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Doohickie -> RE: Service and warranty (10/15/2007 12:17:01 PM)
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Your owners manual lists what maintenance items are required. You do have to maintain the car to keep the warranty intact, but you do not have to have it done at the dealer.
My suggestion is to call or check the websites of all the dealers near you to see who runs the best prices for services. Another suggestion is to take your owners manual in with you when you get the car serviced, especially at 30,000, 60,000 and 90,000 miles. Go through their "recommended maintenance" and cross out anything that is not explicitly called out in the manual, then have them quote you on that. I saved $100 on my 30k maintenance by do that, because things like "emssions system service" and "fuel injector cleaning" are *NOT* required by the owners manual.
It's a good idea to know what it is you need before you go to the dealer, so look your manual over before you go. I'm trying to teach my wife to not just blindly get the service the dealer recommends because it costs a lot of extra money, for no tangible benefit.
Make sure that wherever you go, you get the service done properly. For example, when I aked Sears about getting an automatic transmission fluid flush, they said they use a "universal" synthetic AT fluid. To keep your transmission warranty intact, though, you MUST use SP-III AT fluid, which is genrally only used on Hyundais, Kias and Mitsubishis. If you let them sell you the universal stuff and your tranny lets go, Hyundai will not pay for a warranty repair.
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