Ssangyong Kyron

the lawman

Anyone have one of these or know if they're worth looking at?

Been looking for a decent SUV/Jeep for a while and came across a good price for one of these. My mechanic told me to run away but Im not so sure.

Ta

W.Shakes-Beer

listen to your mechanic i reckon.

the lawman

W.Shakes-Beer wrote: »

listen to your mechanic i reckon.

Not sure if my mechanic is beign truthful though. He sells cars also and he's a bit of a salesman!!!

Zonda999

I agree, i think a while back there was a case of a fairly new one needing a new engine, here on the motors forum

the lawman

Zonda999 wrote: »

I agree, i think a while back there was a case of a fairly new one needing a new engine, here on the motors forum

Thats funny theres a 2007 on carzone for 5K and it says.....'needs engine'!

That doesn't look good to be fair

Zonda999

the lawman wrote: »

Thats funny theres a 2007 on carzone for 5K and it says.....'needs engine'!

That doesn't look good to be fair

Jeez no, that coulda been 2 years ago when i saw that on the motors forum, this thread did remind me of it though!

Here ya go: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055328411

Could be an isolated case though, who knows!

CharlieCroker

the lawman wrote: »

Been looking for a decent SUV/Jeep for a while

Trust me, keep looking! They are WOEFULL!!!!!

robtri

run as far as you can from them......
run forrest run!!!!!!!!!!!!

Stephen

Also be aware that if you buy it you'd better be prepared to keep it until it dies, as all Ssang Yongs are about as desirable as a fart in a space suit.

colm_mcm

Yep, all of the above!

Also they look awful, which will mean you'll look awful!

jayotala

They're not as bad as people are led to believe from a few negative comments they hear or read.

They're a good car, nice to drive and I know for a fact they don't give big trouble. They're like every other car out there, sometimes you get one that would never even have so much as a check lamp on and others seem to suffer every problem that the car can suffer.

As for engine issues, the only reason that any SsangYong engine suffers engine problems is because they like to drink a bit of oil and the owners either don't service them or they don't follow a very simple procedure, checking the oil levels.

And before you ask I don't work for SsangYong, I just know the cars.

But I'd stay away from the car as they don't hold their value very well and I wouldn't be too sure of SsangYongs future which wouldn't help resale. I heard they were gone into recievership in Korea but from what I've read they are under bankruptcy protection.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SsangYong_Motor_Company

http://www.tradingmarkets.com/news/stock-alert/sygmf_s-korea-s-ssangyong-motor-picks-advisor-for-its-sale-759436.html

Ssanygong Ireland are still well and truly in business, car sales and parts... (just thought I'd add that)

Drummerboy08

jayotala wrote: »

They're not as bad as people are led to believe from a few negative comments they hear or read.

Yes they are. Useless cars.

They're a good car,

No they're not.

nice to drive and I know for a fact they don't give big trouble.

Nice to drive? If putting an elephant on roller skates and then putting him onto ice is your idea of a car that drives well, then burst on. To any normal person, they're horrible dungmasters.

But I'd stay away from the car as they don't hold their value very well

You can buy a PRE-REGISTERED 2007 model, that says it all about residuals. Even the guys in Ssssssssssssangyong-dungmastermobile-Ireland dont drive em. That says enough for me.

Muckie

Don't like to judge a machine on looks, but there an odd
looking thing.

Fizman

Muckie wrote: »

Don't like to judge a machine on looks, but there an odd
looking thing.

If by odd you mean that it resembles the remains of a backstreet abortion, then I would tend to agree with you.

jayotala

Drummerboy08 wrote: »

Blah blah blah blah

very constructive post, well done.

Drummerboy08

jayotala wrote: »

very constructive post, well done.

Take it from someone in the know. I've a yard full of the fcuking things beside me. I know how hard they are to shift, what problems they give, and the type of person who buys them.

BennyBlanko

Regardless of all the brow beating, I think there's better metal out there to spend your money on OP.
Look towards an X-trail or a Rav4 or the like and you'll have some sort of residuals.

jayotala

Drummerboy08 wrote: »

Take it from someone in the know. I've a yard full of the fcuking things beside me. I know how hard they are to shift, what problems they give, and the type of person who buys them.

I've no doubt you're in "the know". My post was pure sarcasim, only because your posts are generally spot on, and I would always agree. I wasn't telling him to buy the car but I just don't think its fair the car has a bad rep. If this post was about the rexton 270 or even more the rexton 290 then I'd be screaming at him to stay away. I've worked first hand with these vehicles I know exactly what problems they can give I also know how many of them there are out there that never have given problems. There is more good than bad, believe it or not.

Big Nasty

Stephen wrote: »

Also be aware that if you buy it you'd better be prepared to keep it until it dies, as all Ssang Yongs are about as desirable as a fart in a space suit.

18 months - 2 years?:D

the lawman

I'm running really really fast away from that car.

Case closed.

Thanks for the input

peter richardson

Lawman
kyrons arent a bad jeep depending on what you wish to do with them i have one for about 18 months with no major problem up until last week which is a problem with a road free wheeling hub

peter richardson

Last week i noticed a high pitched squeel in the front passenger side wheel at first i thought it was a stone in the disc but further investigation revealed a problem in the road freewheeling hub any ideas as to solutions would be greatly appreciated