Newbie here, wife getting her 2021 Kona (preferred) six months earlier than expected.

Some more basic questions after reading the whole owners manual:

• What is the safe/recommended/correct method to jack this vehicle? I do all my own maintenance such as brake caliper slider lubrication, seasonal tire swap, tire rotations, etc.
  
• Are spacers/pucks (such as one requires on a Tesla) recommended/required at each jack point?
• (Can't find the correct name for) the "noise maker" to warn people around you that your car is on and backing into/out of a parking space. Can this be turned off? My wife bought an EV partially because she doesn't like noise
• Recommended maintenance, other than visual inspections, is boiled down to (time based as my wife only drive 8,000 km a year):
  • Servicing the HVAC filter once a year (no questions),
  • Inspecting the Reduction gear fluid once every 28 months:
    • I'll just do it every 24 months to keep the schedule logical,
    • Is this simply a fluid level inspection via a dip stick method or removal of a drain plug method and/or a dip test (similar to a dip test for brake fluid moisture)?
    • Replacing this fluid once every 120,000 km:
      • Is there a "Haynes" type manual that explains this, or does Hyundai keep the DIY mechanic in the dark like Tesla does?
  • Replace the coolant every 36 months:
    • Has anyone here ever changed the 13 liters of coolant on their own? I suspect, like a 2008 Prius, there is more to it than a simple R&R coolant in a 2012 Toyota Yaris.
  • Brake fluid:
    • Inspect every 12 months. Is this a dip test for moisture or a simple level check?
    • Replace every 48 months. I assume the brake system in this car is a straightforward hydraulic brake system (akin to a TM3).
  • Brakes: There is no mention of a recommendation to lubricate the caliper sliders once a year in regions where there is snow/salt used. Have folks not been looking after this?

Thanks for any help or direction provided.

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For the moderators:

Based on my above questions, I'm sure the answers are buried somewhere in the 42 pages of this forum.

Could this forum be improved if from some point going forward, the forum is sub divided into sections akin to this example (example only, for discussion purposes only):



Thanks. Cheers. Mike.

 

Thanks for the links and the information on the VESS. Cheers.

 

Ordered the BM2 monitor today.

Collected all the bits and bobs for the VESS off switch today.

Big box full of TuxMats showed up today.

Delivery is set for 1630 tomorrow.

 

Cheers and I hope so too.

Agreed regarding the shake down trials before adding a button.

I know my wife will just park it and not drive it until she needs to, which amounts to about three times a week...so I'll tag along to make sure all is well.

 

Excellent.

Thanks for passing on the corporate knowledge.

So I can figure an R&R coolant job every three years at the dealership. The rest seems self explanatory for the DIY type. Cheers.