120,000 mile service
Hi all -
Just took my 02 Hyundai Elantra GT in for 120,000 mile service. Took it to a highly-regarded shop here in Austin (NOT the dealer). Knew the price would be high since 120,000 is a major service interval. Also driving this car 500 miles a week starting mid-August and need it to last as long as possible. The shop followed the Hyundai manual list, and replaced the following: Timing belt Water pump Plugs Wires Coils All this ended up costing me $1250 ($550 parts, $700 labor and taxes) Seem high? Need to know whether or not to take my other car there for its 60,000 mile service. thanks - MM |
Re: 120,000 mile service
On Tue, 4 Aug 2009 10:43:58 -0700 (PDT), mwmosser wrote:
> Hi all - > > Just took my 02 Hyundai Elantra GT in for 120,000 mile service. Took > it to a highly-regarded shop here in Austin (NOT the dealer). Knew the > price would be high since 120,000 is a major service interval. Also > driving this car 500 miles a week starting mid-August and need it to > last as long as possible. > > The shop followed the Hyundai manual list, and replaced the following: > > Timing belt > Water pump > Plugs > Wires > Coils > > All this ended up costing me $1250 ($550 parts, $700 labor and taxes) > > Seem high? Need to know whether or not to take my other car there for > its 60,000 mile service. > > thanks - > > MM Seems about right for that sort of service. My 60K on a 2001 Elantra was about $400 earlier this year, just the timing belt was replaced and a mini tune up. |
Re: 120,000 mile service
thanks. always hate to spend huge $$$ on a car but I need this one to
last (and I still love it, so there's that). Glad to hear it's not far out of the ballpark. m On Aug 4, 2:47 pm, Irwell <h...@yahoo.com> wrote: > On Tue, 4 Aug 2009 10:43:58 -0700 (PDT), mwmosser wrote: > > Hi all - > > > Just took my 02 Hyundai Elantra GT in for 120,000 mile service. Took > > it to a highly-regarded shop here in Austin (NOT the dealer). Knew the > > price would be high since 120,000 is a major service interval. Also > > driving this car 500 miles a week starting mid-August and need it to > > last as long as possible. > > > The shop followed the Hyundai manual list, and replaced the following: > > > Timing belt > > Water pump > > Plugs > > Wires > > Coils > > > All this ended up costing me $1250 ($550 parts, $700 labor and taxes) > > > Seem high? Need to know whether or not to take my other car there for > > its 60,000 mile service. > > > thanks - > > > MM > > Seems about right for that sort of service. > My 60K on a 2001 Elantra was about $400 earlier this > year, just the timing belt was replaced and a mini tune up. |
Re: 120,000 mile service
In message <6ghw5kryrh1q$.1ts4ruvm64vgc.dlg@40tude.net>, Irwell
<hook@yahoo.com> writes >On Tue, 4 Aug 2009 10:43:58 -0700 (PDT), mwmosser wrote: >> Hi all - >> Just took my 02 Hyundai Elantra GT in for 120,000 mile service. Took >> it to a highly-regarded shop here in Austin (NOT the dealer). Knew the >> price would be high since 120,000 is a major service interval. Also >> driving this car 500 miles a week starting mid-August and need it to >> last as long as possible. >> The shop followed the Hyundai manual list, and replaced the following: >> Timing belt >> Water pump >> Plugs >> Wires >> Coils >> All this ended up costing me $1250 ($550 parts, $700 labor and taxes) >> Seem high? Need to know whether or not to take my other car there for >> its 60,000 mile service. >> thanks - >> MM >Seems about right for that sort of service. >My 60K on a 2001 Elantra was about $400 earlier this >year, just the timing belt was replaced and a mini tune up. I'm astonished, I'd have expected a complete rebuild form the ground up at this mileage for a Korean car. -- Clive |
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"Clive" <Clive@yewbank.demon.co.uk> wrote in message > I'm astonished, I'd have expected a complete rebuild form the ground up at > this mileage for a Korean car. > -- > Clive Hyundai has improved considerably since 1988. Back then you'd be welding sheet metal panels to fill the holes too. |
Re: 120,000 mile service
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>> Just took my 02 Hyundai Elantra GT in for 120,000 mile service. Took >> it to a highly-regarded shop here in Austin (NOT the dealer). Knew the >> price would be high since 120,000 is a major service interval. Also >> driving this car 500 miles a week starting mid-August and need it to >> last as long as possible. >> >> The shop followed the Hyundai manual list, and replaced the following: >> >> Timing belt >> Water pump >> Plugs >> Wires >> Coils >> >> All this ended up costing me $1250 ($550 parts, $700 labor and taxes) >> >> Seem high? Need to know whether or not to take my other car there for >> its 60,000 mile service. The prices tossed around here for a timing belt is $350 to $450. The water pump at the same time adds $80 to $100. Let's take the high side and figure $550 total. That means plugs, wires, coils, cost $650 to replace. That seems awfully high to me but check out the cost of parts. A set of wires is probably $45, plugs about the same. |
Re: 120,000 mile service
Just back from the shop. Some prices were higher than you posted, Ed,
while some were lower. High-dollar items were as suspected. Timing belt was $104. Wires were $86. Water pump was $170. Low dollar stuff was belts, gaskets, seals. Various rib belts came in at $12-$14, total on those belts about $42. Total parts cost was $555. $360 of that was just the timing belt, wire set, and water pump. Labor was $634. Besides the fun job of replacing the timing belt and water pump, I had them do a valve check since I heard some whirring - sticky lifters. No issues with the cams which is good but of course once you pull that part of the engine apart, it adds $$$ to put back together. Actually I am not upset. These guys are really very good and honorable. The prices quoted, while higher than they were back in my former home (Kansas) are in line with what I found. I guess it's just something I needed to do, just wish I were more mechanically inclined (and had the time) to get in there and muck around myself. But my uncle the mechanic says don't mess with timing belrs - a bad job on an interference engine will end up making you wish you had taken it in to a shop the first time around. He's got a sign, and I'm sure every mechanic has this one: Labor $50/hour $60/hour if you watch $70/hour if you already worked on it yourself :) thanks for the input - MM On Aug 4, 4:01 pm, "Ed Pawlowski" <e...@snet.net> wrote: > >> Just took my 02 Hyundai Elantra GT in for 120,000 mile service. Took > >> it to a highly-regarded shop here in Austin (NOT the dealer). Knew the > >> price would be high since 120,000 is a major service interval. Also > >> driving this car 500 miles a week starting mid-August and need it to > >> last as long as possible. > > >> The shop followed the Hyundai manual list, and replaced the following: > > >> Timing belt > >> Water pump > >> Plugs > >> Wires > >> Coils > > >> All this ended up costing me $1250 ($550 parts, $700 labor and taxes) > > >> Seem high? Need to know whether or not to take my other car there for > >> its 60,000 mile service. > > The prices tossed around here for a timing belt is $350 to $450. The water > pump at the same time adds $80 to $100. Let's take the high side and figure > $550 total. That means plugs, wires, coils, cost $650 to replace. That > seems awfully high to me but check out the cost of parts. A set of wires is > probably $45, plugs about the same. |
Re: 120,000 mile service
On Aug 4, 1:43 pm, mwmosser <mwmos...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The shop followed the Hyundai manual list, and replaced the following: > > Timing belt > Water pump > Plugs > Wires > Coils Price seemed reasonable for the work that was done. Water pump, wires, and coil are not per manual, but the water pump and wires are probably a good idea at this point if they've used quality parts. Not sure about why they'd replace the coil. Failures are few and it's not a scheduled maintenance item. If you keep driving with a misfire it can cost you big, but if you stop driving after a coil failure, it's a simple matter to replace it. |
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