Hyundai has spent decades improving its vehicles – both quality and style. Today Hyundai hybrids provide car owners with modern cars designed with the latest technology. At Frank’s Auto Service we offer comprehensive Hyundai hybrid vehicle maintenance and repairs.
Hyundai offers a wide range of hybrid vehicles – from the compact Elantra hybrid which rivals Toyota Prius when it comes to mileage per gallon, to the stylish Sonata hybrid, a midsize sedan that still delivers around 51 miles per gallon, to the hybrid SUVs – Tucson, Santa Fe, and the Hyundai Palisade hybrid with its 500+ mile range.
Hybrid vehicles achieve these numbers by combining electric motors and gasoline engines. As all vehicles, they require regular service and maintenance to keep both gasoline and electric propulsion in working order. Our Walnut Creek auto care facility offers comprehensive hybrid services – this includes oil changes, spark plugs replacement, brake pad and rotor replacement, transmission repairs and check engine light diagnostics and repair that you would need with any gasoline-powered vehicle, as well as repairs specific to the hybrid vehicles, like the high voltage battery replacement.
Having said that, Hyundai lithium-ion batteries should last around 150,000 – 200, 000 miles, so the hybrid battery replacement is a once-in-a-decade affair. More likely hybrid-specific repairs are inverter and high-voltage electric water pump replacement, and the hybrid battery cooling fan issues – these fans need to be cleaned regularly or the motor may burn out requiring outright replacement (Toyota Prius vehicles suffer from a similar issue). We also recommend regular hybrid clutch actuator fluid flush to maintain seamless engagement and disengagement of the gasoline engine from the electric motor.
Frank’s Auto Service is a family owned and operated Walnut Creek auto repair facility that provides your Hyundai hybrid with services and repairs designed to restore it to full functionality. We offer Original Equipment quality parts, and all repairs performed by our technicians are backed by a nationwide 3 year / 36,000 mile warranty. So call us next time your Hyundai hybrids needs service or repairs – our nationally certified technicians are ready to help.