Service for Kona

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cmwade77 said:
Mine is March 2019 and has blue, so I am completely confused. I did buy it used though.
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Easiest way is to look at the pressure cap:-

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BlueKonaEV said:
That's probably because it's not specifically made for electric vehicles.. I believe that the earlier Konas with the green coolant use the same coolant as used with internal combustion engine motors.. So, the coolant likely is an engine coolant but that's what I believe that they used in the Kona Electric.
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My 2019 Kona was made 6/19 and has Blue coolant.
 
BlueKonaEV said:
Just realized that I passed 37500 miles on my 2019 and Gear Reduction Fluid check is due.. Does anyone know how to check gear reduction fluid?? I searched youtube but didn't find any indication how to check it..
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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.
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Ronny said:
My 2019 Kona was made 6/19 and has Blue coolant.
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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..
 
BlueKonaEV said:
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..
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Mine shows 120 k miles as well. Since I have less than 2,700 after more than 11 months, I may never get there!
 
Anaglypta said:
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.
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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.
 
Anaglypta said:
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.
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That's why I'm surprised that people with 2019's have it..
 
ericy said:
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.
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The pressure cap is a good indicator of what the car was filled with when built!

John.
 
ericy said:
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.
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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.
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But it has Blue Coolant with the cap to match.......
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And even on Hyundai's Maintenance Schedule tool, it doesn't show changing the coolant until 120,000 miles......
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cmwade77 said:
I thought it had said March 2019, but my car is May 2019.....I just cropped off the VIN information.
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But it has Blue Coolant with the cap to match.......
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And even on Hyundai's Maintenance Schedule tool, it doesn't show changing the coolant until 120,000 miles......
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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.
 
apu said:
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.
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If the coolant has something to do with the fire risk, why haven't they recalled all Konas to convert to the blue coolant??
 
apu said:
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.
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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.
 
BlueKonaEV said:
If the coolant has something to do with the fire risk, why haven't they recalled all Konas to convert to the blue coolant??
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Very good question indeed! Honestly there is no other reason for the low conductivity coolant.
 
apu said:
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.
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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...
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BlueKonaEV said:
View attachment 7528 5k service is just tire rotation.. You can do this yourself. Only thing requiring changing before 120k miles is Cabin Air Filter every 15k miles. All other maintenance items are "check" items only like brakes, fluids, suspension parts. I do that myself. I'll probably even flush the coolant at 120k mile myself.. Not going to pay the dealer $200 for something that I can do myself..
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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
 
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