Coolant change $750!

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Paul DeLeon

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My 2019 KONA electric has 67000 miles, so I brought it in for routine service to my dealer.
They estimated $750 to change coolant.
This seems excessive to me.
Anybody else face this?
 
Paul DeLeon said:
My 2019 KONA electric has 67000 miles, so I brought it in for routine service to my dealer.
They estimated $750 to change coolant.
This seems excessive to me.
Anybody else face this?
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That's a bargain from my experience! My local dealer last estimated $1500+! I have not had it done yet. I am going to reference this post next time I ask. Where was your dealer?
 
The dealer is Lua Hyundai in Hartford CT. USA
I called another Hyundai dealer. They quoted me $550 for the same service, but, when I tried to make an appointment, the service tech said there was NO requirement to change the coolant until 120K miles.
Lia also said I needed brake fluid change ($300) and a new battery ($265) but I wonder if these are authentic requirements.
 
Chris Alemany said:
That's a bargain from my experience! My local dealer last estimated $1500+! I have not had it done yet. I am going to reference this post next time I ask. Where was your dealer?
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Was the in vehicle service date prior to March 7,2019?
Prior to that, the regular coolant (green I believe) is being replaced with pink (much cheaper).
Not sure the in service date of @Paul DeLeon or if it is indeed the BSC1 blue (low conductivity type) it would be replaced with BSC2 type again material cost much higher.
Also if it is BSC1 type and it is the original, it may be replaced at N/C due to the gel problem that occurred...there is a TSB for that;)
 
The first dumb thing Hyundai did was to switch to the blue coolant before determining the root cause of the early battery fires. The second dumb thing was not changing back to the green coolant when they found out the actual cause was unrelated to coolant. And the third, having found that the blue BSC1 coolant crystallizes in the pipes, replacing it with BSC2 coolant that's the same colour.
 
Paul DeLeon said:
My 2019 KONA electric has 67000 miles, so I brought it in for routine service to my dealer.
They estimated $750 to change coolant.
This seems excessive to me.
Anybody else face this?
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Pretty much what I paid here in Australia! Also no brake fluid change or battery necessary.
 
My NZ dealer charged me $85 for a brake fluid change at the second year service as specified in the maintenance schedule.
I’d estimate it takes 30-45 minutes since they use a machine to supply fresh fluid under moderate pressure and then bleed off some at each corner. There are some other steps apparently to clear out this relatively complex system.
I checked it myself 3 years later and it appeared remarkably clean so simply refreshed the fluid in the reservoir and left it at that.
 
There are ways to check the moisture content but other than that I think you're pretty ok with that decision. My 2022 hasn't had a fluid replace/refresh yet.
 
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