2008 i30 1.6 crdi

hurlsey

Hi,
Are there any major issues with these cars?
I'm looking at buying one, it has 100000mi on it and a full service history!

Any thoughts?

colm_mcm

Good car. We have one since 2012 and despite having a hard life it's been pretty much faultless (except a tyre pressure monitor and sticking brake caliper)

It's worth looking for a 116bhp over the standard 89bhp model 1.6 CRDI if you can as they are noticeably nicer to drive.

The good news is that they don't tend to give dpf problems, check for clunk from DUal mass flywheel on startup.
They do like front drop links though, but this is more maintainance than anything.

enumbers

also worth nothing prices of main dealer only parts as it gets older

colm_mcm

That's a good point ^

enumbers

have had some customers nearly have break downs when priced for what would be considered normal work, In saying that outside of normal wear and tear there not to bad, cabin doesnt take millage aswell as some brands

hurlsey

enumbers wrote: »

have had some customers nearly have break downs when priced for what would be considered normal work, In saying that outside of normal wear and tear there not to bad, cabin doesnt take millage aswell as some brands

What's considered a "main dealer only part"?

screamer

hurlsey wrote: »

Hi,
Are there any major issues with these cars?
I'm looking at buying one, it has 100000mi on it and a full service history!

Any thoughts?

From what I've heard these don't last well with high mileage don't seem to have the build quality so depends how much you are planning to click up at 100k someone else has already had the best out of it

colm_mcm

Does build quality mean rubber coated window switches or not breaking?