More likely, Brian, the dealer chose to ask about your timing belt. I've
never seen a Hyundai rep ask about an immaterial item to the failure in
question. I suspect the dealer knew they could get the tranny covered for
you and used this as leverage to get you to do the timing belt.

 

hyundaitech wrote:
> More likely, Brian, the dealer chose to ask about your timing belt. I've
> never seen a Hyundai rep ask about an immaterial item to the failure in
> question. I suspect the dealer knew they could get the tranny covered for
> you and used this as leverage to get you to do the timing belt.

The local dealer was never involved in the transaction. I spoke directly
with Hyundai after having the problem diagnosed by a reputable local
AAMCO dealer, who I had dealt with before on another vehicle. Hyundai
even agreed to let them do the work. BTW, the rebuild (new bearings)
lasted over 100K miles compared to the original 64K. Come to think of
it, so did the timing belt.

 

hyundaitech wrote:
> More likely, Brian, the dealer chose to ask about your timing belt. I've
> never seen a Hyundai rep ask about an immaterial item to the failure in
> question. I suspect the dealer knew they could get the tranny covered for
> you and used this as leverage to get you to do the timing belt.

The local dealer was never involved in the transaction. I spoke directly
with Hyundai after having the problem diagnosed by a reputable local
AAMCO dealer, who I had dealt with before on another vehicle. Hyundai
even agreed to let them do the work. BTW, the rebuild (new bearings)
lasted over 100K miles compared to the original 64K. Come to think of
it, so did the timing belt.

 

hyundaitech wrote:
> More likely, Brian, the dealer chose to ask about your timing belt. I've
> never seen a Hyundai rep ask about an immaterial item to the failure in
> question. I suspect the dealer knew they could get the tranny covered for
> you and used this as leverage to get you to do the timing belt.

The local dealer was never involved in the transaction. I spoke directly
with Hyundai after having the problem diagnosed by a reputable local
AAMCO dealer, who I had dealt with before on another vehicle. Hyundai
even agreed to let them do the work. BTW, the rebuild (new bearings)
lasted over 100K miles compared to the original 64K. Come to think of
it, so did the timing belt.

 

tjnamtiw wrote:

> Hi Matt,
>
> For some reason, my answer got lost in the ether.. I have a 2006 4 cyl. I
> paid for the rear parking brake adjustment, which is a drum, as you said. I
> don't know if they adjust the cable or the shoes. Do you see that
> requirement for your car when you log into hyundaiusa.com? I sure didn't.
> Curious.

I haven't checked hyundaiusa.com, but I believe it is in the maintenance
section of my owner's manual, but it has been 6 months since I read it,
so I'm not 100% sure of that. However, most drum brakes need adjustment
unless they are self-adjusting, which is not likely with a parking brake.


Matt

 

tjnamtiw wrote:

> Hi Matt,
>
> For some reason, my answer got lost in the ether.. I have a 2006 4 cyl. I
> paid for the rear parking brake adjustment, which is a drum, as you said. I
> don't know if they adjust the cable or the shoes. Do you see that
> requirement for your car when you log into hyundaiusa.com? I sure didn't.
> Curious.

I haven't checked hyundaiusa.com, but I believe it is in the maintenance
section of my owner's manual, but it has been 6 months since I read it,
so I'm not 100% sure of that. However, most drum brakes need adjustment
unless they are self-adjusting, which is not likely with a parking brake.


Matt

 

tjnamtiw wrote:

> Hi Matt,
>
> For some reason, my answer got lost in the ether.. I have a 2006 4 cyl. I
> paid for the rear parking brake adjustment, which is a drum, as you said. I
> don't know if they adjust the cable or the shoes. Do you see that
> requirement for your car when you log into hyundaiusa.com? I sure didn't.
> Curious.

I haven't checked hyundaiusa.com, but I believe it is in the maintenance
section of my owner's manual, but it has been 6 months since I read it,
so I'm not 100% sure of that. However, most drum brakes need adjustment
unless they are self-adjusting, which is not likely with a parking brake.


Matt

 

Yea, I think it is in the manual, but it's not on the hyundai site. I guess
they just haven't got it programmed in correctly. My parking brake worked
very well after just 6000 miles so they probably did nothing except check to
see that it worked and charged me..... Oh well.


"Matt Whiting" <whiting@epix.net> wrote in message
news:8Zqag.8868$lb.800405@news1.epix.net...
> tjnamtiw wrote:
>
>> Hi Matt,
>>
>> For some reason, my answer got lost in the ether.. I have a 2006 4 cyl.
>> I paid for the rear parking brake adjustment, which is a drum, as you
>> said. I don't know if they adjust the cable or the shoes. Do you see
>> that requirement for your car when you log into hyundaiusa.com? I sure
>> didn't. Curious.
>
> I haven't checked hyundaiusa.com, but I believe it is in the maintenance
> section of my owner's manual, but it has been 6 months since I read it, so
> I'm not 100% sure of that. However, most drum brakes need adjustment
> unless they are self-adjusting, which is not likely with a parking brake.
>
>
> Matt

 

Yea, I think it is in the manual, but it's not on the hyundai site. I guess
they just haven't got it programmed in correctly. My parking brake worked
very well after just 6000 miles so they probably did nothing except check to
see that it worked and charged me..... Oh well.


"Matt Whiting" <whiting@epix.net> wrote in message
news:8Zqag.8868$lb.800405@news1.epix.net...
> tjnamtiw wrote:
>
>> Hi Matt,
>>
>> For some reason, my answer got lost in the ether.. I have a 2006 4 cyl.
>> I paid for the rear parking brake adjustment, which is a drum, as you
>> said. I don't know if they adjust the cable or the shoes. Do you see
>> that requirement for your car when you log into hyundaiusa.com? I sure
>> didn't. Curious.
>
> I haven't checked hyundaiusa.com, but I believe it is in the maintenance
> section of my owner's manual, but it has been 6 months since I read it, so
> I'm not 100% sure of that. However, most drum brakes need adjustment
> unless they are self-adjusting, which is not likely with a parking brake.
>
>
> Matt

 

Yea, I think it is in the manual, but it's not on the hyundai site. I guess
they just haven't got it programmed in correctly. My parking brake worked
very well after just 6000 miles so they probably did nothing except check to
see that it worked and charged me..... Oh well.


"Matt Whiting" <whiting@epix.net> wrote in message
news:8Zqag.8868$lb.800405@news1.epix.net...
> tjnamtiw wrote:
>
>> Hi Matt,
>>
>> For some reason, my answer got lost in the ether.. I have a 2006 4 cyl.
>> I paid for the rear parking brake adjustment, which is a drum, as you
>> said. I don't know if they adjust the cable or the shoes. Do you see
>> that requirement for your car when you log into hyundaiusa.com? I sure
>> didn't. Curious.
>
> I haven't checked hyundaiusa.com, but I believe it is in the maintenance
> section of my owner's manual, but it has been 6 months since I read it, so
> I'm not 100% sure of that. However, most drum brakes need adjustment
> unless they are self-adjusting, which is not likely with a parking brake.
>
>
> Matt

 

Tom wrote:

> Yea, I think it is in the manual, but it's not on the hyundai site. I guess
> they just haven't got it programmed in correctly. My parking brake worked
> very well after just 6000 miles so they probably did nothing except check to
> see that it worked and charged me..... Oh well.

That may well be. Mine isn't as powerful as I'd like, but it is enough
to hold the car when parked. I used it a few times to stop from 30 MPH
or so to get the shoes seated well, and it took a long time to stop.
So, I'd say it really is more of a parking brake than an emergency
break! Mine may need adjustment, but I haven't had time to look at it
yet and it isn't bad enough to worry about.


Matt

 

Tom wrote:

> Yea, I think it is in the manual, but it's not on the hyundai site. I guess
> they just haven't got it programmed in correctly. My parking brake worked
> very well after just 6000 miles so they probably did nothing except check to
> see that it worked and charged me..... Oh well.

That may well be. Mine isn't as powerful as I'd like, but it is enough
to hold the car when parked. I used it a few times to stop from 30 MPH
or so to get the shoes seated well, and it took a long time to stop.
So, I'd say it really is more of a parking brake than an emergency
break! Mine may need adjustment, but I haven't had time to look at it
yet and it isn't bad enough to worry about.


Matt

 

Tom wrote:

> Yea, I think it is in the manual, but it's not on the hyundai site. I guess
> they just haven't got it programmed in correctly. My parking brake worked
> very well after just 6000 miles so they probably did nothing except check to
> see that it worked and charged me..... Oh well.

That may well be. Mine isn't as powerful as I'd like, but it is enough
to hold the car when parked. I used it a few times to stop from 30 MPH
or so to get the shoes seated well, and it took a long time to stop.
So, I'd say it really is more of a parking brake than an emergency
break! Mine may need adjustment, but I haven't had time to look at it
yet and it isn't bad enough to worry about.


Matt