What problems s-coupe have?
 

What problems s-coupe have? want to buy s-coupe, and i want to know what
problems i will have with this car.
Body?
Engine?

Re: What problems s-coupe have?
 

1991-2: Mitsu 1.5 SOHC 8-valve engine. Engine reliable. Auto trans crap.
Expect many squeaks and rattles. Most problems other than trans will be
electrical.

1993-5: Hyundai 1.5 Alpha SOHC 12-valve engine. Noisier and more
vibration than Mitsu 1.5. Have seen a few very minor head gasket leaks on
early models. Auto trans a little better than crap. Expect the squeaks
and rattles. Most problems will likely be electrical.

Re: What problems s-coupe have?
 

In article <207d490170fa23631b3d517186cffde8@localhost.talkab outautos.com>, "baronas" <tomas.baranauskas@vpreklama.lt> wrote:
>What problems s-coupe have? want to buy s-coupe, and i want to know what
>problems i will have with this car.
>Body?
>Engine?

Check the reliability ratings on this site:

http://www.partsamerica.
com/PPF/SourceArea/LEARN/DestinationPage/ReliabilityRatings.
asp/ReliabilityRatings.asp

They are from the same company supplying the ratings on the MSN Autos, but for
some unknown reason, Scoupe is not listed on the MSN site.

Re: What problems s-coupe have?
 

<theta00k@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> In article
<207d490170fa23631b3d517186cffde8@localhost.talkab outautos.com>, "baronas"
<tomas.baranauskas@vpreklama.lt> wrote:
> >What problems s-coupe have? want to buy s-coupe, and i want to know what
> >problems i will have with this car.
> >Body?
> >Engine?
>
> Check the reliability ratings on this site:
>
> http://www.partsamerica.
> com/PPF/SourceArea/LEARN/DestinationPage/ReliabilityRatings.
> asp/ReliabilityRatings.asp
>
> They are from the same company supplying the ratings on the MSN Autos, but
for
> some unknown reason, Scoupe is not listed on the MSN site.

Or: http://makeashorterlink.com/?A13A62E39

Re: What problems s-coupe have?
 

In article <25a51bc24f8cd6798f3dd4c9590aec7f@localhost.talkab outautos.com>, "hyundaitech" <howitsac@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote:
>1991-2: Mitsu 1.5 SOHC 8-valve engine. Engine reliable. Auto trans crap.

Engine reliable? Not really. It's the same engine used in the 2nd-generation
Excel. Check the ratings on the MSN Auto.

http://autos.msn.com/home/reliabilit....aspx?src=URES

Auto trans crap? below average, but certainly not crap.

> Expect many squeaks and rattles. Most problems other than trans will be
>electrical.
>
>1993-5: Hyundai 1.5 Alpha SOHC 12-valve engine. Noisier and more
>vibration than Mitsu 1.5. Have seen a few very minor head gasket leaks on
>early models. Auto trans a little better than crap. Expect the squeaks
>and rattles. Most problems will likely be electrical.

The Alpha engine is definitely not noisier than the Orion engine.
Auto trans a little better? How is that possible if it's cheaper than the one
used in the '91-92 car? :D

Re: What problems s-coupe have?
 

The Mitsu 1.5 had few major problems that I can recall. I can't think of a
chronic failure beyond self-loosening rocker shaft bolts. Any tranmission
which has a significant failure rate in the first 50k miles is crap. I
own a 1992 Ford Taurus, which as we all know (hopefully) has a crap
transmission. The 91-92 Scoupe transmissions fail more frequently than
the Taurus transmissions.

There is not necessarily any correlation between price and quality. A
better design can be simpler, less expensive, and more reliable all at the
same time. The Hyundai engineers had already decided that the trans was
crap in the earlier version; that's one reason for the change. Hyundai
designed the trans in the 93-95 Scoupe with an additional friction and
metal (I believe on each clutch) to help reduce failure rates.

Re: What problems s-coupe have?
 

Since the Scoupe and Excel have the same engine and trans except for gear
ratio in 1992, I'm wondering why the ratings are so different. Any
transmission which I can recall replacing numerous times within the first
30k miles is crap. I'd put the average lifespan of the 91-92 Scoupe auto
trans at about 50k miles. In contrast, I'd put the average lifespan of
the 93-95 Scoupe auto trans at about 90k miles.