Service for Kona

Mine is March 2019 and has blue, so I am completely confused. I did buy it used though.

 

Easiest way is to look at the pressure cap:-

 

My 2019 Kona was made 6/19 and has Blue coolant.

 

Plug marked A is your fluid level check and fill bolt, the bolt marked by the blue arrow is your drain bolt, toque specs are the same for both bolts. If your just checking fluid level you don't need to remove the bottom bolt. Don't forget to replace your bolt gaskets with new ones.

 

I always thought that they only changed coolant for 2020.

My coolant cap..

 

Definitely weird that some cars came with blue and others with Green Coolant.. Interestingly, you are in MD and I bought my car in MD.. Not sure why some Kona's have one coolant and others another type... Definitely weird... What does your maintenance schedule show for coolant replacement?? Mine shows 120k miles for first coolant flush..

 

Well, that pressure cap suggests ordinary coolant and 120K replacement! As far as I was aware the Low Conductive (blue) coolant wasn't introduced until the start of the 2020MY production.

 

Mine shows 120 k miles as well. Since I have less than 2,700 after more than 11 months, I may never get there!

 

While I don't remember what the cap looks like, my 2019 definitely had blue coolant. It really surprised me, as one would normally think of blue fluid as windshield fluid.

 

That's why I'm surprised that people with 2019's have it..

 

The pressure cap is a good indicator of what the car was filled with when built!

John.

 

Easy tell is that on the low conductive fluid reservoir container you can't simply twist off the pressure cap, you need tools to pop it off.

 

I thought it had said March 2019, but my car is May 2019.....I just cropped off the VIN information.


But it has Blue Coolant with the cap to match.......


And even on Hyundai's Maintenance Schedule tool, it doesn't show changing the coolant until 120,000 miles......

 

Your car probably experienced in production change, supports my suspicion Hyundai made these sudden changes to mitigate fire risk. I would clarify with your dealer about the coolant service interval clearly the 2019 manual does not reflect the change.

 

If the coolant has something to do with the fire risk, why haven't they recalled all Konas to convert to the blue coolant??

 

I am basing the interval off of Hyundai's tool at:
https://www.hyundaiusa.com/us/en/maintenance-schedule

But ultimately, my maintenance is included for 10 years/100,000 miles due to the dealer I purchased it from, so if it is the shorter intervals, they will end up having to do at least the first two changes at no cost to me. But I really hope it isn't, as after that I don't want to replace every 40,000 miles.

 

Very good question indeed! Honestly there is no other reason for the low conductivity coolant.

 

I looked at it and I believe that I found it.. The drain plug has a blue line on it.. Disregard. It's the drain plug...

 

I was told come back at 12K Can't imagine tires need to be rotated every 5K I used to do mine during summer winter change over . Remember their service revenue has diminished with an EV

 

My recall will get done this Friday. I want to do my service at the same time, my car has 35k km but the price is 170$ CAD and for only checks it sounds expensive.
It's that the normal price? I live in Montreal, Canada