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focusrite
post Jan 19 2021, 06:57 PM

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Thinking about buying a used 15 or 16 elantra

I admit my understanding of korean cars from listening to those old uncles.

How true is the claim that hyundai cars are expensive to maintain? Are spare parts readily available? and are normal workshops able to work on them?
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post Jan 22 2021, 05:04 PM

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QUOTE(OzzyWaldy @ Jan 22 2021, 04:26 PM)
Normal service for oil change, I would say it's similar to Japanese car. Oil change for fully synthetic can be done RM100+
Personally I'm using Shell Helix Ultra, same as what service center is using. You can get it online or from Tesco during promotion.

For spare part wise, after market parts are readily available. Pricing are very similar to Japanese rivals.

If you plan to go for original OEM parts, you'll be surprised that Korea original parts are much cheaper than Japanese original parts.
Besides, I can tell you that there are a lot of "fake" Honda and Toyota parts out there with fake original packaging. Not so much for Korean cars, maybe the demand is not that high, so no one are counterfeiting Korean spare parts yet  tongue.gif
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Thanks for the info.

Are your run of the mill neighborhood workshop able to work on them or do they require specialist workshops or official service centers?


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post Jan 23 2021, 08:43 AM

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QUOTE(OzzyWaldy @ Jan 23 2021, 02:04 AM)
Any workshop should be fine. You can Google around for Korean car specialist as well if you like. Korean car are very similar in design as compared with Japanese and local cars. Front wheel drive, McPherson struts, engine layout etc.

I have changed my absorber and engine mounting. I bought online and took it to normal workshop to replace it. They did it just fine biggrin.gif
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Thats good to know

Thanks!

 

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