Motoring Discussion > Hyundai - Hyundai i10
Thread Author: Bobby	Replies: 25

Fri 15 Apr 16 10:46   Hyundai - Hyundai i10 - Bobby

My flabber was gasted when I discovered a friend's brand new Hyundai i10 has no lights on warning buzzer or timeout setting! It does have heated mirrors, ipod connection, air con etc but no warning buzzer when you leave the lights on! Backwards step?? Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 15 Apr 16 11:33   Hyundai - Hyundai i10 - WillDeBeest

Does it just turn the lights off with the ignition? That's what my BMW does, as did the Volvo and the Saabs before that. No buzzer required. Much more sensible design; who ever needs to leave the headlights on in an empty car? Last edited by: WillDeBeest on Fri 15 Apr 16 at 11:34 Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 15 Apr 16 11:55   Hyundai - Hyundai i10 - sooty123

I know some cars have them on a timer. The thinking that it illuminates the path to your door. Last edited by: sooty123 on Fri 15 Apr 16 at 11:56 Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 15 Apr 16 11:57   Hyundai - Hyundai i10 - WillDeBeest

That function usually requires manual activation - the Saabs did it with a pull of the main beam stalk after removing the key. Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 15 Apr 16 12:01   Hyundai - Hyundai i10 - Runfer D'Hills

My car does that without intervention. Gives you enough time to get out, lock it, walk to the front door and get into the house before it switches the headlights off. Handy enough feature. Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 15 Apr 16 12:06   Hyundai - Hyundai i10 - Alanovich

Follow me home lighting is a useless feature for proper drivers, who reverse in to their drives. Reply to this message | Report message       1

Fri 15 Apr 16 12:11   Hyundai - Hyundai i10 - Runfer D'Hills

Unless of course they have proper houses where you can turn the car around in the drive, preferably by using the ornamental pond as a roundabout... Sniff... ;-) Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 15 Apr 16 12:14   Hyundai - Hyundai i10 - WillDeBeest

You don't park your own car, do you, Humph? Isn't it the Third Footman's job to put it away when the Master returns home? Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 15 Apr 16 12:19   Hyundai - Hyundai i10 - Clk Sec

I believe he even mows his own lawn... Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 15 Apr 16 12:22   Hyundai - Hyundai i10 - Old Navy

>> I believe he even mows his own lawn... >> Pseudo posh, even the LEC is a works van in disguise. :-) Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 15 Apr 16 12:28   Hyundai - Hyundai i10 - Runfer D'Hills

>> Isn't it the Third Footman's job We had to let him go. He brought the car round dirty twice last year, failed to keep the cup holder full of mint imperials and we also strongly suspect he had a sideline in selling fish from the trout lake. ;-) Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 15 Apr 16 12:30   Hyundai - Hyundai i10 - Alanovich

>> >> trout lake. Ornamental pond, no? ;-) Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 15 Apr 16 12:31   Hyundai - Hyundai i10 - Runfer D'Hills

One is at the front, the other is in the grinds. ;-) Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 15 Apr 16 12:37   Hyundai - Hyundai i10 - Alanovich

>> One is at the front, the other is in the grinds. >> BBD might be tempted to say, "It certainly is". Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 15 Apr 16 12:21   Hyundai - Hyundai i10 - Alanovich

Ornamental ponds? Eugh, how, erm, Cheshire.............. ;-) Last edited by: Alanović on Fri 15 Apr 16 at 12:21 Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 15 Apr 16 12:01   Hyundai - Hyundai i10 - Auristocrat

On our 2012 Hyundai i20 and our 2015 i20, the lights are turned off when the ignition is turned off - so one cannot leave the lights on. The same will be true of the i10. Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 15 Apr 16 16:08   Hyundai - Hyundai i10 - Dulwich Estate II

A family member has not long acquired a nearly new i10. In my view a surprisingly neat, comfortable, useful car with a quality feel. No wonder it was City Car of the Year 2015. It was even quiet and smooth on a 15 mile motorway bash when I got lift in it last week. Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 15 Apr 16 16:14   Hyundai - Hyundai i10 - mikeyb

Friends have just bought one - its a second run around car and also for the eldest to use when he passes his test. I'm sure they said it was cheapest option to insure for him Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 15 Apr 16 17:06   Hyundai - Hyundai i10 - Bobby

>>The same will be true of the i10. no its not. Switch lights on, turn off ignition, exit car, lock car, walk away and lights stay on. No timer. No follow-me-home lights. Still on 5 mins later when I gave up trying to prove that my pal was wrong! Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 15 Apr 16 17:12   Hyundai - Hyundai i10 - Manatee

The bonger must be bust then:) Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 15 Apr 16 17:24   Hyundai - Hyundai i10 - Runfer D'Hills

It's never good when that happens. Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 15 Apr 16 21:30   Hyundai - Hyundai i10 - Harleyman

>> The bonger must be bust then:) >> The one on our 59 plate i10 has always worked intermittently. Fortunately, myself and Mrs HM being lorry driver and bus driver by trade respectively, we have eyesight tests to keep our licences and don't need audible reminders to notice that our lights are switched on. ;-) Reply to this message | Report message

Sun 17 Apr 16 18:17   Hyundai - Hyundai i10 - Aretas

Our i10 switches its lights off when the ignition is switched off. Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 18 Apr 16 10:57   Hyundai - Hyundai i10 - Ambo

I am nervous of trying this with our i10, after an experience with an i30, but is seems you can't take for granted that all the lights will go off if the ignition key is withdrawn. The i30 had an illuminated vanity mirror on the passenger side, with a concealing flap. Mrs. Ambo used this and closed the flap but leaving the switch on. The RAC man called out to deal with the flattened battery went straight to the fault and said it was one found in many modern cars. Incidentally, I wonder if the quick boil up these fellows administer was to blame for a total battery failure a couple of weeks later (a month after the guarantee expired). Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 18 Apr 16 13:10   Hyundai - Hyundai i10 - VxFan

>> The i30 had an illuminated vanity mirror on the passenger side, with a concealing flap. Mrs. Ambo used this and closed the flap but leaving the switch on. The ones that Vauxhall fit automatically switch off the light when the flap is closed. Have done for years now. I'm surprised other cars haven't got a similar system in place. Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 18 Apr 16 13:43   Hyundai - Hyundai i10 - WillDeBeest

Perhaps Narcissus would drive a Vauxhall, then. Reply to this message | Report message