[garyahouse]

Thanks to this thread... I found the lift gate button on the dashboard. Didn't even know I had one. Yay me !!!

 

[garyahouse]

Well, this one is not a praise, but rather a worry: Yesterday I left the lift gate up for a long time. When I checked, the interior dome light was still on. Does it eventually shut off automatically? Or do I get a dead battery at some point?

 

[Tampa8]

Well, this one is not a praise, but rather a worry: Yesterday I left the lift gate up for a long time. When I checked, the interior dome light was still on. Does it eventually shut off automatically? Or do I get a dead battery at some point?

I'll have to check again but I remember mine going off. Not 100% sure.

 

[Danco]

Well, this one is not a praise, but rather a worry: Yesterday I left the lift gate up for a long time. When I checked, the interior dome light was still on. Does it eventually shut off automatically? Or do I get a dead battery at some point?

The Manual has this to say:

Interior Lights AUTO OFF
The interior lights automatically go off about 10 minutes after the vehicle is turned off and the doors are closed.
If a door is opened, the light go off 40 minutes after the vehicle is turned off.

How long was your lift gate open?

 

[garyahouse]

I'm not exactly sure, maybe 10 or 15 minutes.

 

[Danco]

I'm not exactly sure, maybe 10 or 15 minutes.

Probably just within the 40 minute window. I assume you had the "Interior Lights On When Door Opened" switch depressed in the overhead console?

You could try an experiment and leave the tail gate open and check that the light goes out in 50-60 minutes. Have a way to jump start the car if it doesn't!

 

[garyahouse]

Probably just within the 40 minute window. I assume you had the "Interior Lights On When Door Opened" switch depressed in the overhead console?

You could try an experiment and leave the tail gate open and check that the light goes out in 50-60 minutes. Have a way to jump start the car if it doesn't!

Thanks Danco. When I run that "experiment, I'll throw the trickle charger on the battery to keep it safe. As we both know, it's never a good idea to intentionally run a battery down.

EDIT: I take that back. Left the hatch open today while painting some window trim up at the church. After about an hour or so, I happened to notice that the dome light was off. Not sure WHEN, but the "shut off" system is working. So now there's another little item I'm feeling thankful for. I've left things on years ago only to find a dead battery a few hours later.

 

[garyahouse]

Just finished painting my calipers. They'll match the blue pin stripes I'll be putting on later this week. In doing so, I noticed that each rotor is held in place with two Phillips head screws. I've dealt with these rascals many times before, but they're almost always rusted in place and I gotta fight with them to get them out in order to remove the rotors. Well not this time. Since the car's new, I pulled them out, gave 'em a coating of grease, and stuck them back into the rotors... but this time not so tight. They're easy to get out when the car's new.

 

[Thir]

Just finished painting my calipers. They'll match the blue pin stripes I'll be putting on later this week. In doing so, I noticed that each rotor is held in place with two Phillips head screws. I've dealt with these rascals many times before, but they're almost always rusted in place and I gotta fight with them to get them out in order to remove the rotors. Well not this time. Since the car's new, I pulled them out, gave 'em a coating of grease, and stuck them back into the rotors... but this time not so tight. They're easy to get out when the car's new.

I didn't expect to like the pinstripping, but it looks excellent.

 

[garyahouse]

OH yeah, the blue pin striping and calipers. Guess I oughta drop a picture here as well. I was thinking about something else, another little thing that I'm thankful for: the wheels on this car are so easy to clean. Since this car will never see a car wash, I appreciate that.


Also really happy about the angular lines the run down the side of the car. No other SUV out there looks like this, for which I'm glad. Hyundai took a big risk with this, it's not the sort of thing that nobody would notice. The lines on the side of most SUV's just kind of blend in. I don't really notice them as they all tend to look the same to me. Not the Tucson. Hyundai created a brave new design here. I admire that every time I walk up to the car.

 

[Tampa8]

OH yeah, the blue pin striping and calipers. Guess I oughta drop a picture here as well. I was thinking about something else, another little thing that I'm thankful for: the wheels on this car are so easy to clean. Since this car will never see a car wash, I appreciate that.


Also really happy about the angular lines the run down the side of the car. No other SUV out there looks like this, for which I'm glad. Hyundai took a big risk with this, it's not the sort of thing that nobody would notice. The lines on the side of most SUV's just kind of blend in. I don't really notice them as they all tend to look the same to me. Not the Tucson. Hyundai created a brave new design here. I admire that every time I walk up to the car.

In a year of shortages in 2022 they sold more Tucsons in the U.S. than any other year. It's their #1 selling vehicle.
I wanted it as soon as I saw all the details in person but wasn't going to spend money on a new car. But then the twist of fate about shortages - my used car was now worth soo much, combined with not paying over MSRP, and so low an interest rate I had to do it.

 

[garyahouse]

In a year of shortages in 2022 they sold more Tucsons in the U.S. than any other year. It's their #1 selling vehicle.
I wanted it as soon as I saw all the details in person but wasn't going to spend money on a new car. But then the twist of fate about shortages - my used car was now worth soo much, combined with not paying over MSRP, and so low an interest rate I had to do it.

Guess I should add that: I didn't have to pay over MSRP. Just saw today that Hyundai is having some kind of sale on the Santa Fe, I think it said. Something like 1750 factory discount. Hmmm: wonder if they're not selling too well? I wonder how many arrive to look at a Santa Fe, and leave with a Tucson?

 

[Thir]

Guess I should add that: I didn't have to pay over MSRP. Just saw today that Hyundai is having some kind of sale on the Santa Fe, I think it said. Something like 1750 factory discount. Hmmm: wonder if they're not selling too well? I wonder how many arrive to look at a Santa Fe, and leave with a Tucson?

I had a similar experience a little over two weeks ago at the dealership who I finally bought from. Over the course of twenty minutes they claimed to have THREE different slightly used Tucsons available to sell me. I told them in my recent experience they were going to be wrong, that they didn't have them and to go physically check their lot. I was right each time. Their systems weren't keeping up with the sales. Finally, in desperation they SHOWED me a Santa Fe and said Hyundai was giving them almost $2k to move them if I wanted that one. Ultimately, they did have one still shipping-wrapped hybrid SEL C. That one is now mine, but they did try hard to move the Santa Fe.

 

[Thir]

OH yeah, the blue pin striping and calipers. Guess I oughta drop a picture here as well. I was thinking about something else, another little thing that I'm thankful for: the wheels on this car are so easy to clean. Since this car will never see a car wash, I appreciate that.


Also really happy about the angular lines the run down the side of the car. No other SUV out there looks like this, for which I'm glad. Hyundai took a big risk with this, it's not the sort of thing that nobody would notice. The lines on the side of most SUV's just kind of blend in. I don't really notice them as they all tend to look the same to me. Not the Tucson. Hyundai created a brave new design here. I admire that every time I walk up to the car.

Thanks for the car wash comment. It pushed me over the edge and I just went out to the garage to pledge my Tucson will only be washed by hand by me. (I think it cycled its running lights at me in thanks.)

 

[garyahouse]

Thanks for the car wash comment. It pushed me over the edge and I just went out to the garage to pledge my Tucson will only be washed by hand by me. (I think it cycled its running lights at me in thanks.)

While you're at it, make another pledge to your baby. Promise you'll never wipe the infotainment screen DRY. Always wash it with something wet and soft. Dab, don't wipe the first moment or two to remove the big stuff. Highly recommend polishing it with Plexus: it's amazing. One can lasts forever it seems. Good thing, cuz it's not cheap. Pilots love it, motorcyclists use it on plastic windshields and helmet face shields, and I use it on any thing clear plastic that I don't want scratched.

 

[Thir]

While you're at it, make another pledge to your baby. Promise you'll never wipe the infotainment screen DRY. Always wash it with something wet and soft. Dab, don't wipe the first moment or two to remove the big stuff. Highly recommend polishing it with Plexus: it's amazing. One can lasts forever it seems. Good thing, cuz it's not cheap. Pilots love it, motorcyclists use it on plastic windshields and helmet face shields, and I use it on any thing clear plastic that I don't want scratched.

On it!

 

[garyahouse]

Time for another addition to this thread. Just posted this elsewhere but it bears repeating: I just learned that I have a manual shifting option. Used it for the first time last week. It also changes the display from D to an actual number. Nice touch, Hyundai. However, I wish they'd "LOSE" the D on the display and just give me the gear number all the time. Oh well, just a pet peeve: no big deal.
This ability to shift manually is really nice when I'm towing in the mountains.

 

[Tucspouse]

I toyed with the gate shifter a few times early on, but for the intended purpose of engine braking that I was experimenting with it's a case of, "not so much". I practice that frequently with my own car, but that one has the combination of larger engine and far fewer speeds that make it more effective in that one. For all the advantages that the 8-sp. transmission provides, whenever downshifting it's more a combination of both initial 'lag' while the computer first decides to obey the shifter, along with not much in the way of sure-footed reduction in the end.
And obviously as with any car the cruise control must be off to try any of that. So, experiment successful = just don't do it! Voila!

OTOH, I can't think of a wiser approach whenever towing than to start off in 1 and manually run up the gears to assure the little motor is not laboring - either lugging or topping out.

BTW and FWIW and FTR seeing the blue caliper without knowing your car's color was a little disconcerting at first. I wasn't envisioning any of the stock colors that it would look good on, - any of the grays, black, and especially not red. But I hadn't even thought of the white, and the play of the pinstripe with the pieces at the bottom are quite distinctive together - certainly not overdone.
All you need now is to color match that rear logo crescent

 

[garyahouse]

I toyed with the gate shifter a few times early on, but for the intended purpose of engine braking that I was experimenting with it's a case of, "not so much". I practice that frequently with my own car, but that one has the combination of larger engine and far fewer speeds that make it more effective in that one. For all the advantages that the 8-sp. transmission provides, whenever downshifting it's more a combination of both initial 'lag' while the computer first decides to obey the shifter, along with not much in the way of sure-footed reduction in the end.
And obviously as with any car the cruise control must be off to try any of that. So, experiment successful = just don't do it! Voila!

OTOH, I can't think of a wiser approach whenever towing than to start off in 1 and manually run up the gears to assure the little motor is not laboring - either lugging or topping out.

BTW and FWIW and FTR seeing the blue caliper without knowing your car's color was a little disconcerting at first. I wasn't envisioning any of the stock colors that it would look good on, - any of the grays, black, and especially not red. But I hadn't even thought of the white, and the play of the pinstripe with the pieces at the bottom are quite distinctive together - certainly not overdone.
All you need now is to color match that rear logo crescent

Thanks for the kudos. I did the same on my silver SLK350 years ago and thought the experiment came out nice, and my poor white Tucson just needed something to give it a little color, so I took a chance. When ya stand back a bit, it doesn't really show much. But that's OK, I know it's there and it makes me happy.

So, time to add another item to this list. I've got a decent horn on this car. Plenty loud enough, and easy to actually use. I say that because my Caravan was pathetic. Ya had to FIND the right spot to "hit" the horn. Dumb thing. Missed it most of the time and just sat there beating on the center of the wheel with no results.

 

[Alan Sh]

Time for another addition to this thread. Just posted this elsewhere but it bears repeating: I just learned that I have a manual shifting option. Used it for the first time last week. It also changes the display from D to an actual number. Nice touch, Hyundai. However, I wish they'd "LOSE" the D on the display and just give me the gear number all the time. Oh well, just a pet peeve: no big deal.
This ability to shift manually is really nice when I'm towing in the mountains.

I think if you put it in Sport mode, the number stays. But I may be wrong.