In our case, we are talking about antifreeze. The expansion tank was hidden so that you can find it only by asking this goal, it is not in front of your eyes: it sits in ambush in front of the engine. To discern the level of antifreeze and the corresponding marks on the tank is a little more difficult than the reverse side of the moon, so the master shows a simple but reliable way: remove the cap with a pipe and see which part of it turns out to be wet from the coolant. If it is immersed in antifreeze by less than a third, then the coolant level is insufficient.
In general, the Solaris cooling system lacks attention quite often, so if there is no desire to service the car in an official service (although it is not so expensive), then look at it more often. And at least with a run of 90 thousand kilometers, rinse it thoroughly. Carefully inspect the radiator - although it stands behind the air conditioner evaporator, it is quite possible to damage it with stones from the road. Actually, the radiator of the air conditioner also requires attention, but many owners of Solaris are so relaxed that they strain only if they get hot, and if the motor suffers from the same, then they do not see it until the last.
The rest of the Solaris motors are absolutely reliable. Moreover, the resource does not depend on the volume - both 1.4- and 1.6-liter units do not cause questions about their work and durability.
Chassis
Everyone remembers how unsuccessfully the Solaris debuted with a rear beam of increased "jumping ability", which caused problems with handling, especially at high speeds. But a lot of time has passed since then, and Korean manufacturers have always been very attentive to the quality and claims from consumers. Now the owner of Solaris does not have to complain - the chassis does its job well and does not fall apart on our roads.
Of course, you have to change the stabilizer struts - they have long been a consumable. But again, most of the cars that need to be replaced were produced before 2014, the younger Solaris do not yet suffer from the disease of the stabilizer struts. But just in case, we inform you: the cost of the part is 800 rubles, replacement is 2-2.5 thousand.
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The next detail that requires attention does not apply to the chassis, but let's remember it while the car is on the lift: the steering rack of the first Solaris also did not differ in reliability. Then the manufacturer even carried out a revocable campaign, changing the shaft cardan. The owners of the new Solaris have no reason to worry, today this childhood disease has been cured.
For a run of about one hundred thousand, replacement of the silent blocks of the front levers is usually required. They are located horizontally here, the cost of a part is 4,300 rubles, the work will cost 1,000 rubles. I think that investing these amounts every 100 thousand kilometers should not affect the love of the car.
Transmission and brakes
Our car has a Hyundai six-speed automatic transmission - the same as on the i30. Following a disastrous trend, Koreans believe that the fluid in the box can not be changed throughout its entire service life, that is, over 180 thousand kilometers. The machine can really reach this milestone without replacement, but the cost of overhaul will be an unpleasant surprise. If you plan to throw your car in the trash at the end of the warranty, then the manufacturer's recommendations can be followed (as, alas, most owners do). But if there is a desire to keep the native automatic transmission up to 300-400 thousand mileage, then the oil in it changes every 60 thousand.
And if you are looking for a used car, ask the previous owner about changing the oil in the "automatic machine". If he turned out to be too trusting of the manufacturer, then special attention should be paid to checking the automatic transmission.
A liter of liquid will cost 2,500 rubles. Since it is changed by the displacement method, eight liters will be required for a complete replacement, 4,300 rubles will be asked for the work. Yes, an automatic machine is a handy thing, but it will cost more than mechanics to operate.
All Solaris disc brakes. Replacing the pads in the service will cost 1,500, together with discs - 2,500 rubles. The cost of original pads is 3,200 for the front and 4,600 for the rear. Can you change them yourself? Yes. There is only one subtlety.
If the front brakes do not require special attention, then the same problem often arises with the rear ones - the calipers sour. The pads cease to adhere to the entire surface, wear appears on the discs almost immediately. If you want to extend their service life, then when replacing the rear pads, it is imperative to thoroughly lubricate the guides, and during operation it is sometimes useful to look at the rear discs: if the guide wedges, then on the traces of the brake pads on the discs it will be noticeable immediately. By the way, when replacing yourself, you should not try to press in the pistons of the rear calipers - they must be screwed in. The front pads change simply, without any dancing with a tambourine and screwing in pistons.
Body and interior
Does it make sense to talk about how Solaris drives? Probably not. Among your acquaintances, there will definitely be an owner of such a car - you can ask him. Solaris drives, and that's enough. Moreover, you can safely go for overtaking with a 1.4-liter engine. Well, we'll see what happens to the body.
You should not try to ram the snowdrifts in winter: the front bumper in the PTF area is rather weak, it is easy to get a crack. On used cars, check the condition of the upper edge around the windshield: there is no galvanizing on the roof, and chips appear often, especially if you drive a lot on the highway.
Now the Solaris are at most five years old, so there are no leaky cars yet, and they are unlikely to be. Blooming chips on actively exploited variants, however, are found - on the windshield frame and on the hood, less often - along the bottom of the body.
Modern automotive trends are still reflected in the design of this "Korean", and in a bad sense. We are talking about replacing bulbs in headlights.
If your arms are flexible enough, long and with three elbows, then you can replace the headlights. But there is a lot of fuss with the dimensions, and only with the left one (from the driver's side). On the right, the lamp can be replaced by crawling under the car, but on the left you cannot do without removing the bumper - access to the lamp is blocked by the receiver body.
For help in preparing the material, we express our gratitude to the ROLF Lakhta Hyundai company and personally to the service station specialist Alexei Gromov (St. Petersburg, Savushkina st., 103, lit. B)
