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Also, I read on the RAV4 forum that hyundai's are notorious for getting bad gas mileage the first few thousand miles, but then improve significantly. Has that been the experience of actual owners of the Tucson?
Took in my Kia Sportage to the dealer this morning. Got a cold shoulder technican becasue " You only have 3600 kms and we don't check high consumption at 3600kms
Another technician showed him a new service bulletin to fix Sportage gas guzzling looked like bulletin #17 upside down...
Bulletin says to reprogram the CPU controlling ignition and transmission. They reprogrammed it as per specs.
I filled up tonight and will report back o the effects of the reprogramming.
Sister Tucson 2006 may have similar problems :sick:
Glad they have a fix for your Kia
never ran it into vapors...
best guess would be about 400km on a tankfull runnning at 60 mph in 70 degrees on highway.
hard to say specifically at this point what I would get in warmer temperatures. ....who knows what I will really get if this service bulletin really has an influence...I will run the car for a week to check impact of service bulletin.
Car is basicall excellent so far other than gas....
but it is no...Sorento
If things don't improve it will be trade-in time in 32 months and bye bye Kia's for me ! :lemon:
I really expected better when I traded down from the Sorento
sorry folks I know this is a Tucson forum but it is family related
best guess would be about 400km on a tankfull runnning at 60 mph in 70 degrees on highway.
Current winter city driving I am getting 25l/100KM as previously stated and confirmed with gas receipts
If I get to halfway mark on my gas gauge I am at 100KM on the trip odometer and it takes 25 liters to refill my tank back to the rim.
Just a thought.
Am I upset :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: exhaust fumes smell like lacker thinner
My city MPG ranges between 14-17 MPG, usually closer to 16, 17MPG.
My exhaust fumes don't smell very good either, but that shouldn't neccessarily be an issue. Something is wrong with your truck though! Maybe I shouldn't get the service bulletin #017. Has anyone else had similar problems?
Dan HFX, NS
Update. things have gotten better... I got 150 km on about 25l this time around versus the 100KM I was getting.
The problem is that the outside temp. in Montreal is crazy these days . :confuse:
One day is -20C the next it is + 6C I also did some higway driving which I am sure helped the sats somewhat
I will refill to the rim and stick to more urban driving to reevaluate the improvement the service bulletin jobby did on the consumption. can't say more for now
I recommend turning off your CAPS LOCK since people tend to ignore posts that are typed in ALL CAPS.
Good luck!
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