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I'm still a big fan of Hyundai. My 2002 Santa Fe did great! And my 2005 Elantra consistently gives me 30 MPG in mixed driving with 140k miles on it.
You might ask them to check the oxygen sensors. Those don't always send a code when they are acting up. And they can definitely affect you gas mileage. There are a lot of electronics on the engines these days.
I have a 2007 Santa Fe. My wife have a different driving style than mine, and regularly gets around 17-22 mpg. I drive with a much lighter foot, and let the transmission row through the gears more gradually, and average several miles per gallon. I find the car accelerates just fine ... but you don't want to floor the accelerator, or kick down gears. Aggressive driving in the mountains or in commuter traffic makes the mileage drop off for exactly that reason.
I also use midgrade gasoline, which seems to improve both the Santa Fe's performance and mileage, and keep the tires inflated to the recommended pressure. I also swapped out the OEM tires for something different. All of these things make small improvements.
All time best mileage I've managed in my Santa Fe is 27 mpg - which I managed for a 200 mile trip on the interstate, driving mostly downhill, with a tailwind.
We've got as high as 27 on the highway, but the mileage falls off considerably above 75mph. 25-27mpg at 70-75mph, 80+ is 22-23.
On the plus side (knock on wood), it's never been back to the dealership for anything. I change my own oil, so no issues so far.
There is a reset button on the panel. Reset it and then see how it goes.
I also heard that it resets automatically when you refill your tank (i doubt this though).
my 2011 SF AWD SE gives me 18mpg combined and 22mpg highway @ 70mph.
Yeah, it is not good.
However, it gives 27mpg @ 55mph.
My husband drives highway 65-70mph. Best he can get is 18.1 to 18.8mpg. Nothing has improved, even after investing a ton of money at multiple dealers. We believe our car is a "lemon" and will never buy another Santa Fe again! We haven't tried to check the old fashioned way.....maybe we should. But, I'm afraid it will bring worse news than what we already have. we're stuck with the car because our trade in would be an enormous loss in $$$. Good Luck!
What I've noticed and read somewhere is over a 6-8 month period, the mpg will go down into the 19s. If you pull the battery cable, it resets the computer. The computer learns how you drive and adjusts things to you. It will go from 19.5 to almost 21 in 3 or 4 days after resetting. Give it a try, I do mine with every oil change and run synthetic oil with a factory Hyundai filter. I've got almost 45k and knock on wood it's never been back to the dealership. Good luck!
Theyclaim to have adjusted the PCM module. My miles went from19/21 in town to 16.3 and on the current tank it is down to 14.3 on the dial. I haven't yet checked fill-up amount against mileage.
Since the dealer made the change on Apr 9th 2011 I have gone ~350 miles and have gone through the equivalent of 2 tanks of gas.
Advice?
I'm guessing you've never been to Wyoming?
2) Calculate time taken for the same distance (in this case 10 miles)
3) Fuel spent is a factor of your RPM and how long (time)
Below is for a 2011 Hyundai Santa FE SE AWD on a leveled highway
Calculate best speed for best mpg
Speed-----------RPM------Time taken-----Fuel spent factor = rpm x time
55--------------1500-----0.181818182----272.7272727
60--------------1600-----0.166666667----266.6666667 (best as lowest)
65--------------1750-----0.153846154----269.2307692
70--------------2000-----0.142857143----285.7142857
75--------------2100-----0.133333333----280 (2nd best at this speed if you are in a hurry)
Distance 10 miles
Time taken = Distance / Speed
Recently i completed a 2843 mile drive from CA to PA. All the miles(except 20 miles) are highway miles on I-80. here are my observations.
when driving at 65-70 MPH (20% of the trip) i got 29 MPG.
when driving at 70-75 MPH (60% of the trip) i got 25-27 MPG.
when driving at 75-80 MPH (20% of the trip) i got 23-24.7 MPG.
The average MPG for the trip came at 25.9 MPG. I am really happy with it.
for 2843 miles it took 109.73 gallons
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In Jan 2011 i completed a 1500 miles trip from Houston, TX to Las Vegas. In That trip i got average MPG of 22.5.
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I think the reason for difference in MPG on these trip may be the less weight of the cargo and people in the car.
For the TX-to-LV trip there were 2 people and 350 LB luggage in the car. Also for 200 miles i was driving at 90 MPH speed (Posted speed limit is 85 MPH). At 90 MPH i got 14 MPG.
For the CA-to-PA trip i drove alone and around 130 LB of luggage.
I've been experimenting with using the manual mode on the trans and "short-shiting" at 2200 RPM where possible. The trans works great for this - it WILL NOT downshift on its own - just like I want it to. Too soon to report mileage using this method - bot very happy with the vehicle for long trips. A roomy, comfortable, smooth, quiet cruiser !
The 2012's get a combined mileage of 21-23 mpg and mine is getting right in that range (4 cyl, 2.4L 4WD). The lowest I've gotten is about 20 mpg. Sure it'd be great if it got 30 mpg - but for its size I think that's pretty good mileage.
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Associated Press/Nam Y. Huh - In this Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012, photo, a Hyundai Elantra is seen inside of a Hyundai car dealership in Des Planines, Ill. Major automakers are reporting Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012, more
DETROIT (AP) — Hyundai and Kia overstated the gas mileage on most of their models from the past three years in an embarrassing blunder that could bring sanctions from the U.S. government and millions of dollars in payments to car owners.
Because of the inflated mileage, discovered during an audit by the Environmental Protection Agency, the Korean automakers must retrofit the window stickers on the cars, reducing their fuel economy figures by one-to-six miles per gallon depending on the model, the agency said Friday.
"Consumers rely on the window sticker to help make informed choices about the cars they buy," said Gina McCarthy, assistant administrator of the EPA's air-quality office. "EPA's investigation will help protect consumers and ensure a level playing field among automakers."
The EPA said its inquiry into the errors is continuing, and the agency would not comment when asked if the companies will be fined or if a criminal investigation is under way. But the EPA said it's the first case in which erroneous test results were uncovered in a large number of vehicles from the same manufacturer. Only two similar errors have been discovered since 2000, and those involved single models.
Hyundai and Kia executives apologized for the errors, said they were unintentional, and promised to pay the owners of 900,000 cars and SUVs for the difference in mileage. The payments, which will be made annually for as long as people own their cars, are likely to cost the companies hundreds of millions of dollars.
Automakers follow EPA procedures to do their own mileage tests, and the EPA enforces accuracy by auditing about 15 percent of vehicles annually.
The EPA said it began looking at Hyundai and Kia when it received a dozen complaints from consumers that the mileage of their 2012 Hyundai Elantra compact cars fell short of numbers on the window stickers. Staffers at the EPA's vehicle and fuel emission laboratory in Ann Arbor, Mich., included the Elantra in an annual audit that focused on cars that lead their market segments in mileage.
The audit turned up discrepancies between agency test results and data turned in by Hyundai and Kia, the EPA said. As a result, the two automakers will have to knock one or two miles per gallon off the mileage posted on most of the models' window stickers. Some models will lose three or four miles per gallon, and the Kia Soul, a funky-looking boxy small SUV, will lose six mpg from the highway mileage on its stickers.
Hyundai and Kia are owned by the same company and share factories and research, but they sell different vehicles and market them separately. The companies said the mistakes stemmed from procedural differences between their mileage tests and those performed by the EPA.
"We're just extremely sorry about these errors," said John Krafcik, Hyundai's CEO of American operations. "We're driven to make this right."
The changes affect 13 models from the 2011 through 2013 model years, including seven Hyundais and six Kias. Window stickers will have to be changed on some versions of Hyundai's Elantra, Sonata Hybrid, Accent, Azera, Genesis, Tucson, Veloster and Santa Fe models, as well as the Kia Sorrento, Rio, Soul, Sportage and Optima Hybrid.
Michael Sprague, executive vice president of marketing for Kia Motors America, also apologized and said the companies have a program in place to reimburse customers for the difference between the mileage on the window stickers and the numbers from the EPA tests.
The companies will find out how many miles the cars have been driven, find the mileage difference and calculate how much more fuel the customer used based on average regional fuel prices and combined city-highway mileage. Customers also would get a 15 percent premium for the inconvenience, and the payments would be made with debit cards, Sprague said. The owner of a car in Florida with a one mpg difference who drove 15,000 miles would get would get a debit card for $88.03 that can be refreshed every year as long as the person owns the car, Sprague said.
If all 900,000 owners get cards for $88.03, it would cost the automakers more than $79 million a year.
For information, owners can go to www.hyundaimpginfo.com or www.kiampginfo.com .
Sung Hwan Cho, president of Hyundai's U.S. technical center in Michigan, said the EPA requires a complex series of tests that are very sensitive and can have variations that are open to interpretation. The companies did the tests as they were making a large number of changes in their cars designed to improve mileage. The changes, such as direct fuel injection into the cylinders around the pistons, further complicated the tests, Cho said.
"This is just a procedural error," he said. "It is not intended whatsoever."
Krafcik said the companies have fixed testing procedures and are replacing window stickers on cars in dealer inventories. Owners can be confident in their mileage stickers now, he said, adding that Hyundai will still be among the industry leaders in gas mileage even with the revised window stickers.
The mileage was overstated on about one-third of the Hyundais and Kias sold during the three model years, he said.
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The reimbursement program does not come close to addressing the financial impact of the revised numbers to existing and potential owners. A number of similar sized SUV's now outperform the Santa Fe ( fuel efficiency-wise ) and the new performance information will directly affect initial sale price, and certainly resale price.
I have sent a letter to Hyundai requesting a buy-back. That may be optimistic, but I think a class action suit is a certainty.
I'm 1/2 a tank in on my first tank and I feel as if I'm driving a tank.
Getting 12mpg combined or 20L/100km.
City driving and I'm not towing a land yacht.
Although I am unhappy with the fuel mileage, I do like the Santa Fe very much. Not a speck of problems with it. By the way, I average around 23 mpg when just driven around town.
In one week, have only put 136 miles, gone through half a tank, and am guessing based on what's shown, will get 13 miles to the gallon.
.... what was I thinking.
fast talking salesmen... ugh.
Thinking of trading it in, after ONE week, taking the hit, losing a few grand, and think about a brand new Elantra GT or Tuscon 4cyl.
Love the ride, the feel, but that mileage is revolting.
V6, 3.3litre.
Have only had it a week.
Gone 220 clicks.
Half a 75litre tank gone.
Did some quick calculations.
Figured I'm going to get about 18l/100 (or 13mpg)
... and I thought my old 97 subaru was bad at 14l...
never again with the V6s. Asked the toyota where I bought it about a 1 week buyers remorse return.... no go. Live and learn. May take a hit, trade it in to Hyundai and try a new manual 4cyl Tuscon. With the gas savings, I doubt it will be any more per month, even with financing payments vs all paid off with the 07
Well, the ultimate test was looking at the odometer, It had 112 freeway miles and the MPG was indicated on the dash as 27.4. That was satisfying enough to accept the car.
Today, on my way to work, again 50/50 city hiway for about 13 miles one way, I got to work indicating 30.1 MPG. Now granted, I drove it with complete fuel economy in mind, but there were full stops and starts with my air on.
All in All, it appears that Hyundai has set themselves straight on the MPG issue. Don't hesitate.
Adjust your driving habits and really crank out MPG, I drove to GA one year with my Santa Fe and on cruise and AC I got 30 MPG if I set the cruise say at 58 miles per hour for hours of driving. If I went like 60 MPH it could drop the MPG by 5% easily.
The funny thing is recently, I drove from the dealership to home it was about a twenty mile drive. I reset the MPG indicator on the SUV. I basically set the cruise to like 40-45 in town driving and somehow missed every light. I was totally amazed to make it all the way home with 29 MPG. I inflate my tires close to their max, use fully synthetic oil. We also use BP gas as the car likes it my wive says. Our average with wive driving stop and go is like 22 MPG, she doesn't use cruise so is constantly feathering the gas, really kills me, I use cruise everywhere.
I read how some people in Prious can push their MPG to like 100 by doing all kinds of tricks while driving. They would coast or drive so they didnt stop at lights etc.
The 2014 Sport sounds like it may be a bit "thirsty" but it'd be nice to see some real world reports.
What I personally would like to see are reports from owners of the "stretched" Santa Fe. Thanks!