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Hyundai Accent Real World MPG
Here's the place to discuss actual MPG that you( the owners ) have acheived with your Hyundai Accent. The purpose of this thread is for me to see what type of mileage that this brand of car really gets. Its time for me to get my first real car for road use, and this is a real strong candidate. If you have any advice/information/reccomendation that will benefit me in my pursuit of my first car it will be greatly appreciated, thanks!
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A friend's mother just paid a couple thousand more and got a Yaris. Her average was 38 MPG!
I'm hoping that the mileage does get better. I will check the PSI also. I hope to report back with some better news.
Driving at about 55 to 60 mph on the freeway i would get about 45mpg.
I would have to accelerate quite hard to get up to freeway speed but this was usually done in third gear once the car was moving not in first or second as this was harder on the tyres
my daily commute is now in town and i am still averageing 30 to 32 mpg. It now has over 218000 miles and is burning oil but still starts and runs every day.
Hope you do better over time.
At absolute best, I've seen 42MPG on highway only trips with conservative (60-65mph, no stops at all except for gas), 36-38MPG for normal highway driving (70-75mph with occasional bursts to 80/85), 28-31mpg for my normal driving (all short trips, mostly city driving, though on "fast" city roads with a minimal number of stops), and winter mileage as low as 20mpg.
My roommate has an 03 or 04 Elantra with an auto, and gets slightly worse mileage than me. It's also bigger, actually a little bit peppy, more comfortable, quieter, and in general a much nicer car. Not bad for only 1-3mpg less than what I get (though admittedly I do significantly better, as in 3-5mpg, on strictly highway driving).
Anecdotally, friends with similar cars of other makes tend to get better mileage than myself, even those with bigger cars (Civics, in particular).
All in all, it wasn't a bad car for the money, but I'm getting ready to buy something new, and I won't be looking at a new Accent, for sure. The car did it's job, was reliable, but I'll be looking a bit upmarket this time, and will happily pay a bit more for the gas.
To the one with the performance concerns - an Accent isn't a fast car, and the new model is likely to be a bit slower than any Taurus that wasn't built in the 80s. 0-60 on the new ones is probably around 11 seconds or so. It'll be reasonable in city traffic, but, if my experience with my 1.5l is worth anything, if merging uphill onto highways with 85mph traffic is something you do on a regular basis, I would strongly recommend something with a bit more power. Doing so in the Accent 1.5L has been a generally harrowing experience.
Frankly, with the prices the way they are, I don't see all that much of an attraction to the Accent at all when placed against a Yaris, Elantra, xA, or Mazda3i, obviously at different price points. The Focus can be had for a particularly good deal now, too, and while the interior won't match an Elantra's, it's more economical, and can be had for a bit less money, too.
Edmund's "Total cost to own" over 5 years on an Accent sedan is about $29k, which includes interest, depreciation, insuance, and maintenence. Compare this to a Yaris, which is a more expensive car, at $27.9k. Not a huge difference, but most of that difference comes from as and depreciation. A Civic DX clocks in at $27k, Focus at $30k, Elantra at $29.8k, Mazda3i at $28.3k.
If you can afford a higher monthly payment, I don't see much of a reason in going for the Accent for strictly economy/value reasons. If you have the money, and aren't in love with the Accent, I'd recommend looking at the other cars that are priced slightly above it.
If you like the Accent, by all means, go for it! I just don't see them as a great value, from a pure money sense, as I see the other cars as nicer options.
Okay, sorry 'bout the little OT run here.
I drive 270 miles a week of which 240 are highway 65-80mph.
My average has gone from low 26's to high 27's.
Whether or not the A/C is on doesn't seem to matter.
This car desperately needs a 6th gear, 4000rpm at 80mph is way too much.
I will be having someone else do the install :confuse:
I can tell you now there is no break in period. There is no getting better or worse. I went on a rallycross where you get a packet that tells you "turn here" "go this speed" and there was a lot of leaving it it in 2nd going up a hill trying to keep it at 25mph...that tank which also included 2 laps around Portland international raceway got me 28mpg. That was the best tank I have seen yet.
For the majority of the time I have owned the car (and I have been keeping my gas reciepts since the beginning of the year) I see anywhere from 240 miles to 260 miles on a tank. I can run through a tank in a week or two depending on the amount of driving, but its always taken 9-10 gallons of gas and has allways got me 240-260 miles.
With 3 miles to/from work, that's 30 miles a week assuming 5 days per week. What kind of driving do you do for the other 100-200 miles per week? Have you tried taking it on a long (over 100 miles) highway trip at a reasonable speed (60-70 mph) to see what mpg you get? If you don't get at least mid-30s under those conditions, I'd say something is wrong with the car.
Since purchasing the car in December 2006, we've averaged 16.5 mpg in the city, instead of the rated 28 mpg. I know that mileage ratings are never as promised on the sticker, but our fuel efficiency seems excessively low -- and it's consistently low.
Our Accent has 2,600 miles on it -- almost all city driving.
Two other pieces of information and questions: The dealer said that we should drive it on the highway and that would improve our city mileage. Is that correct -- that driving it at highway speeds will also improve city driving mileage? Or does that sound like a dodge, since our mileage is so much lower than it should be?
The engine's head gasket was replaced in July 2007. I'm wondering if that major repair may also be a factor in our car's low mileage (which has continued after the head gasket was replaced.) The head gasket was replaced because the check engine light came on.
How low is low when it comes to mileage on a brand new car? What should we do about this?
Any advice and suggestions would be appreciated.
All city driving can be hard on the engine long-term as it never gets to higher revs for a long period of time, to burn off deposits. But your car isn't that old.
If you *really* want to see what kind of mileage your car can manage to get, this will take a couple hours but might be worth it:
drive the car around for 5-8 miles to warm it up. Fill it full with gas at your normal location (preferably same pump you might "normally" use), and then get on the highway at at time there will be no traffic. Cruise at 60mph or so, go 50 miles one way, 50 miles back, give or take a bit, and then refill at the same pump again.
If you're seeing anything under 30mpg while doing that, you either have a lead foot, or something isn't going right with the car, or you just have bad luck. I've seen 40+ out of my old Accent on a few occasions.
For comparison's sake, in my new car (Civic Si), also being driven pretty hard, I'm seeing ~27mpg or so, although I did have one tank at 23 (more city, and harder driving including some sustained time over 5k RPM with liberal applications of throttle).
EXTREMELY DISSATISFIED.
The vehicle is primarily used 5 days a week city driving 8 Miles Each way and we are averaging between 15 & 16 MPG CITY.
The car has 5,000 miles. We have had 3 Oil Changes and will be getting the fourth next month. The tires have been maintained with 30 PSI.
We have taken a few long trips with all HWY miles. 1 500 RT. 1 300 Mi RT and several 125 Mile Round Trips. This was done a various monthly intervals where each HWY trip averaged between 30 and 32 miles per Gallon.
The car seems to be idling normally on a day to day basis and I see no reason for CTY MPG rating 50% below the estimated MPG.
if after 7,500 CTY does not improve I will pay the $100 diagnostic but i speculate after 11 months of drivign thsi vehicle is a wolf in ecenomi clothing.
I Suggest
DO NOT BUY
32 mpg seems a little on the low side for a highway trip. (FWIW, CR got 37 mpg on their "highway" trips.) Were these trips purely highway miles (e.g. no stops), and what were your speeds on those trips?
What fuel economy did you get on the car you drove (on the same daily trips) before getting the Accent?
As I had stated on real HWY millage while I should complain I won't for being in the 80% range of what had been published is not bad now is it. Wait I think I will change my mind I want to complain about 80%. Do I pay 100& of the total cost of ownership or 80% of it.
To be fair I was not traveling at 48 MPH I was traveling between 60 & 65. What the hell is this 48MPH testing. Who drives 48 MPH. Give us ratings based on 55 MPH so I am complaining. Hey 55 seems to be the median.
Even by what information I am seeing today the 15/16 MPG is only 55% of the estimate as currently published.
The 8 mile trip does involve stop idling time where the overall trip is done in 20 to 25 minutes averaging 30 MPH when not Stop Idling. I would estimate that there is 10 minutes of stop idling per trip.
Where you said is the car warmed up seems like rediculous 1970s hogwash. cars today idle at normal RPM within a minute during average temperatires in the spring, summer & fall so I do not see by what RPMs the engien is runnign at at idle time in some so called immaginary warm up operiod is the problem.
The HWY tests were all HWY miles at 65MPH so I am not complaining one bit on Real HWY MPG.
The car before this was a 1993 Nissan Altima where it optimally performed 22 MPG doing the same exact trip as this work trip is now going on for 20 plus years.
If our 10 minutes of Idle Time each way is some worst case scenario and this is where the real MPG is lost I view this as a Hyundai problem with Idling Fuel Millage.
Plain and simple there are 6 cylinder cars over the last 20 years that have performed better in the same scenario.
My 1990 MX6 Mazda that I owned for 10 years was better.
The 1993 Nissan Altima that my wife drove on this same daily CTY trip for 14 years was better.
The Hyundai is a good sticker value but the Real MPG may be one of not the least realistic I have ever owned.
Even the CR test at 19MPG CTY is less than 68 % of the estimated mileage. That within itself is a 32% error in published documentation. Manufacturers should be held accountable and be held liable for financially compensating each and every customer. Some strict formal US Government test should sternly regulate this but any half educated individual should generally know the US government shows little concern for it's own people.
Second, let's suppose that while you are driving on your daily commute, you get 30 mpg while you are moving. That wouldn't be too bad, would it? But your trip takes 25 minutes, and 10 of that is stop/idle time. During those times, your mpg is zero. So your overall mpg for the entire trip is only 18 mpg, assuming you could get 30 mpg while the car is moving--including accelerating from the stops, during which your mpg will be far less than 30 mpg. Your actual numbers aren't too far from this estimate.
The odd part of this to me is the 32 mpg while driving 60-65 mph on the highway. That seems too low. For example, I can easily get mid 30s, even upper 30s, with a much larger Hyundai engine (2.0L, 138 hp Beta II) in a heavier car, when driving 60-65 mph without stops on the highway. That is with tire pressure between 32-35 psi (varies some with temperature), a light foot on the gas, and no other strange stuff e.g. bad weather, strong headwinds.
Here is something to try if you are so inclined. Some rental car companies have Accents (Hertz for one). You could rent one for a day or two and take it on a highway trip, and see what you get. That could tell you if the FE is typical of the Accent, or if there's something wrong with your car.
P.S. The revised EPA FE estimates for the Accent AT are 24/33. So at 32 mpg you are very close to the EPA rating for the car. But with careful driving, I've found it's possible to exceed the EPA ratings, especially the re-formulated 2008 ratings.
Yeah I guess this is all governmental stuff already which juts further. Plain and simple you can't trust Big Business or Goverment.
Yes my wife's trip has some idle time but whose CTY trip does not have idle time. As far as I know every CTY I have ever visited has lights and stop signs where vehicles stop. Maybe the EPA have some imaginary city where cars can travel at 25 MPH without ever stopping.
The funny thing is the 1993 Nissan Altima making the same trip with the same general traffic situation over the last 20 years obtained 22 MPG CTY during optimal performance. My wife drives Off Peak Hours with less traffic than most in the NYC area. The last year where a tuneup was necessary the Altima dropped to 17 MPG so I am not too happy that 14 year old car that needed a tune up had better gas millage than the new Accent.
It is my opinion that all these escalated estimates over the last few years is nothing more than BS to sell more cars. Governments lie to their people. We garage our vehicles. Funny thing is that 1993 Nissan Altima may very well have lasted another 10 years with the way we maintained it. We let the necessary tuneup go because we thought why spend the money when we planned on buying that Accent that should have performed close to 50% better than the old Nissan. So what did we get a new car taht gets less than a 19934 Nissan that needed a tune up. Another thing about the Hyundai Accent. At the 2005 Auto Show they had an Accent with HYBRID. We were eager to purchase that but Hyundai has failed to deliver a HYBRID. My guess is they don't want to warantee a HYBRID fro 5 Years so they scrapped as being cost prohibitive for their current consumer market. He they fooled me into beleiving 32 MPG CTY. You better believe I am not happy with 15 and 1/2 MPG CTY regardless of the 10 minute idle
Fortunately we keep our cars a long time and maintain them where they have depreciated to Zero by the time the next new car purchase comes along
The city test is approximately 11 miles long and simulates a stop and go trip with an average speed of about 20 miles per hour (mph). The trip lasts 31 minutes and has 23 stops. About 18 percent of the time is spent idling (as in waiting for traffic lights). A short freeway driving segment is included in the test. The engine is initially started after being parked overnight.
So 18% of the driving is idle time. Sounds close enough to what my wifes idle time is not to get a 50% differential between EPA and between our Real World EPA.
My wife drives at most 20 to 25 minutes driving 8 miles where typically 8 to 10 minutes is idle time. She similarly has a short HWY stretch where for her it is 1 mile. She is not Mario Andretti in a Hyundai Tuscon. One day soon I will get exact numbers of idle time and start/stops and compare to this EPA.
With my wifes driving numbers being fairly close to EPA I wonder why she is 50& below last years EPA 42& below this years EPA for the same vehicle with similar driving conditions.
So in a general observation the EPA supposedly takes in account for 18% idle time. Even if my wife has a 25 % Idle Time would that make for a 50% or 42% difference in EPA and Real CTY MPG for this car.
As I said the car is maintained 100% to Hyundai recommendations. WE are getting oil/filter changes every 3 months. The RPM seems normal. There does not seem to be brake drag. Tire pressure is at the suggested 30PSI cold.
The only problem I see is government and auto manufacturers lying to the public. Wake up people Big Business and Governments lie to the people all the time.
and its not what I have.
According to mapquest the drive should take 268.35 miles, however my odometer told me 259.8. I used 8.182 gallons of gas. If I use the mapquest mileage I get 32.79 MPG, but if I calculate it with my odo mileage I get 31.8 MPG.
Those conditions were mostly driving 65-75 MPH and for a good portion of that journey I got to sit behind a ford F-150 with a camper on the back so that did help my mileage. That was fair weather, no rain.
On the trip back mapquest says 267.62 miles, where my odo said 257.9. I used 9.655 gallons of gas, and my miles to the gallon calculated by mapquest was 27.71, and my odo calculated 26.71.
Those conditions were bad, considering I was averaging 80 MPH and it was pooring down rain, windshield wipers on full blast. Lots of times when I just had to floor it and pass semi's and trucks.
So I found out that if I average 70 MPH instead of 80, I can achieve 5 MPG better, as well as my odometer is off by about 10 miles every tank of gas (which is 1 MPG better then calculated if filling up with 10 gallons of gas).
I consistently get between 34-38 US MPG. I don't count the first tank which was only 29 because the dealer filled that one and probably not to the top. My daily commute used to be 5 miles each way in rural 45 MPH zones in OK, but now is 24 miles each way in high speed traffic in GA (normally cruise with traffic at 75-80 MPH).
Car runs great and I have had no quality issues at all in 30,000 miles.
Sure hope these lowering gas MPG numbers are due to no trips other than work & temperatures getting colder. Also hopefully, ALL these low MPG numbers are due to lower energy winter mix gasoline. The MPG better not get any lower.
When you gather your data at that website, you get a line graph that easily compares differences in MPG that you get. With the notes you can add, you can see WHY the diffrences in your MPG are occurring, whether it be differences from cold or hot weather, low energy winter mix gasoline as opposed to high energy summer mix gasoline, A/C or no A/C, styles of driving, car mods or running changes, or gasolines. If you let your data be compared to other owners, you can see how your car is compared with similar Accents.
It really is an excellent website. Honda drivers seem to be the most users of the website. If more Accent drivers used the website, it would answer so many questions asked on this website about fuel economy.
There is a Fuel Log on that site that you can use.
I use my car in the city 99% of the time and I think 21mpg is very low considering how small and light the car is. I drive very slow and rarely have sudden accelerations, basically I am trying to hypermile.
I always took good care of my car and change the fluids and oil at the right time so why is this happening? Any suggestions?
The EPA sticker for your car based on the more accurate test reports this year show a 28 MPG average for a 2007 Hyundai and only 21 for your 93 Altima (assuming both are automatics). If you were consistently getting 21 on your Altima, and less than that on your Hyundai, then it appears there is something wrong with your individual car. Actual drivers are reporting a 27.7 average on their 2007 Accents on the EPA website, so that's pretty darn close to what the EPA is reporting.
I'd be curious to know where you drive that the traffic has remained the same over a 20 year period, I know every road I take grows an extra stop sign every few months, or an extra traffic light that wasn't there 20 years ago, and with 3 cars per household now compared to 1 or 2 twenty years ago, there are a lot more cars on my daily drive too, all of which combine for worse fuel mileage. Fortunately, my 2005 stick shift accent still gets 37 MPG each tank, so I'm happy.
I drive the speed limit here in CA. on hwy 5 and I drive from one house to the next with 1 luggage of video equipment of 2 FX1 video cameras and 1 tripod. I have another bag of Nikon D100 camera, 3 lens, another tripod, steadi cam (which weights 3 pounds) 6 boxes of mini dvd tapes. A 15” macbook pro with 2 ex drives and another big bag of pants, shoes etc. All of this weighing about 100 lbs. I weight 145 lbs. These bags are placed in the back seat left and right side and the other bag in the middle of the hatchback area. The laptop on the front seat. People are driving 80, 90 and way over 100 mpg on hwy 5 and they pass me up like I am standing still, but guess what, I get there at the most 5 minutes later and I don't waste gas and I get zero tickets.
I get amazing mpg becauae I do not drive 80 or 90 mph. I drive 65-70 mph period. People get a grip, this is not a benz, it is a small little city car that if driven under 70 mph you can get really good mpg. I have done this dozens of times and yes gas is much higher then it was last summer but still I get 35 and sometimes 37 mpg.
If you start to push this car over the limit by driving faster you will get 28-31 mpg. You have to drive this car how it was designed, s-l-o-w and do not push it to drive faster than it was designed. I used to own a E320 2001 and yes it had amazing power, but it was only getting 17/22 so if you drive like I do then you should get amazing mpg.
I also have the same car in Europe and get even better mpg because it is not gas it is Diesel.