Severe Service Defined

MAINTENANCE INTERVALS

Service Requirements
To ensure that you receive the greatest number of miles of satisfying operation from your Hyundai, certain maintenance procedures must be performed. Although careful design and engineering have reduced these to a minimum, those that are required are of the utmost importance.
It is your responsibility to have these maintenance procedures performed to comply with the terms of the warranties covering your new Hyundai.

SEVERE DRIVING CONDITIONS
The term "Severe Service" is defined as operating the vehicle under any of the following conditions:
- Repeated short distance driving
- Driving in dusty and or rough roads
- Driving in sandy areas
- Driving in mountainous areas
- Extensive idling
- Driving in areas using salt or other corrosive materials or in very cold weather
- More than 50% driving in heavy city traffic during hot weather above 90 degrees fahrenheit
- Towing a trailer

Notes on "Severe Service"

Some vehicle manufacturers provide separate maintenance procedures for vehicles operated under Severe or Special circumstances. Other manufacturers provide recommendations for service at more frequent intervals for vehicles operated under severe conditions. For any vehicle operated under severe conditions, as defined by the vehicles manufacturer, always check the regular maintenance schedule for procedures that may not appear at the similar interval under severe service.

Example:

Manufacturer recommends tire rotation at 10,000 mile intervals under regular maintenance.
There is no tire rotation recommendation shown in the severe service schedule, which has 3,000 mile intervals.

At a minimum, recommend rotation at 9,000 and 18,000 mile intervals etc., or as close to the regular schedule as possible. Depending on vehicle usage and obvious tire wear, this recommendation should be increased as necessary.