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Santa Fe or X trail diesel.

  • 17-07-2010 05:49PM
    #1
    shawnee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,830 ✭✭✭


    I am looking to buy a jeep for around 4 to 5 k . I am considering the above two around 02 to 04 . Any experiences good or otherwise on either would help me decide. Have seen an 03 Santa fe for 5k and like it.;)


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  • #2
    bazz26
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,487 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    Those Santa Fe's are terrible to drive imo, the 2.0 litre diesel is also prone to dual mass flywheel issues which are expensive to replace. The X-trail is better imo but the 2.2 dci is known to eat turbos, happed to someone at work.

    I'd avoid both to be honest and take a look at something like this:

    http://www.driving.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=201015197648185


  • #3
    Absurdum
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,445 ✭✭✭Absurdum


    The turbo failures on the X-Trail are confined to the newer 136 bhp engines from early 2004 onwards. They are a lot nicer to drive than the Santa Fe of that era too.


  • #4
    johnplayerblue
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 747 ✭✭✭johnplayerblue


    I don't like any of these 4x4 type jeeps but my brother had A 07 X trail for a couple of years and if ever I was going to buy a 4X4/jeep it would without doubt be an X trail.

    Always popular, but more and more of them on the roads these days!


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