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Hyundai i10

The city car at the bottom of the range, and one of the simplest cars in this catalogue to diagnose — a naturally aspirated three- or four-cylinder Kappa with port injection, no turbocharger and no hybrid system anywhere in the range. That matters practically: most of the generic corpus's fuel, boost and after-treatment codes simply have no hardware to describe here, so a short list of possibilities is the honest one. Built in India and Turkey depending on generation, which decides its emissions equipment.

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Hyundai i10, front view
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Generations

  • PA 2007–2013

    Indian-built and mechanically austere; the Epsilon and early Kappa engines with a four-speed automatic at most.

    Body styles
    Hatchback
    Platform
    Hyundai PA
    Engines
    • 1.1 Epsilon — petrol · 49–51 kW (66–68 hp) · 99 Nm (73 lb-ft)
    • 1.2 Kappa — petrol · 57–64 kW (76–86 hp) · 118–121 Nm (87–89 lb-ft)
    • 1.0 — petrol
    • 1.1 — diesel · 153 Nm (113 lb-ft)
    Transmissions
    5-speed manual · 4-speed automatic
    Drivetrain
    Front-wheel drive
  • IA 2013–2019

    Turkish-built for Europe, and the generation where the Kappa three-cylinder becomes the volume engine.

    Body styles
    Hatchback
    Platform
    Hyundai IA
    Engines
    • 1.0 three-cylinder — KAPPA · petrol · 48–49 kW (64–66 hp) · 95 Nm (70 lb-ft)
    • 1.2 Kappa — petrol · 64 kW (86 hp) · 121 Nm (89 lb-ft)
    • 1.0 LPG — KAPPA · LPG bi-fuel · 50–51 kW (67–68 hp)
    • 1.1 — diesel
    Transmissions
    5-speed manual · 4-speed automatic
    Drivetrain
    Front-wheel drive
  • AC3 2019–present

    The current car, gaining a turbocharged N Line — the first i10 with boost, and the first with boost-related codes to consider.

    Body styles
    Hatchback
    Platform
    Hyundai K1
    Engines
    • 1.0 three-cylinder — KAPPA · petrol · 49 kW (66 hp) · 96 Nm (71 lb-ft)
    • 1.2 Kappa — petrol · 61–64 kW (82–86 hp)
    • 1.0 turbo GDi three-cylinder N Line — petrol · 172 Nm (127 lb-ft)
    • 1.2 — diesel
    Transmissions
    5-speed manual · 5-speed automated manual · 5-speed AMT · 4-speed automatic
    Drivetrain
    Front-wheel drive

Service information

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