Thanks HT...While I'm a little miffed about the replacement battery
situation (my original died after 13 months, the replacement after 12 2/3
months, and Hyundai wouldn't cover the replacement), on the whole you're
right. It's been a good warranty, and I've been happy with my dealer,
Glendale Hyundai. They've been having a promo for awhile for "buy one, get
one free" oil changes. Looking at my records it looks like in the 2+ years
of ownership, I've paid about $150 for all the oil changes (8 I believe and
I think they threw in the first oil change for fee) and the battery
replacement which was about $60.
-B

"hyundaitech" <howitsac@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Those items -are- covered by the 5/60 new vehicle bumper to bumper
> warranty. Should you have a problem with these items after the new
> vehicle warranty expires, your HPP extended warranty (after 5/60 and up to
> 10/100) would not cover the lamp. I don't see an exclusion on the power
> steering line, so I would expect that would be covered by both the bumper
> to bumper and HPP warranties.
>
> The battery warranty is really weird. It works by time only. Up to two
> years, entirely free. Between 2 and 3 years, Hyundai pays labor and 25%
> of parts, customer pays 75% of parts. After 3 years, battery problems are
> the customer's responsibility.
>
> Since you partially purcased the replacement battery (which I'm betting
> will be much better than the original), you also have the time only parts
> warranty associated with that battery. I believe it's for for years and
> prorating starts after 1 year, but it's been so long since I've had to
> look this up, I'm not entirely sure about my memory.
>
> As long as we're on the subject of weird warranty quirks, the Hyundai
> radios are only covered for 3/36 and are not part of the new vehicle
> bumper to bumper or HPP warranties. This is the only area I can think of
> where the Hyundai warranty is a little bit of a rip. It's also set off a
> little by the bumper-to-bumper coverage of brake rotors and drums, which
> most manufacturers only cover for 1 year or 12k miles. All in all, I
> still think it's a phenomenal warranty.
>