Knightshade
Well-Known Member
In the case of your second sentence, however, the full story is somewhat worse than the truth as you write. That is, for some time now automakers - assuredly in cahoots with dealers - have written their auto manuals in such a fashion as to make it seem as though what @Artful Dodger is the truth. In other words, they're dissembling; they're tergiversating. And there is a special place in Hell for those.
I expect it's certainly possible there's SOME legacy car manuals written as you suggest- but that does not appear to be the case here.
Having not had to read a legacy car manual for some years now I was curious how accurate this was, so I checked.
Specifically I looked at the Ioniq electric manual since that was the car mentioned.
The only mention of warranty as relates to maintenance is this:
Page 7-4 Ioniq EV manual said:Improper owner maintenance during the warranty period may affect warranty coverage.
For details, read the separate Service Passport provided with the vehicle. If you're unsure about any service or maintenance procedure, have it done by an authorized HYUNDAI dealer.
So it's only suggesting a dealer if you're unsure how to do it otherwise.
Checking that other document, the service passport, it simply says you must do the scheduled maintenance and stamp the history coupons in the book by someone qualified to do the work OR your dealer and that you must keep records of the work.
The only time it says ANYTHING about requiring a dealer to do work is, specifically, work covered by the warranty. Which AFAIK standard for everyone- Tesla included.
I think there's any number of issues with the legacy/dealer model... but "they force you to pay them for maintenance or they void your warranty" is flat out not one of them- nor would doing so even be legal (in the US anyway- and I'd be surprised if consumer protections aren't as robust in at least the EU and Canada--- dunno about AP region)
Anyway, thinking maybe further posts on this (if any are needed) best fit would here?
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