The dealer who sold me my 2009 Elantra wants to charge me $1100.00 for a 60K mile tuneup, which will include replacing the air cleaner filter, auto-transm. fluid, air filter, coolant, oil (which I just did), spark plugs, and timing belt, plus tire rotation. Sounds very high to me. Any opinions?

 

That's way too much. I paid $781.46 for the 60K service on my V6 Tucson at my Hyundai dealer. That included the timing belt replacement, trans fluid change, oil change, brake fluid change, power steering fluid change and coolant change.

If you just changed the oil, tell them to not do the old change and take that off the bill.

 

As I thought. Helpful feedback, thanks, Nova.

 

Go by the Hyundai maint. list in the book, not the Dealers list.

I learned late, the difference between the Manufacturer's requirements and the Dealership(crazy warranty requirements add-ons). The "real" warranty might be a simeple oil change while the Dealer "listed recommendations" is about $500 extra stuff...like checking the door handles, or checking the windshield...lol.

I have heard doing the water pump and the timing belt at the same time around 60K, but who knows..supposedly this saves some labor.

Break it down into separate pieces and call around, then get it done as needed. A lot of it you can do yourself with help from the internet.

I saved $350 just from going from one Hyundai delaership to another on a Timing belt!

 

I had my local mechanic do it and he came in way under the dealer's estimate, in part because he said it was too early for a new timing belt. But even disregarding that he was about $300 less. Thanks for the input.

 

60,000 is NOT too early for the timing belt to be replaced. If the mechanic told you that, then he probably is not that informed about Hyundai products. I would suggest finding another mechanic.