Have you had a quote for £200+?

Worth asking for a price, and maybe phoning a HEVRA garage for a quote. It can consider things not necessary for the MoT.

 

Hyundai quoted £219 for a major service, haven't looked around too much yet but that did seem a bit steep to me.

 

It is always worth maintaining your vehicle properly. I would find out what the service contains, maybe a cabin filter and brake fluid? Replace anything the service calls for yourself or using a specialist and keep the receipts, if you have a tight budget.

 

I'd look for a Hevra gge myself. Should be cheaper that a main dealer. Shouldn't be anything they can't do. They'll check for things like damage to tyres, gaiters, state of discs etc.

If it hasn't had a transmission fluid change, that's probably worth doing, even if it's not in the service schedule. There's zero filtation of that oil, just a rattly magnet that tries to catch the tiny wear particles. I got my dealer to do it as part of a regular service, cost me £100 extra. A Hevra gge would probably do it cheaper, and it's a diy job if you're happy mucking around underneath. See here: https://www.ioniqforum.com/threads/diy-reduction-gear-fluid-change-how-to-for-ioniq-ev-28-kwh.38147/
https://www.ioniqforum.com/threads/ioniq-28-reduction-gearbox-bearing-failure.46968/

 

I second the above comments, and you may not even need a HEVRA garage as filters, brake fluid and coolant are part of any garage's bread'n'butter.

 

My main worry was that a normal garage would charge for a service for a non EV and I wouldn't get as much value for money

From the comments, it does seem that a service is still worth it, even for older EV's with no need to service to keep the warranty.

 

What did you do last year when it was also out of warranty and what has changed?

 

I did nothing last year, but the numbers on the "days / miles since last service warning" keep going up and making me feel like I should eventually consider it.

And the dealer emailed me to remind me about it too this week.

Everything was fine on the MOT, and I hoped that a plus of an EV was little to no servicing needed.

 

If the MOT did not pick up on anything then I would suggest that a common sense regime would be an annual check on the brake pads / discs plus brake fluid quality (and expect to have to replace every 4-5 years ime), check on the pollen filter and replace as needed (probably best just to replace if you are paying someone else), plus a change of battery coolant as per manufacturer schedule, plus a transmission fluid change every 50k miles or so. The basic annual check on the brakes + replace pollen filter is going to take less than an hour. Maybe ask an independent for this rather than a "service" if you want to keep a tight control of cost.

 

Fwiw, I don’t bother to service my ampera and I do 20-25k/annum. I check the tyres myself and do oil and filter when required (every 2 yrs). Brake/rubber boot inspection when I do a summer/winter tyre swap.

 

If you're doing the oil and filter change yourself then it's cheap and worth doing much more frequently than every 40 or 50k miles imo