120,000 mile service

Hi all -

Just took my 02 Hyundai Elantra GT in for 120,000 mile service. Took
it to a highly-regarded shop here in Austin (NOT the dealer). Knew the
price would be high since 120,000 is a major service interval. Also
driving this car 500 miles a week starting mid-August and need it to
last as long as possible.

The shop followed the Hyundai manual list, and replaced the following:

Timing belt
Water pump
Plugs
Wires
Coils

All this ended up costing me $1250 ($550 parts, $700 labor and taxes)

Seem high? Need to know whether or not to take my other car there for
its 60,000 mile service.

thanks -

MM

 

Seems about right for that sort of service.
My 60K on a 2001 Elantra was about $400 earlier this
year, just the timing belt was replaced and a mini tune up.

 

thanks. always hate to spend huge $$$ on a car but I need this one to
last (and I still love it, so there's that). Glad to hear it's not far
out of the ballpark.

m

 

I'm astonished, I'd have expected a complete rebuild form the ground up
at this mileage for a Korean car.

 

Hyundai has improved considerably since 1988. Back then you'd be welding
sheet metal panels to fill the holes too.

 

The prices tossed around here for a timing belt is $350 to $450. The water
pump at the same time adds $80 to $100. Let's take the high side and figure
$550 total. That means plugs, wires, coils, cost $650 to replace. That
seems awfully high to me but check out the cost of parts. A set of wires is
probably $45, plugs about the same.

 

Just back from the shop. Some prices were higher than you posted, Ed,
while some were lower.

High-dollar items were as suspected. Timing belt was $104. Wires were
$86. Water pump was $170.

Low dollar stuff was belts, gaskets, seals. Various rib belts came in
at $12-$14, total on those belts about $42.

Total parts cost was $555. $360 of that was just the timing belt, wire
set, and water pump.

Labor was $634. Besides the fun job of replacing the timing belt and
water pump, I had them do a valve check since I heard some whirring -
sticky lifters. No issues with the cams which is good but of course
once you pull that part of the engine apart, it adds $$$ to put back
together.

Actually I am not upset. These guys are really very good and
honorable. The prices quoted, while higher than they were back in my
former home (Kansas) are in line with what I found.

I guess it's just something I needed to do, just wish I were more
mechanically inclined (and had the time) to get in there and muck
around myself. But my uncle the mechanic says don't mess with timing
belrs - a bad job on an interference engine will end up making you
wish you had taken it in to a shop the first time around. He's got a
sign, and I'm sure every mechanic has this one:

Labor

$50/hour
$60/hour if you watch
$70/hour if you already worked on it yourself



thanks for the input -

MM

 

Price seemed reasonable for the work that was done. Water pump,
wires, and coil are not per manual, but the water pump and wires are
probably a good idea at this point if they've used quality parts. Not
sure about why they'd replace the coil. Failures are few and it's not
a scheduled maintenance item. If you keep driving with a misfire it
can cost you big, but if you stop driving after a coil failure, it's a
simple matter to replace it.