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I just want to share my experience with Hyundai Azera I bought two months back. First, I'd like to begin by saying that I have been roaming on this forum since last year before I finally decided to buy one myself. This forum has been very informative in my decision to buy azera. So far, i've enjoyed the design, ride, quietness and engine. On the negative side, I have to say that the mileage has not been so good. city average is 19mpg. after 2000 miles, i'm averaging 19.4 mpg with half city and half highway. But I feel I have to share some troubling experience I had with my car. Over a pithole or large bump, I hear different sound from the right passenger side. When I let the drive side wheels to go over bump or pitholes, I felt the sound confident like "thud". But when I let the right sides to over them, I heard something shallow and cheap sound from the rigth passenger side. Is this something that is limited to my car only? I took my car to two dealers for possible inspection. they all reported that the car is nothing wrong. they even called HMA and came back saying that it is normal. I'm kind of disappointed about the service, to be honest. I had a little high expection from azera, as it is advertised to be a near luxury car, but the uneven sound it generates from passenger side kind of let me down. Can anybody shed some light on this noise issue? Oh, by the way, the sound is not so bad, it just sounds different from the driver side, as if it is not damped. But the shock and vibration is good. Just the sound is cheap and shallow. Sound from the left side is good.
If you haven't yet, you'll want to go to the top level of the Hyundai Azera group and click on "Track this Group" (this is located on the right just above the discussion list). That way you won't miss any other Azera discussions as they are added.
Enjoy!
Near the top of this page you'll see "Search this Discussion", type in "2007" and hit "return".
Exept that buzz in the front speaker, and the subwoofer !
Thanks again in advance to you for your excellent information.,
4000 mile trip, mostly highway, yielded 22.4 MPG.
Ride very bouncey, even over small road bumps.
Dealer checked suspension and informed me that it is up to specification. Claims Hyundai wanted SOFT ride.
The EPA milage number, according to dealer, is arrived at using best conditions, such as flat roads, no loads, no extra passengers, 55 mph highway, no quick accelerations etc.
In real life it would be almost impossible to achive those numbers.
To my knowledge, no changes or adjustments to the powertrain or suspension have been made on the 2007 model.
While some owners will acheive EPA figures, some will exceed, and some will be under - depends very much on various situations (driving conditions, driving styles, etc) - this applies to all cars of all makers.
Commute Distance - ~35 miles roundtrip
Passengers - none
Load - none
Road conditions - about 1/3 city streets with lots of traffic lights and stop signs; about 2/3 freeway with no traffic in the a.m. and horrible start/stop gridlock in the p.m.
AC - at least 50% of the time
My mileage has varied under these conditions from 19+ to 22. I don't consider this to be bad at all.
Unless Hyundai has retrograded the trunk openers on the Azera, it uses a clever system of levers and nitrogen-filled cylinders in lieu traditional "gooseneck" hinges and torsion springs. The advantage of the levers/high pressure nitrogen cylinders is that there're no goosenecks to crunch your Samsonite luggage, since all the workin's fold down nice and neat in the rain channel when the trunk lid is closed. The downside, though, is that since all the tensioning is handled by the high pressure nitrogen cylinders, there's no adjustment possible. (unless you can figure out a way to further pressurize the sealed-for-life nitrogen-filled cylinders without blowin' 'em up in your face... )
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
Any took there car in for the 2nd / 7500 mile service? How much are they asking for it?
I called my dealer; and he wants 150 bucks for it 'after discount'. IS that expected?
Other than dealer experiences, no problems with the Azera so far..
*I'm referring to the automaker's warranty. If you bought an "extended warranty" (really an extended service contract if issued by other than the automaker) you may well be on the hook to bite the bullet over dealership tactics in order to keep that contract in force. If you bought one of these extended service contracts, read the fine print - there may be some gotchas awaiting the unwary.
I am considering changing shocks, when and if, they become available. My last car, a Jaguar S Type had Boge shocks--very nice. Am also considering Tokico. Has anyone used either of these two brands on other vehicles?
Should I ask them to itemise the invoice before the service? I inquired at a couple of other places and they want 100 bucks.
Those who report actual numbers similar to EPA must be very careful drivers never exceeding the speed limit and accelerating at a very slow and controlled rate,
In my Elantra under normal driving conditions, not accelerating at a slow controlled rate but not flooring it either, I get about 1 MPG over EPA estiments. On the highway I get about 2 or 3 MPG more (keeping it at around 70 or so).
In the Caddy I am getting a few MPG's less than EPA estiments.
On the whole in all my cars I have gotten close to and sometimes exceeded EPA numbers.
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
Almost disapointing, considering my 60/40 city/hwy mileage is getting close to 21 mpg. I'm loving this car more as time goes by.
By the way Ray, have you noticed that the Azera owners manual calls for the the transmission fluid to be Hyundai fluid or an equivalent? Maybe good news although my dealer charge for a transmission flush is cheap enough. However, it might be great news for peple who have dealers that gouge them on the price.
Yep! Your strategy is the ideal way to do a "cannonball" fuel usage run and not wonder whether it's skewed because the trip was either predominently ascending or descending. Very good report!
Hi, Phil. I still have my '03 Sonata, so I'm not current about Hyundai's most recent ATF requirements. Are the requirements actually different since 2003 or merely a rehash of my '03's owner's manual that specifies "SP III" ATF? If Hyundai lists acceptable alternatives, is Chrysler's "ATF+4" recommended by any chance?
Went to local dealer who was unable to locate such an upgrade kit.
Called Consumer Affairs Dept today who informed me that they do not have ability to obtain part numbers and that owner must get that infornation from dealers.
Sounds strange to me that the manufacturer would have less information than local dealers.
Has anyone else requested or obtained this information?
On a further note, the salesman I was talking to had no knowledge of the full size SUV (Veracruz) or sedan (Equus - to be changed) when I went and test drove the new Santa Fe.
I only bring that up to point out...they do little to inform themselves and maybe it's because we as consumers come in already loaded with information about a particular vehicle. Personally...I call it laziness. As a salesman, I'd be ashamed if a potential customer came in knowing more than me about a product I sell. Makes you wonder what the salesmen are truly needed for!!! :confuse: