Vehicle Maintenance Requirements - Hyundai Matrix 2003 Owner's Manual

VEHICLE MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS

5. VEHICLE MAINTE-
NANCE REQUIRE-
MENTS
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MAINTENANCE INTERVALS
Service Requirements
To assure that you receive the greatest number
of kilometers of satisfying operation from your
Hyundai, certain maintenance procedures must
be performed. Although careful design and en-
gineering have reduced these to a minimum,
those that are required are of the utmost impor-
tance.
It is your responsibility to have these mainte-
nance procedures performed to comply with the
terms of the warranties covering your new
Hyundai. The Service Passport supplied with
your new vehicle provides further information
about these warranties.
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Maintenance Requirements
The maintenance required for your Hyundai can
be divided into three main areas:
o Specified scheduled procedures
o General checks
o Do-it-yourself maintenance
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Specified Scheduled Procedures
These are the procedures such as inspections,
adjustments and replacements that are listed in
the maintenance charts starting on page 5-2.
These procedures must be performed at the
intervals shown in the maintenance schedule to
assure that your warranty remains in effect.
Although it is strongly recommended that they
be performed by the factory-trained or distribu-
tor-trained technicians at your Hyundai dealer,
these procedures may be performed at any
qualified service facility.
It is suggested that genuine Hyundai service
parts be used for any required repairs or re-
placements. Other parts of equivalent quality
such as engine oil, engine coolant, manual or
auto transaxle oil, brake fluid and so on which
are not supplied by Hyundai Motor Company or
its distributor may be used without affecting
your warranty coverage but you should always
be sure these are equivalent to the quality of the
original Hyundai parts. Your Service Passport
provides further information about your warran-
ty coverage.
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General Checks
These are the regular checks you should per-
form when you drive your Hyundai or you fill the
fuel tank. A list of these items will be found on
page 6-4.
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Do-It-Yourself Maintenance
If you are mechanically inclined, own a few tools
that are required and want to take the time to do
so, you can inspect and service a number of
items. For more information about doing it your-
self, see Section 6.
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A Few Tips
o Whenever you have your Hyundai serviced,
keep copies of the service records in your
glovebox. This will help assure you can
document the required procedures being
performed to keep your warranties in effect.
This is especially important when service is
not performed by an authorized Hyundai
dealer.
o If you choose to do your own maintenance
and repairs, you may find it helpful to have
an official Hyundai Shop Manual. A copy of
this publication may be purchased at your
Hyundai dealer's parts department.
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SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE
REQUIREMENTS
Inspection should be performed any time a
malfunction is experienced or suspected. Re-
ceipts for all emission control system services
should be retained to demonstrate compliance
with conditions of the emissions system war-
ranty.
For severe usage maintenance requirements,
see page 5-5 of this section.
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