Where was yours built? That's my question when I hear two groups of owners saying they have exactly opposite views of the quality. Hyundai has plants all over the world, and might use local parts (inferior quality leather, etc). I know that one of the worst POS vehicles is the Toyota truck built in California, and the best is the same truck/same year/same trim level but built in Japan. When we bought my wife's Lexus, we looked at about 100 of the RX350s on the lot, and only found a couple of them built in Japan, and they were the only ones that you could look at the fit of the doors and hood, and it was perfect. The USA-built ones were all crooked. I see that your car might have been built in Montomery, Alabama... That would explain the non-Asian quality. For Hyundai, count to the 11th character in your VIN number, and check this chart to see what Hyundai plant yours came from:
Plant code
- A = Asan, Korea
- B = Bromont, Canada (2HM) / Gabarone, Botswana (KMH)
- C = Changwon, Korea. Cheonju, Korea
- H = Montgomery, USA
- J = Nošovice, Czech Republic (TMA) / East London, South Africa (AC5/ADD)
- K = Gwangju, Korea (Kia plant)
- L = Žilina, Slovakia (Kia plant)
- M = Chennai, India
- R = Sankt Petersburg, Russia
- U = Ulsan, Korea
- Z = İzmit, Turkey
- 5 = Osnabrück, Germany (Karmann, KNA) / Žilina, Slovakia (Kia plant, KNE)
- 6 = Sohari, Korea
Charles