Is there anybody with feedback on the diesel model(s) of the Getz.
A number of reviews have been pretty unkind - noisy , unrefined etc.
What do actual owners/users think?


This post has been edited by David_Hall: Feb 18 2005, 03:17 PM

I dont own a diesel model GETZ, but rather A Diesel MATRIX 1.5 CRDi VGT, deivering 75Kw Power (102 BHP). I understand there is new model of GETZ with same engine so my comments may be applicable - waiting to test drive such a GETZ.

This new diesel technology engine with Common Rail Direct injection, is quieter, with less vibration and yet delivers more p[ower and better fuel consumption than 'standard' diesel engines, even with Turbo Chargers. The Diesel engine as fitted in my Matrix has Variable Geometry Turbine turbo charger, which if I have understood offers the low turbi lag of small turbo charges initially yet delvers more power of large turbo's when the power comes in.

Put it this way, it is only 1.5l, yet delivers almost same Poer as 2.5l ISUZU Crosswind Turbo! In my Matrix on a long run with 4 adults and luggage, with aircon on all the time, some journeys over mountains, and over 120kph on good roads it did 430 Km on 50l of diesel. Ignoring the 20km or so with low fuel warning on, this means just over 16km per litre fuel consumption. It accelerates well from 2000rpm with performance on par with most 2l gasoline saloon cars.

That is why I am keen to try a GETZ model with same 1.5l CRDi VGT engine as lower weight of GETZ compared to MATRIX should mean even better performance yet better fuel consumption also.

Any one who owns such a GETZ care to confirm if this is correct?

Cheers
David from Cebu, Philippines

I don't profess to be a expert on diesel engines, but what I do know is that if you are thinking of buying a Getz diesel you should go for the 1.5 CRTD CDX+ 3-door, apart from being the fastest Getz (112 mph & 0-62 in 11 seconds) you can buy, it is not the most economical, that goes to the CRTD GSI, with 62.8 mpg, the CDX+ being only 61.4 mpg, now I think most people could live with that, but prices: the GSI is £9,145, the CDX+ is £9,995 both on the road prices, now I don't think that is bad, when I bought my 1.3 CDX automatic (with metallic paint) in 2004 it cost me on the road £10,495, I had to get a automatic because my partner can only drive automatics, but if I was thinking of buying a Getz to-day and I could choose a gear-box, I would go for the 1.5 CDX+ 3-door. :460: :460: :460:

Hi There, yes I have 1.5 CRTD GSI and love it. Had 2l rover 400 d and i think the Getz pulls better and is getting better all the time I am now at 10K miles and getting 50 to 57mpg on comute. The engine is a bit lumpy at iddle but once you pull away you have a smooth responsive drive. As I said it is getting better by that I mean the fuel economy is improvinging and the pull from the engine improving, it must be the car running in and lossening up. Hyundai do tend to build thier car a bit tight!
But yes I would definatly have another one.

Hi guys

I drive a diesel Getz (5door) and have been positively impressed with it in all but one area, namely fuel economy.

On average, I only get around 43 MPG which is disappointing when compared against the book figures. One possible explanation is that I put a nice set of alloys on it with low profile tyres, however I wouldn't have expected that to cause such a reduction.

Anyone else experiencing low MPG. Hope you like the pics.

Regards

BCG

I have a 1.5 CDRI for a daily run-about. I just love driving it.
It sips diesel and I would get 550+ KM on 45L of diesel, my wife even get much better economy than what I do, this is bumber to bumper traffic day in and out.

Hi, I'm new to this, but I've decided to go to the forums for help on my 5 door 1.5 CRDi m/t.

When I first got it, I immediately filled it up and took note of the mileage. My methodology for measuring fuel efficiency was to take the km reading and divide that by the number of liters filled in.

First 2 days, I got 14.8 km/L. Next three days, it dropped to 14. Over the next several days, it went to 13.5, to 13, to 12.8 km/L.

This is alarming for me because I'm close the the consumption of a larger petrol car -- which I would have gotten if I had known these numbers.

Still, I have hope. Took it to the dealer with those complaints (it was the first 1000 km checkup) and they said they'd look into it. Hopefully they'll find something to bring me back up to 14-16 km/L.

Hi,

I'm Kobus Vermaak from South Africa. I own a 2005 1.5 Diesel Getz. I bought this car brand new and from day one have had problems. On 2000km i send it in to check its fuel consumption as I was only getting 11km/l. The service manager ensured me that it will get better but it never did. On 13 000 km my turbo broke and was replaced. On 22 000, 40 000 and 47 000 km(twice) my injectors failed and was replaced. On 76 239 km the injectors failed again while I was driving which resulted in my car over fueling and the whole enjin is now blown. 2 Injectors, globe plugs no 2 and 3 pistons burned, camshaft damaged and their are oil in the intake which may result in the turbo also being damaged. In this whole ordeal I only made one mistake not servicing the car on 70 000km. The bill at the momement excluding the labour and turbo are R 48 000-00. Not having serviced the car on 70 000 km the warrenty has expired even though according to me this is a fault in the car. So my personal opion is stay away as far as possible.

Regards

kobus

Hi Kobus,

Wow, sounds like your experience was way worse than mine. After I had it serviced at the dealer, I've been getting 13.5-14.7 km per liter consistently. It also seems like the longer the drive, the better the mileage I get. Inside the city, I get crap mileage (expected because of the traffic) but I didn't expect the jump to be this drastic.

Anyway, sorry to hear about your Getz. Seems like the expertise of the dealer has a lot more to do with how good the car is than with others. Maybe it's a Quality Control issue; some Getz-es are great and some are lemons. Would be great if they fixed that, eh?

Hi

Well just took delivery on Saturday of the 1.5 CRDI Getz and this morning driving to work the fuel filter light come on. Car is not reving more than about 2,800 rpm. Left message at the dealership to call back as everyone is busy.

Kobus, that sounds horrific. Car now has about 70km on the clock. Lets see how things go.

Ok, when to the Hyundai service center. They had a look and said that the sensor was showing water in the system, but they did take it apart and didn't find any water. Sensor has been disconnected, so car dives normally (reving past 2,800).
Service Manager said that disconnected sensor is fine as car is brand new and won't have water. Let's all hope and pray.

New sensor is on order from Hyundai Korea and should be here in 21 working days.

Strange but car seems faster now ??????

How would you rate th braking/suspension of the CRDI ? IT would be great if someone who has experience with the Petrol could give a comparative feedback.

I plan on getting the CRDI(1.5 VGT) soon, only thing that bothers me is that ABS isnt being offered as an option :o

For us$16500 there's a lot missing from this car that I would have liked.

Also the new beige interiors are a big turn off for me.

I really prefer the old grey/black combo with silver/brushed aluminium inserts that our petrol Getz currently has.

This post has been edited by crusader7: Oct 13 2007, 12:25 PM

Hi folks, here are my thoughts etc. on my 2006 Getz CRTD CDX+, purchased just over 2 weeks ago, £6500 with approx 5500 miles on the clock (13 months old).

First off, economy: using the onboard computer figures and having covered about 350 miles so far, I'm averaging about 46-47 mpg. This is from a mix of urban commute (approx 80 miles/week) and motorway driving (remainder). I've noticed that the car will happily return approx 70 mpg when pootling along the M42 at 50 mph (because the stretch of road is restricted to that speed).

So in my opinion, if your driving conditions match the ideal conditions in which a car is typically tested, and you drive with a light foot, the car will give the figures quoted. But real-world driving isn't the same as having the car in a test lab, so the figures aren't as good. But I'm pretty happy with consumption.

I haven't had the car long enough to experience reliability problems - it hasn't done anything strange so far.

My principle likes: the engine is really rather perky if you want to get excitable with it (109bhp), so long as you don't let the revs fall too low (i.e. too much below 1500rpm). The engine is nowhere near as noisy as I've read on other websites, and once it's up to temperature it's no noisier than my flatmates Audi A3 1.9TDi.

Very little wind noise which impressed me, especially on the motorway, where I think the car excels - plenty of power to overtake, quiet cruising, without need to whack up the stereo loads. Ride quality is good, it feels very stable, switchgear is fine (whoever complains about the indicator stalk being on the wrong side is just a bit silly, it doesn't take long to adjust!), interior quality is good. Stereo is better than I expected. Steering is responsive, brakes good but not over-sharp. The car feels quite solidly built, and has a lot of toys and features for the price.

I don't have any major dislikes, but the car has a number of quirks: the gearbox, although quite good, feels a bit notchy at times, especially into first. Its road noise rumble is more than (for example) a Polo. The doors would be better with two positions. Th engine can labour a bit at low revs (and can cause a little bit of interior noise occasionally). In our current cold spell the inside mists more than I would have thought. The dash and clock reflect onto the windscreen more than I'd prefer.

The real thing for me about the Getz is the expectancy level measured against the price. The MINI looks cool and barely has a fault inside or out, but one of the same age would cost almost double the Getz. A more comparable car is perhaps a Polo, which again to us in the UK would probably be approx £3k more. The Polo is without doubt generally a better car, but not £3k better in my opinion. The Clio 1.5 diesel I drove in Italy was no more or less quirky than the Getz but on balance was better to drive. I drove a Vauxhall Meriva in Germany which was absolutely horrible and really put me off even looking at a Corsa. The Honda Jazz - nicely built and lively car but a bit tinny in terms of the build which surprised me. The Daewoo Matiz is much more obviously a 'cheap' car than the Getz. I considered a Kia Ceed and felt that it really was an excellent car in nearly every respect, though I only test drove it.

So, for me, because my expectancy level wasn't focussed around (for example) a MINI, but was more at the Polo level, I think the Getz is a very good effort. It's certainly not perfect, but since buying this I've seen 07 reg CRTD CDX+ models with < 2k miles on the clock for £7500 which is excellent. I guess really, if you want your car to be a wonderful place to sit in, you're going to have to spend more money, but if you want your car to be a jolly good little motor that does everything quite nicely, then the Getz is a good choice.

Got a 2004 getz 1.5crtd gsi about three months ago with 25000 miles on the clock.
Have been checking fuel consumption for last 3000 miles of which half will be motorway and can only get between 42 + 44 mpg which i think is quite poor.

When i got the car i had no idea what the fuel consumption figures were but i was expecting to get at least 50+. I have had a rover 2.0 diesel with better fuel economy than that.

Unfortunately by reading other posts on the forum there doesn't seem to be any fix you just have to live with it.

It is fast but doesn't like being below 2000rpm thats probably why the fuel consumption is so low

Apart from that it's not a bad car, the engine noise in the cabin is quite pronouced though.