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I have had all service done at Napleton Hyundai in West Palm Beach. They are much more cooperative, but you must do a lot of your own research to get proper action from the Service Dept. They dont have too much knowledge regarding the Azera, but with some customer input will get the job done. As an economic measure, they have cut way back on technicians, so that it is almost impossible to wait for your car at service dept. Their scheduling is poor.
Pat
Either you drive like a NASCAR driver or their is something wrong with your Azera. I have never got less then 20mpg on my 07 Azera. The longer I have this car the better the mileage I'm getting. On a resent trip to Iowa I averaged 28.9mpg (348 miles R.T.)
I average about 17.5 mpg on my Azera.
Mostly city driving, but no hills or mountains.
Highway only, I can get about 24 MPG.
The 13 does appear to be very low, unless you drive very short distances in heavy traffic.
Do you have the 2006 model or the 2007? I have a 2006 and I was getting lower mpg numbers in city driving until I got the wide open throttle shift TSB taken care of. What is happening is when you initially press on the gas pedal, the throttle is opening wide when it doesn't have to. It's not supposed to unless you press the pedal all the way down. This may seem trivial, but you're burning a lot of gas with touches on the gas pedal as it opens the throttle all the way just to get to 2nd gear.
My city fuel economy has since gone up a couple to few gallons (depending on my mood) now that the throttle opens as it should if you want to just ease on it.
In short distance, stop and go I get about 16 to 17. This weekend we went to Boston, round-trip of about 400 miles. Got 26.7 mpg averaging around 60 mph and opening up the Azzy to 80 at times. I have 6300 miles on my 06 Limited. I can only say that it handled flawlessly and it's the first time I have taken this length of a trip and my wife and I had absolutely no back discomfort. That was never the case in my Acura TL's over the years. Just a great car in my eyes.
If your driving is 100% city, stop and go, the 13MPG is believeable. The Azera does fairly well when it gets into top gear ( about 40 MPH ) and cruises. If your driving doesn't allow that, plan on spending lots of time and money at the gas station.
My driving is suburban, very little city stop and go, and the MPG reading ( not reset for 2 months ) is 21.6. Steady 70MPH cruise yields almost 30MPG.
FWIW - The reprogramming of my transmission for the 1 -2 WOT shift delay had minimal effect on mpg.
I use it to loosen the cap, and then I remove it by hand. When I put the cap back on, I tighten it down as far as I can by hand and use the wrench to make it seat correctly.
I have bought my filters from the dealer as they only charg me $8.73 for a filter and it comes with the two O-rings you need to replace (the small one at the bottom of the filter cartridge and the large one for the filter cap). They also provide me with a new crush washer (that's what they call it even though it's flat).
Sorry I can't give any input on filter brand as I've only used the OEM ones.
Good luck!
Leather is a product that is going to wear just like cloth. It shouldn't happen early but it will happen. Look at a well used saddle.
I always thought a good saddle lasted a lifetime and was a cowboy's prized possession. Steal my horse but leave the saddle.
And I have noticed myself, that the saddle seems to not wear at all, but cowboys' butts are always pretty small, even bony, no doubt being worn down over the years by that sturdy saddle, no?
Valvoline Oil Change centers in St. Louis have filter cartridges for the Azera at the same price as any other vehicle.
I always thought a good saddle lasted a lifetime and was a cowboy's prized possession. Steal my horse but leave the saddle.
Saddles do wear but they just get better with age. They also smell like horses.
Since I usually drive about 75% in the suburbs and only about 25% on the highway, I average 18-21 MPG. This is about 10% less than my previous VW Passat V6. High gas prices seem to make the lower mileage appear worse than it really is.
I asked the service guy whether it was safe to drive. "Oh, sure," he said. "It shouldn't be a problem. The only thing is that the air bags are all completely disabled."
Okay. Yeah, that sounds pretty safe to me. ?????
The only other 2 options are to not drive the car or to re connect the bags and take a chance of one blowing.
I guess that they could give you a loaner, if they were so inclined.
Just once I would like to see a city get progressive about traffic flow and take the opinion that the primary flow of traffic takes much greater precedence over the secondary flow. If I ran the circus you would see all of the following:
- More one-way streets
- Left turns disallowed during rush hours
- Reversible lanes
- Elimination of the left-turn red light (left turns would only have to yield)
- Roundabouts
- Replace most stop signs with yield signs
- Significantly increase the penalties for moving violations
Do all of the above and you'll see a huge gas savings and a huge polution savings.
I do like the reversible lanes idea though...especially in high traffic areas during rush hour. Now that idea does seem to get traffic out of an area effectively.
Considering most folks don't come to a full stop at a stop sign anyway...they just ought to change them to yield signs.
The biggest one that kills me here in this city, there are too many signs that tell you that you can't make a right turn on a red light. Now I don't know how it is out there in AZ, but here...sometimes the only way you can make a turn is on a red light because pedestrian traffic is so heavy that it continuously crosses till even after the light has changed. It's not like pedestrians stop crossing when the hand starts flashing red so that drivers have time to safely make that right turn.
Be sure to replace the crush washer on the oil pan drain plug each time, to make sure you don't have a drip problem. They are available from the dealer as well.
Good luck.
When I tighten mine down, I make sure there is no visible gap between the lip on the cap and the top of the filter canister. If there is even a slight gap, oil finds a way out.
Usually when I purchase my filter from the dealer, they give it to me with a new washer taped to the box. Cost...$10.
If you spend any time around horses and saddles you'll learn that it doesn't matter which "side you sniff".
I agree completely. I was only trying to point out that leather weathers and wears with age, even on expensive horse saddles. It's a natural process for all leather.
Hey!
None of that "emulation" at the local dealership.
This is a family Forum.
Strange!
These Azeras' must have a self repair system.
My clunk went away and your seat repaired itself too.
Now if it can only learn how to refill the gas tank without my intervention.
At that point even I will admit that it is better than BMW and Infinity
It all relates to quality of leather, how person gets in and out and exposure.
Exactly where the ex-out feature and programming info is.
I can't find it.
I have an 06 Azera Limited, Ultimate Package, Steel Gray with Gray Leather. I had noticed the interior door trim gray color wearing off. However, tonight I noticed that the weather stripping is wearing excessively to the point where there are rubber crumbs falling on the floor between the seat and the door. Has anyone else noticed this problem.
I also have a problem with the airbag light. I've tried everything, cleaning everything out of the car to make sure there is nothing under the seat. This problem just popped up.
I'll be taking it to my excellent Hyundai Dealer this week and asking them to replace the weather stripping and fix the airbag light problem. I'm not sure what they can do about the color matched interior door trim
Any thoughts would be appreciated.
2) Airbag light can the the fault odf a sensor, or a clockspring inside the steering wheel. I've not heard of any Hyundai owner have this situation, but again, at least the warranty shold cover this.
Best of luck, let us know what the dealer says the causes are.
Thanks for the response. I would gather from your answer that you are not having either the door trim or the weatherstripping problem?
I don't think there will be a problem with the dealer since Suntrup has always treated me well. I was more curios if I was the only one with this problem. Other owners input is welcome. I love this car and if this is the only thing that happens with it it's not a big deal.
The airbag light may be a fluke. It has come on other times when something was under the seat but that was something I could easily take care of. This one seems like a sensor.
I'll keep you all posted.
I visited my exceptional Hyundai dealer today and had them look at the weatherstripping and scan the code for the air bag light. They are ordering new weatherstripping for both front doors and will replace them under warranty when the parts arrive. The airbag light seems to be from a stored code. Both will be fixed under warranty when the parts arrive. No hassles or problems at the dealer. Suntrup is the best.