oil replacement Hyundai Accent 2007 Owner's Manual

5VEHICLE MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS
2MAINTENANCE INTERVALS
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Specified Scheduled Procedures
These are the procedures such as
inspections, adjustments and replace- ments that are listed in the mainte-nance charts starting on page 5-4. These procedures must be performed at the intervals shown in the mainte-nance schedule to assure that your warranty remains in effect. Although it is strongly recommended that they beperformed by the factory-trained or distributor-trained technicians at your Hyundai dealer, these procedures maybe performed at any qualified service facility. F010D01A-GAT
General Checks
These are the regular checks you should perform when you drive your Hyundai or you fill the fuel tank. A list of these items will be found on page6-5.
F010A01A-GAT Service Requirements To assure that you receive the great- est number of kilometers of satisfying operation from your Hyundai, certain maintenance procedures must beperformed. Although careful design and engineering have reduced these to a minimum, those that are requiredare of the utmost importance.It is your responsibility to have thesemaintenance procedures performed to comply with the terms of the war- ranties covering your new Hyundai.The Service Passport supplied with your new vehicle provides further in- formation about these warranties.
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Maintenance Requirements
The maintenance required for your
Hyundai can be divided into three main areas:
o Specified scheduled procedures
o General checks
o Do-it-yourself maintenance It is suggested that genuine Hyundai
service parts be used for any requiredrepairs or replacements. Other parts of equivalent quality such as engine oil, engine coolant, manual or autotransaxle oil, brake fluid and so on which are not supplied by Hyundai Motor Company or its distributor maybe used without affecting your war- ranty coverage but you should always be sure these are equivalent to thequality of the original Hyundai parts. Your Service Passport provides fur- ther information about your warrantycoverage.

Engine Compartment .................................................... 6-2
General Checks ........................................................... 6-5
Maintenance Precautions ............................................. 6-6
Checking the Engine Oil ............................................... 6-6
Checking and Changing the Engine Coolant ...............6-10
Changing the Air Cleaner Filte r ....................................6-12
Checking the Transaxle Oil (Manual ) ..........................6-14
Checking the Transaxle Fluid (Automatic)..................6-15
Checking the B rakes ................................................... 6-17
Checking the Clutch Fluid ............................................ 6-18
Air Conditioning Care ................................................... 6-18
Changing the Climate Control Air Filter........................ 6-19
Checking and Replacing Fuses .................................. 6-20
Checking the Battery ................................................... 6-22
Power Steering Fluid Level .......................................... 6-24
Removal of Water from the Fuel Filter .........................6-25
Headlight Aiming Adjustment ....................................... 6-26
Replacement of Light Bulbs ......................................... 6-27
Bulb Wattage ............................................................... 6-34
Fuse Panel Description ............................................... 6-35
DO-IT-YOURSELF MAINTENANCE
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CAUTION:
o Operating your vehicle without a proper air filter in place can result in excessive engine wear.
o When removing the air cleaner filter, be careful that dust or dirtdoes not enter the air intake. Thesemay result in damage to the air cleaner filter.
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CHANGING THE AIR CLEANER FILTER
G070A03Y-AAT The replacement of air cleaner filter is performed in the following manner.
1. Unsnap the clips around the cover.
2. When this is done, the cover can be
lifted off, the old filter removed and the new filter put in its place.
Genuine Hyundai replacement parts arerecommended.
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WINDSHIELD WIPER BLADES
G080A02A-AAT The wiper blades should be carefully inspected from time to time and cleaned to remove accumulations of road film or other debris. To clean the wiper bladesand arms, use a clean sponge or cloth with a mild soap or detergent and water. If the wipers continue to streak or smearthe glass, replace them with Genuine Hyundai Replacement parts or their equivalent.
CAUTION:
o Do not operate the wipers on dry glass. This can result in morerapid wear of the wiper bladesand may scratch the glass.
o Keep the blade rubber out of con-
tact with petroleum products suchas engine oil, gasoline, etc.
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6 DO-IT-YOURSELF MAINTENANCE
26HEADLIGHT AIMING ADJUSTMENT
5. Open the hood.
6. Draw the vertical line (through the
center of each headlight beam pat-tern) and the horizontal line (throughthe center of each headlight beam pattern) on the aiming screen. And then, draw a horizontal parallel line at 30 mm (1.18 in.) under the horizontal line.
7. Adjust each cut-off line of the low beam to the parallel line with a phillipsscrewdriver - VERTICAL AIMING.
8. Adjust each cut-off line of the low
beam to each vertical line with aphillips screwdriver - HORIZONTAL AIMING. Horizontal aiming
Vertical aiming
If the vehicle has had front body repair and the headlight assembly has beenreplaced, an headlight aiming should be checked using an aiming screen as shown in the illustration. Turn on theheadlight switch. (Low Beam Position)
1. Adjust headlights so that main axisof light is parallel to center line of the body and is aligned with point "P" shown in the illustration.
2. Dotted lines in the illustration show the center of headlights.
G290B01MC-GAT Adjustment After Headlight As- sembly Replacement
G290A03A-GAT Before performing aiming adjustment, make sure of the following.
1. Keep all tires inflated to the correct
pressure.
2. Place the vehicle on level ground
and press the front bumper and rear bumper down several times. Place the vehicle at a distance of 3,000 mm (118 in.) from the test wall.
3. See that the vehicle is unloaded (except for full levels of coolant,engine oil and fuel, and spare tire,jack, and tools). Have the driver or equivalent weight placed in driver's seat.
4. Clean the head lights lenses and turn on the headlight (low beam). G290B01B
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H
H Cut-off line
Ground line
"P"
Horizontal line
Vertical line30 mm
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DO-IT-YOURSELF MAINTENANCE
27REPLACEMENT OF LIGHT BULBS
SPECIFICATIONS: "H" Horizontal center line of headlights from ground.: 665 mm (26.18 in.) "W" Distance between each headlight center. : 1,170 mm (46.06 in.) "L" Distance between the headlightsand the wall that the lights are tested against. : 3,000 mm (118.11 in.). G260A01MC-AAT Before attempting to replace a light bulb, be sure the switch is turned to the "OFF" position.The next paragraph shows how to reach the light bulbs so they may be changed. Be sure to replace the burned-out bulbwith one of the same number and watt- age rating. See page 6-34 for the wattage descrip-tions.
CAUTION:
o Keep the lamps out of contact with petroleum products, such as oil,gasoline, etc.
o If you don't have necessary tools,
the correct bulbs and the exper-tise, consult your authorized Hyundai dealer.
! G270A03MC-GAT Headlight, Front Turn Signal Light and Front Fog Light
CAUTION:
o The headlight aiming should be checked by an authorized Hyundai dealer after replacing the head- light bulbs.
o After heavy, driving rain or wash- ing, headlight and taillight lenses could appear frosty. This condi-tion is caused by the temperaturedifference between the lamp in-side and outside.
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Turn signal light
Headlight Fog light

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INDEX
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Rear Seat .................................................................. 1-18
Folding rear seatbacks ........................................... 1-19
Rear Window Defroster Switch .................................. 1-77
S Seats ......................................................................... 1-14
Front seat ............................................................... 1-15
Rear seat ................................................................ 1-18
Rear seat entry ....................................................... 1-18
Seat warmer ........................................................... 1-17
Seat Belts 2-Point type ............................................................ 1-29
3-Point system ....................................................... 1-27
Adjustabl e height .................................................... 1-26
Adjusting your seat belt ................................. 1-28, 1-29
Care of seat belts ................................................... 1-25
Precautions ............................................................. 1-24
Pre-tensioner seat belt ........................................... 1-40
Spectacle Ca se ......................................................... 1-85
Speedometer ............................................................. 1-67
Starting ........................................................................ 2-5
Steering Wheel Tilt Lever .......................................... 1-98
Stereo Sound System ............................................. 1-116
Sun Visor ................................................................... 1-96
Sunroof ...................................................................... 1-81
Sunshade ................................................................... 1-81T Tachometer
................................................................ 1-67
Theft-Alarm system ..................................................... 1-9
Tires Balancing .................................................................. 8-6
Chains ...................................................................... 8-5
If you have a flat tire ................................................ 3-6
Information ................................................................ 8-3
Pressure ................................................................... 8-3
Replacement ............................................................. 8-6
Rotation .................................................................... 8-5
Snow tires ................................................................ 8-4
Spare tire .................................................................. 3-5
Traction ..................................................................... 8-6
Towing
A trailer (or vehicle) ................................................ 2-23
Emergency ............................................................. 3-14
If your vehicle must be towed ................................ 3-13
Trailer or Vehicle towing ............................................ 2-23
Transaxle Automatic ................................................................. 2-9
Automatic transaxle fluid checking ......................... 6-15
Manual ...................................................................... 2-7
Manual transaxle oil checking ................................ 6-14
Trip Computer ............................................................ 1-69
Trip Odometer ............................................................ 1-68
Trunk Lid/Tail gate ..................................................... 1-94