For the past few weeks I have been trialling a tuning box manufactured by a German company ASA Autotechnik Saretz and I have compiled the attached report giving details of my findings. Should you want more info from me contact via a personal email and I will try to answer those questions posed.



A really special price to forum members has been negotiated with ASA Autotechnik Saretz who can offer a Tuning box, plus appropriate connecting cable complete and delivered to your door for an all-inclusive Special price of € 99 plus shipping costs of €10 to the UK. (A total of €109)

Members in other Countries should check shipping costs prior to purchasing but I have been advised that they will be as reasonable as is possible)



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If you have another vehicle that has any other type of diesel engine, ASA Autotechnik Saretz possibly manufacture a tuning device for that as well so contact them to see what they can offer you.

Hi Folks,

Dave has kindly parted with some of his own folding stuff to pay for our own domain....

The good news is...If it's ok with you guys...

We would have a better and easier to find web address

www.i30Ownersclub.com

With no adds

Have total control

No relying on a third party (that can't provide guaranteed back up)

We would be able to back up and recover (in the event of a crash)

Dave is prepared to copy all the postings over

Only downside...

Need to re-register and save a different link...

IS THAT OK? Please bear with us on this we value your membership, friendship and input.

Cheers,

Dazz and Dave

Big thanks to Toxxic for his help so far in getting the New New site up and running

Hi. I just wondered if the "Solar control windscreen" blocks radio signals?
For example to a Navigation Unit attached to same.

Thank you...

Hi,

Are there any anonymous browsers on this site who have recently purchased an i30 in the "land of the Kiwi"

Please show yourselves.. we would love to have some feedback from you.

Or other countries too for that matter...

And don't forget to visit / join our i30 club..

www.phpbb88.com/i30ownersgroup

Rgds,

Dazz

Hi guys!

I was told that there are bodykit available in Singapore...

Anyone know where to get it?

Kenny @ Perth

From reading postings on this subject there seems to be a wide variation in fuel consumption.

Can you post your best and worst over the next few weeks and against each the type of driving i.e. town, motorway leisure, mixed etc

If enough enter details I'll collate and do a summary posting at the end of May.

This way we'll see if figures given by Hyundai are achieveable.

a couple weeks ago i put on order my steel grey 08' i30 crdi... (due in 10/11/08) half my mates are calling it a girls car, the other half are real keen to see how it is when i get it. im keen on a couple things.

1. mags - 17's or 18's
2. exhaust, not the entire exhaust cos im not going to void the engine warrenty but im under the impression i cant safely put a nice chrome tip or small cannon for alittle more of a grunt sound.
3. lower suspension, if it looks too high with the new rims id want a lower ride height, i dont mind voiding the suspension warranty with the idea of it looking great/still driving great.

other than that i think the cars are awesome. in car boost controller maybe? being a new car i dont realy want to modify it much just those things would make me happier with it i feel.

what have you guys done to your i30s? and how can i go about doing what i want to do (free advice pls) ?

also what is the nut pattern for mags? 5x114.3?

I need to know how to discriminate i30 extreme from i30 premier?
Please help me.
Thanks alot.

I've just fixed an annoying squeak coming from my i30 passenger seat and thought I would post my fix here in case any other members have a similar problem.

The noise is induced by bumps in the road exciting the seat frame and transmitting up through the frame into the headrest.

The interface at the headrest uses a plastic insert that fits inside a freely moving part of the seat frame (part of anti whiplash mechanism).
The insert makes a loose fit inside the tubing of the frame.
On my car there was the remains of a thin foam strip that was probably intended to take up the slack and stop the joint from rattling.

To fix the loose insert I first reclined the seat and removed the headrest by depressing the little button at the base of one of the stems.
The headrest then pulled straight out.

With the head rest removed I pulled on the stems to lift them out of the seat by about 4cms to reveal the locking tab on the plastic insert.

I removed the insert by depressing the locking tab with a screw driver while at the same time levering upwards on the insert.

With the insert removed I applied two 1cm x 1cm approx squares of insulating tape onto both sides of the insert and push fitted it back into the seat.

I refitted the headrest, banged on the seat with my fist a few times and HOORAY! no more annoying squeaks or rattles.

Wondering if anyone else has had major problems??

Manual I30 SX, purchased new in Feb 2008

PROBLEM #1

At about 3 months old, it began to develop an intermittent starting fault. You'd put the key in the ignition, and try and start it but it just wouldnt go! NRMA checked everything over, and they couldnt fault it! They suggested it was a fault in the security system (maybe the clutch switch??). Once we got it started again (we dont know how?? But it started again after about 30 mins), we took it to Tweed Hyundai, and they couldnt find anything wrong either! This went on for about 2 months. My wife used to always get stranded at shopping centres etc with our 6 month baby boy in the back seat. Sometimes the car would not start for up to an hour! Obviously, this just wasn't good enough for a brand new car! Anyway, Tweed Hyundai finally figured out that the key chip receiver in the car was faulty and would only work every now and then. This has since been replaced and we have not had a problem since! However, over the 2 months that it was happening, we were starting to get quite disgusted with Hyundai and were at our "wits-end" when they kept saying they couldnd find anything wrong with it!

PROBLEM #2

Yesterday, (car is now 7 months old), the clutch decided to go in the car! We could not put it into gear at all! This almost caused a major disaster for us when my wife and baby boy were travelling through a busy intersection and she couldnt get it into gear, and was narrowly missed by a speeding semi! She managed to limp home in the car, but was an absolute blubbering mess! She was almost hysterical at the thought of her and my boy almost being wiped out by a semi because the car wouldnt go into gear. This obviously isnt good. Anyway, Hyundai have just picked the car up from our place (totally un-drivable) and will hopefully repair it.

For the first 3 months, we were absolutely wrapped in the car and couldnt fault it! It handled great, looked great, and had great features! We were defending Hyundai against our friends who kept telling us they were crap cars. I realise that mechanical faults do occur as a matter of course, but as my wife said, she had an Excel for 4 years (bought it secondhand) and never had a fault. She got rid of it as it was getting old and wanted a new car so she didnt have to worry about any problems as it was a "brand new car!" One of the things that make it worse for us, is that out baby boy travels with her in the I30. So any problems are amplified as the safety of our kid is at stake (as well as the missus!). I dont think I'd buy a Hyundai again after our experience!

Hyundai has achieved it's first highest, five star rating, at EuroNCAP. Hyundai improved the cabin in the i30 and sent it on the test again.

The improvement was obvious and EuroNCAP awarded the i30 with 5-star rating.
Check for more detailed results and images here

Hi All.

I've owned an i30 Style 2.0 CRDi for 3 weeks now and covered about 600 miles. From new I've noticed a slight hesitation or flat-spot on changing up to a higher gear. It's hardly noticeable in normal driving unless I try to make a quick gear change as when pulling out at a busy junction and getting up to speed quickly. On getting back on the throttle after changing up, the engine just seems to die for a split second leading to jerky progress. I thought at first that it was just my lack of familiarity with the clutch/throttle timing, but I'm sure now that it's the engine and I'm fairly sure it's not turbo lag.

Any ideas or similar reports?

Got my first flat tyre yesterday for ??? years.

Ok nothing strange in that you'll say as people get flats each and every day.

BUT if you have locking Hy wheel nuts check them now before YOU get a flat.

I couldn't get the locking nut off at the side of the road so took a chance and managed to drive to a local tyre repair lockup .

Well, the mechanic couldn't get the "key" to turn with hand held brace and resorted to using an air gun set VERY VERY high. The key kept splipping off the nut but eventually he got it off. Key insert is not in the best of health. I believe the technical term is f***ed.

I never knew he could speak every european language known!

When I take car in for service next week I'll be asking for new locking nuts under warranty!!

Bets on my chances of a new set are be taken.

SO CHECK YOURS NOW AND MAKE SURE YOU CAN GET THEM OFF BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE

Has anyone noticed a slight roll-back after applying the handbrake?

On coming to a stop on a slight hill and applying the handbrake, my car rolls back very slightly after I take my foot off the brake pedal. It feels as if there is some slack in the brake pads at the back.

I took the opportunity to investigate the rear brakes while I had the wheels off to grease the hubs (to stop the alloy wheels corroding and sticking) and I found what looks like a combined drum and disc arrangement. There is the expected disc brake caliper but the handbrake cable goes to the backplate, not the caliper.

I was able to rock both rear wheels slightly and could hear a slight clunk as the brake shoes take up the slack.

This seems to me to be a very reliable set up because the more usual rear brake caliper with integrated handbrake mechanism is very prone to seizing. The only drawback I can see is from the slight increase in unsprung weight, but then there's the excellent multilink rear suspension to deal with that.

It seems strange to me that the engineers would have designed in so much slack, has anyone else noticed this with their i30 ?

Hi,
I have, only a week ago, purchased a base model i30 which has manual airconditioning Spring commenced in New Zealand on September 01 so that the daytime high is only about 17 degrees.The aircon appears to struggle to keep the in car temperature down to a comfortable level[I wonder what will it be like when faced with 30 degree heat!]
Q1 has anyone else had a similar problem ?
Q2 is climate airconditioning a higher powered unit than manual?

HI Guys, i am new to this Forum however i am after a few quick tips.
I have bought a 07 SR I30 about 6 months ago. I am used to building a rather different type of car and was just going to use this as a work car.. However.. i am starting to get over the lack of power for this engine.

I am currently dropping it down on King Springs and slapping a set of 20'' rims. I will be gettin larger diameter headers and stainless 2 1/2 inch exhaust and K&N flter.

however i am wonder if anone knows if there are an other mods that can be done ie remap/chip etc or if i should just shave the head and bring copression down etc?

Was thinking Turbo or Clutch type Charger (4agze style) however warranty people will hang me if i blow a piston at least with shaved head they are not really gonna be able to tell it is running higher comp. (of course 20's wil be off if it goes to warranty)

any ideas or methods would be appreciated. Cheers

Hi all, i'm new to the forum and hope there is not a topic on this already.
I have ordered my i30 CRDi SX but its still 5wks away

I have been looking on the internet and magazines and it says that the i30CRDI 1.6 does 0-100km in 11.6 seconds.
Does anyone think that the time is a bit slow and has anyone tried and gotten a faster time

Look forward to posting a bit more

Sonic

Hey, guys - first time poster here.

I've only been living in Perth a few months but have decided it's time i give myself a bit more freedom and get around to buying a car.

I haven't bought a brand new car before so this is all new territory for me. I would absolutely love to get an i30!!!

As i need an auto i would probably be looking at the SX model (cheapest) and wondered if anyone would recommend a good dealer with any advice on getting a great deal?

I'm just a few blocks away from Johnny Hughes on Shepperton Road and don't really know what other dealers out there have to offer.

Thanks for any tips and advice in advance

My i30, crdi 1.6, is due it's 12 month service soon and I've been quoted by Hy dealer circa £160.00, slightly higher than expected but informed this is because it requires fully synthetic oil.

Any others had a price for 1st or 10,000 mile service?

Following on from discuusions in the "3 months too long to wait" topic.....

I have just got off the phone from the dealership where I purchased my i30.

They told me that what they are telling all of their customers to do is to go in (say at the 1000km free service) and say that they need a second remote so that their partner/friend/whatever can pick the car up after you have left it somewhere without setting the alarm off.

Obviously he couldn't vouch for other dealers but they have had a load of remotes sent over and all they need to do (under warranty) is fill out a form and send it to Hyundai (head office I assume) and then they can program one of the remotes they have in stock to use with your car.

He actually said that mine is still the only one they have received with 2 remotes!

Hope this helps....

Hey guys,

Just asking for some tips...

How do I get the smallest amount of fuel to be eaten when driving I30? What is your experience? In what RPM - At what gear level? What speed?

I have petrol I30 (1.4) and so far my average combined (driving in town, mountanis and on highways too) consumption (after drivin 1500km only so far) is 6.8 - 6.9 litres per 100km.
What do you think? Can I get it lower? How? What do you recommend?

thanks,

Have had our i30 1.6l crdi for about six months now and am very pleased with it. I have always serviced my own vehicles (often in remote areas) and have plenty of experience with diesel 4wd's in particular. However, looking at the i30 engine bay, I can't see how to easily spin off/on the diesel cartridge filter as it has a 'shroud' around it. Is there some sort of trick to this - am sure that it can't be too complex! Maybe one has to remove air intake pipes to make room? Certainly the oil filter is easy to replace and there is no reason that the diesel filter should not also be.

Any advice on diesel filter removal would be much appreciated!

dham

Hi there,

I have had my I30 from new for around 9months now. It is yet to do 6k and I seems to be having some problems which the dealers cant fix!!!!.

1. There seems to be a flat spot on the engine when cruising at low speed. It seems to happen for a few seconfs then seeems fine.

2. Rear seatbelt audible warning. This sounds when I have too passengers sat in the back with their belts on. The dash display is telling me the person in the rear middle does not have their belt on. There is noone sat in this seat.

3. The ESP off light comes on randomaly even though I have not turned it off. Pushing the button seems to do nothing. Turning of theengine and removing the key is the only fix.

Has anyone experiences simular to these, if so did you get a fix??
I have had it into 2 different dealers now and both say their computers find no fault when they plug it in.

Regards
Dale

Hi guys,

I just got my new I30. Everything is nice, great so far. Top notch

I just didn't know one thing - I was surprised that the trip computer is not able to show Immediate Fuel Consumption. This is what I really wanted

Q1:
Anyone has an idea if it would be possible to "TURN ON" somehow? Can guys at Hyundai service turn it on? Using some of Software Configuration Tools or so?
Please let us know your ideas and experience.

Q2:
Also one more thing - I am checking the average consumption a bit - it is currently about 7.8l (only driven 270km so far) in town conditions. Wanted to ask... Is it accurate? How can I go lower? I read that 6.5 or 7 is possible to achive too. You have any ideas how to achieve that? Drive on low revolutions (rpm) ?

Thanks,

I have probably one of the first released i30 SR manaul petrol cars, purchased in Australia December 2007.
Since new we have had a problem with it stalling on rollout, you have to rev the engine to stop it from stalling.
When we told the dealer where we purchased the car about it months later, he said that there is a software update to fix the problem and to get the new software at our next service. At our next service interstate the Hyundai service center new nothing of the update.
Does anyone know of a software update for the i30 manual?

Hi iPartners,

I noticed in an early i30 brochure that a sunroof will be available in 2008. Does anyone know if it is an option yet in Australia?

cheers,
G

Guys, i got a new question for ya...

With new I30 I ordered - purchased Safety Matrices (to prevent stealing of Al - discs) for Wheel Discs. I realised that on each wheel - on my Aluminium Wheel Discs there are only 4 matrices, but there are 5 spots for the matrices to be put.
I'd like to ask you - Does it have to be like that? Is it OK? Or should I have 5 matrices there?
Anyone has the same stuff on wheels (4 matrices put and 1 "looks-like-free" place)?

Attaching image of my wheels from the side - to show you what I am talking about - The "free" spot is on top left corner...Check it out and please let me know...

thanks,

Since Im new to owning a diesel vehicle, I got into a discussion with a friend of mine who has been driving trucks for many years, yes the truckies are going to be striking for a couple of weeks and I dont blame them at all, but thats another thread perhaps.

Time to stock up on groceries is my advice.

NEVER let your car run low on diesel, not only does it overheat the fuel system, the whole system will have to be purged of air and considering these cars are still relatively new, and thus the support is also new, it can be very costly and time consuming to get it done.

This is just a word of warning for those that think you can carry a jerry can of diesel and pour it in after running out of diesel and restart, do so at your own risk.

Friday saw us perform final tuning and then testing of the i30CRDi PCM upgrade. We have a couple of these cars now and have been performing testing in the pair of them to speed up the R&D process. As of today we are able to announce the i30 CRDi PCM upgrade available to the general public for $995 :cool:
Now heres, what you get for the money -

Power gains are strong right across the board, which result in enough instant urge to get the front wheels spinning in second gear (if you so desire) and stop that diesel feeling of the engine 'laying over' as it revs. This little 1600 will spin to nearly 5000rpm if you so desire :cool:

Bringing the boost on earlier with more aggressive VGT (Variable Nozzle Turbo) control gives a nice sharp ramp into torque. Overall boost pressure has been raised to 22psi up from the factory 19psi

A driving loop consisting of a city cycle that saw the CRDi driven from Port Adelaide across to Kensington (at 1pm - 2pm so it was busy) and then back down through Morphett Vale, and along back the coast through the suburbs saw astounding average fuel consumption of 4.5l/100km
Performance Testing on the Drift Box has shown a best 0-400m time of 15.76 seconds, and 0-100km/h sprint of 8.22 seconds. This is lineball with a new SV6 in straight line acceleration, and a massive 1.4 seconds faster to 100km/h than the i30 was with the original tune in place. Its all good :cool:

To recap then, for i30 CRDi owners -
We offer the PCM upgrade (mail order) featured here for $995
We also have a rear muffler 'delete' pipe that sounds great for $100 (we didnt use this in our performance testing, however it does sound great)
Add $30 for overnight airfreight, and its a simple upgrade

The PCM is located on the side of the airbox and is held in position by four 10mm bolts -


http://www.dwtuning.com.au

Greetings all.

I have an I30 SLX petrol manual (only had it a couple of weeks).

In every brochure or online review I have seen on the I30, the trip computer seems to be an easy-to-read white or light blue readout on a darker blue background.

On mine however, the writing is a darkish blue on a black background. Needless to say, it's really hard to read, especially when the sun is bright. At night it's not to bad if you adjust the dash illumination to the right level.

Do any of you have a similar issue? Is mine faulty, or is it just the way Aussie SLX petrol models are made?

Cheers

We have clocked around 36,000 km's on our SR i30, we had to get new tyres as the fronts were getting down and one of the left hand rear tyre wire belting let go and made it very unsafe, these were Hankook 225/45/ 17 tyres.

We went to replace them wiyh Maxxis tyres and thats where the problem was noticed, none of the wheels were true, they all had a degree of buckling in them, one was so bad it was dangerous, which was also the wheel which we had the tyre problem. These are the standard SR i30 Hyundai 17"x7" mag wheels with the chrome inserts.

So now I have got some ROH Mantis wheels coming in the next couple of days, these are $270 each, the genuine Hyundai mags are over $700 each, not that I would get them!!

Have we had anyother problems? well Yes, but that will be another post!

has anyone here upgraded the i30 turbo to make it go quicker ?

things like bigger intercoolers, or different turbo's ?

i'm just wanting to know how much you can play with them.

Cheers

Maybe this Q was already been answered somewhere but I couldn't find the answer

Just want to know if I can use the standard iPod USB cable to connect my IPOD 5th gen (IPOD video) to the USB connector and to listen through it to the music. I'm not intrested in the extended features you can get while using the Hyundai cable since I usally just put the IPOD on shffule and listen to it.

Did someone tried it out ? if so can you please indicate how was it ?

Thanks,
SY

Hi all, up early here, i'm going to drive the i30 to work, as i have to go to other side of Sydney to a friends after work to pick up parts, for a friend thats coming up from Melbourne Friday.
so as i'll use one of the motorways i can test cruise control but traffic will be heavy, but moves at about 80kph too 100kph just have to watch sometimes as slows down fast but don't ask me why? but as i'm used to CC no problem, just still getting used to the new car. i'll see my mad mate the Italian upholsterer while i'm out there see if he can put quality carpet in and quality seat covers as i like his high quality craftsmanship and he keeps the best in stock does good work. might just get him to make them like mats in the front.
anyway i'll let you know how it all goes with cruise control.
by the way had my GPS in the car and the speedo it fast, the trip or odometer is fast too, so a trip computer could not be accurate till that is sorted out so what you see as your average fuel useage be it petrol or diesel will in fact be showing less than you are actually useing. but this is normal you see most cars have fast speedo's and the odometer goes fast , but with my falcon it takes hundreds of miles to see the odometer go a few k's faster than the GPS shows, with this i30 SX it shows in only 15k so it's bad! will check tyre diamiters and distance in a roll from the different tyre sizes they come with but Hyundai will have to fix this, as service intervals come up too fast!!
John

The throttle on my i30 diesel auto stopped working at a busy intersection yesterday (Friday). Managed to creep the car to the edge of the road. A hairy experience in heavy traffic and rain.

Called the RAC who inspected and called a tow truck. Vehicle taken to a nearby Hyundai dealer. They reported all OK mid Saturday morning. Said they had found a "lose wire" bid me fare well with "I hope it keeps going".

Me too ...