Must you have all scheduled service done at a Kia Dealer?

[BasilFawlty]

Reading through the warrenty it says "you are required to retain maintenance records since it may be necessary in some instances for you to prove that required maintenance has been performed." In the Manual on page 7-10 and 7-11, there is a specific footnote (#3) for "Valve Clearance" (every 60k miles or 72 months) that says "Have an authorized Kia dealer perform the operation."

Question - do you always have teh dealer do all scheduled maintenance, or can you / do you have other shops perform the maintenance? The warrently language, except of certaiin key areas, just seems to say that you need to maintain records proving you had the scheduled maintanance done, not that it must be done my a Kia Dealer.

Thoughts?

 

[Kyle]

You can definitely go to an independent repair shop or do the services yourself. If you do the services yourself, just keep the receipt and notate it with the mileage you performed it at. Obviously the benefit of using the dealer, is all your records are easily accessible.

 

[BasilFawlty]

You can definitely go to an independent repair shop or do the services yourself. If you do the services yourself, just keep the receipt and notate it with the mileage you performed it at. Obviously the benefit of using the dealer, is all your records are easily accessible.

Thanks - that's what I thought but wanted to make sure no fine print I may have missed.