7,000 Mile 2025 Palisade Review
I have a 2008 Hyundai SantaFe with 175,000 miles which we purchased brand new as well. I never have to add oil between oil changes. It has been a great car and one of the reasons we purchased this Hyundai Palisade for our growing family. My mother in law also purchased a new SantaFe in Colorado because while visiting us in Texas drove ours and enjoyed the quality and great reliability.
Overall we are happy with the Palisade. The issue we are having is engine oil. I have added 3 full qts of oil in 7,000 miles. We took a trip to Colorado to visit family and I went through 2qts of oil, when we got home I had to purchase the 3rd qt because it was a little low. Honestly, it was a little embarrassing adding oil to my brand new car in my in-laws driveway. We bought a large car like this because we have a busy life with multiple kids. This car purchase was intended to improve the quality of our lives, but it has added the complication of always checking engine oil on a brand new car. I have been adding oil every 1,000 miles. Not keeping the oil level correct can slowly take life off the engine. As you can see from my 2008 SantaFe purchase we tend to keep our cars for a long time so reducing engine life, adding extra wear, and living with this problem are about enough to make me sell the car. We are almost due for the 1st oil change and I intend to bring the issue up with the dealer, but I have seen on the car forums that nothing is being done. This is very disappointing and I will likely sell the car vs live with this problem.