Toronto, Ontario — Hyundai is ending a popular vehicle maintenance program on vehicles with model year of 2026 or later.
This week, the South Korean auto manufacturer announced it will not offer the Hyundai complimentary maintenance program on new vehicles going forward.
Launched in 2020, the program provided Hyundai owners from the U.S. and Canada with complementary oil filter changes, tire rotations and multi-point inspections on vehicles that were less than three years old and had traveled less than 57,600 kilometres (36,000 miles).
According to a memo issued to its North American dealerships, the OEM is scrapping the program to reduce its costs. In lieu of the program, customers will be given the option of purchasing pre-paid maintenance packages offering similar benefits.
Customers will also still receive a 10-year, 160,000-kilometre (100,000-mile) powertrain warranty as well as five-year, 90,000 kilometre (60,000-mile) warranty.
The cost-saving measure comes days after Hyundai’s chief executive officer, José Muñoz, announced the company would keep its prices flat despite new tariffs announced on goods imported into the U.S.
“We know consumers are uncertain about the potential for rising prices and we want to provide them with some stability in the coming months," Muñoz said in a press release.
