Korean_Redneck

SHould I trust a non Hyundai Mechanic?

mb1604

i had mine changed at little mom and pop auto seller that sold the car to me. after 25k had no problems with it

HyundaiKitCoupe

had my belt changed by a personal mechanic. get 'er done by someone close. hyundai mechanics aren't that good at all. all they do is take more money for the same job.

'treezy

to but it lightly...

yes.
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Dmitry

Yes I changed timing belt not at the dealer.

It's not that hard to change timing belt, there are no special tools needed.

DTN

I had mine done at the dealer, but only because I was having a warranty water pump replacement. Otherwise, the dealer costs entirely too much money.

SOCKS_old

its not a really hard thing to do, so any shop should be able to do it. if you want help with it, maybe we can meet up and ill try and help ya out with the timing belt change, we culd make a video lmao.gif

Beachdrifter

I had mine done at 55k along with all my drive belts. I had a trusted family mechanic do it. I don't know how good the dealers are, but it's my understanding that dealers are usually the most expensive.

--Randy

funkypc

I changed mine myself. Took a lot of time, but there really isnt that much that you can screw up - unless you are off by a cog or something, but any shop should be able to figure that out.

daafisch

Me and my dad changed mine, nothing wrong with it so far.

But to give you an idea of some dealer mechanics. My mom brought in her honda pilot for a AC leak which me and my dad foudn in about 20 minutes called up honda and they said it was covered under warrenty. We brought it down there and they guy coulding find the leak and was going to charge us $195 for freon, so my dad told them where it was and he was surprised to see that the leak was there. Moral of the story is some mechanics don't care evnough and just want to get the job done as fast as possible