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Hyundai Azera Real World MPG
No, I don't own an Azera, but maybe it's time to add this discussion so owners can boast/lament their fuel consumption issues.
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The initial break in for the first 1200 miles was a miserly 18.2 and that was gentle driving and acceleration with no AC.
I use the car for long trips only now as thats where it excels in performance and comfort and makes very light work of the miles and one arrives refreshed and ready to go.
A friend of mine made same trip in his new Avalon and had a fuel usage of 30.1 MPG, although he uses premium fuel and I use regular.
Just completed a 1200 mile trip (all highway) in my Azera My fuel consumtion according to computer was 25.2 MPG.
A friend of mine made same trip in his new Avalon and had a fuel usage of 30.1 MPG, although he uses premium fuel and I use regular.
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Regular vs. premium fuel is worth about 2 mpg in cost. So, although the Avalon uses premium, it is still a more cost effective engine than the Azera
I think one of the reasons the Azera is lower is that it weighs slightly more.
My gas mileage with the Azera is
17.2 city only
19.5 70% city 30% highway.
Since I haven't taken a highway trip longer than about 40 miles yet, I can't say what my pure highway mileage is.
But with gas prices what they are, it's too bad the Azera is a little better in this area.
I have come to believe the Consumer Reports numbers to be accurate except for there town milage. They must use a test cycle that is more like a NY City Taxi driver's usage.
However they say that they got 12 MPG city and 29 MPG highway on there Azera. One more MPG on the highway than the EPA got.
There 150 mile test trip netted 23 MPG, and there over all milage figure was 19 MPG. I feel there Highway figure of 29 MPG is correct, for most drivers.
I feel that a city MPG of apx 18 or 19 should be accurate for careful drivers, based on the figures I am seeing here and else where.
Actually I feel these numbers are good based on my MPG of 20 to 21 city and 30 to 33 MPG highway, given the fact that the Azera is quite a bit heaver and a much more powerful car than mine.
My 2 cents.
I got 19MPG and 27MPG avg. for the same 20 miles route with air-conditioner on and off respectively. The traffic conditions were the same and I reset the avg. MPG meter just before each trip. Don't you think the difference is too much?
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I got the similar poor avg. MPG like you around 15-17MPG and couldn't improve it even I drove very gently. Then I just turned air-conditioner off manually and took test drive and MPG was improved dramatically. I know your area, Phoenix, is very hot and not good for this test but just try it and you will see a big improvement in MPG such as 24MPG. Please post your result after.
Living in DC, I generally do a lot of mixed driving and I've seen the numbers be from 17 mpg up to 20 mpg.
These are numbers I was more or less used to with my '02 Sonata, so it hasn't been a big adjustment for me.
A/C has been on "Auto" the entire time, always working in this valley.
Driving is mixed city & highway.
Don
I'm trying to figure why this would make a significant change in mileage.
Anyone?
A/C on Auto throughout, traffic was thick so cruise control wasn't used coming or going over the Grapevine.
Don
I PURCHASED A NEW AZERA IN JUNE, MILAGE HAS BEEN AWFULL SO FAR (14.9 CITY/W AIR ON MOST OF THE TIME). HYUNDAI ASSURES ME IT WILL IMPROVE AS IT BREAKS IN
THE ENGINE, (1530 MI. CURRENTLY) DID YOU FIND THIS TO BE TRUE WITH YOURS?
OTHER THAN GAS MILAGE, IT'S A DYNAMITE CAR. I CAME OUT OF A XG300L (WHICH
WAS STOLEN) , AND FIND THIS AZERAS PERFORMANCE FAR SUPERIOR.
THANKS
GARY S. CALIFORNIA :confuse:
(By the way, Gary, it would be considered a kindness if you'd turn off your caps lock...
I do notice i try to coast more now that I see the mpg readings.
Thanks again,
garywayne :
Went north US 99 to US 50 @ Sacramento, east through Placerville, Tahoe, Carson City to Silver Springs. Mountain roads, single lane etc.
Reset trip computer to all zero's at home prior to leaving. Stops were for gas, another for lunch and another for groceries prior to arrival at destination. The trip back we stopped for gas, another for dinner and another for restroom.
Trip computer recorded 52 MPH avg. speed for 727.9 miles traveled. Mileage is 27.1 miles per gallon roundtrip. The one way trip time is typically 6 to 6 1/2 hours. Much of the driving was up at 65-75 MPH.
Except for probably half of highway US 50, cruise control was used extensively. The cruise control buttons are real handy to use and manipulate.
The shifting while in cruise was smooth up and down the hills/mountains. I manually downshifted going downhill and it worked quite well at slowing the car down. Very little brake useage on my part while drivers in front of me were constantly flashing brake lights. I didn't use cruise going downhill or in single lane mountain roads.
I did notice at speeds of about 45 mph and definitley 35 mph I had to manually downshift from high gear to keep the car from lugging or lurching while in cruise conrol. Slow speeds are not good in high gear.
All downshifts and upshifts were impressively smooth. I like this transmission.
Getting close to 5 hours in the seat I noticed the seat seemed to be getting harder on my butt. I asked wife how she felt as she was shifting around quite a bit. When we were shopping for a new car, a drivers side lumbar support was a primary factor. This is her car that she drives to work daily and needs the lower support. Passenger side seat does not have lower lumbar support. Other than that she was fine with seat etc.
When we started through the mountains I discovered a lack of lateral support in the seats. Nothing serious, just noticeable after doing this road over the years in a Grand Am GT.
We are 56 and 54 years old and not quite in the iron butt condition we were in way back when. We came out of a 1996 Grand Am with cloth seats and better lateral support. The Azera handles as surefooted as anything I've driven through the mountain roads, very predictable. Its like a big sports car with heated seats.
We'd buy it again. Still no problems with the car after 8900 miles. Other than a buzzy speaker at low tones.
We are still looking for another Azera on the road. All that driving and we have not yet seen another Azera to wave to or see what we look like.
We had the climate controls on Auto and temp set around 71 degrees. We did use the individual seat heaters. She likes hers set on 2 and I like the 1 setting.
Don
Someone commented about the Azera's buzzy-bass several months back. As I recall, he noted that the sub-woofer driver didn't quite fit flush with the metal work of the rear window package shelf and that there was a metal tang that was looped around a speaker lead for support that was touching the speaker's metal "basket" framework. He repositioned the errant lead support away from the speaker and temporarily removed the bass driver. By cutting an additional speaker surround gasket out of cardboard and tack-gluing it to the original speaker frame mounted gasket to fill the former space and then remounting the speaker, no more aggravating buzzing when reproducing fundemental bass content.
(Dunno 'bout you, but if there's "thunder" in the music, I wanna hear it cleanly and feel its solidity. Ask me why the Telarc CD of Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture" canon fire comes to mind...
Although your Azeras' MPG will probably increase somewhat with more use, it will never be great.
Mileage wasn't that big of a factor when we were looking at new cars. We have 220,000 miles on a Grand Am and we felt very good about getting 19/22 MPG. We wanted a roomy car, a nice luxurious car and didn't want to go above $25,000 to get one.
Give the car about 3500 miles or so to breakin before you start having concerns with MPG.
Still think the Azera is best bang for the buck. We've got 9200+ miles on ours since July.
I'm gonna have to take a look at that speaker buzzing. A cardboard gasket did the trick you say. I too like my thunder loud, crisp and clear.
Don
Don
Some of my friends tell me, yeah but it's a Hyundai.
In a crash would you feel safer in a Prius or on the Azera ???
Lou
I would feel safer in a Hummer or under the bed.
Lou
I believe that most Hyundai buyers, myself included, have made price and warranty a large factor in their decision.
On a level highway it is about 31.5 at 2000 rpms. Through the hills of West Virginia it drops to about 29.5.
Amazing! I have never experienced anything near the highway mileage that you are reporting.
You must be a very careful driver.
Switching from "auto" to "off" appears to keep the AC from cycling IF you don't then hit the fan button to get a bit more air circulation!
Remember that little grilled "humidity sampler" to the lower right of the dash control cluster? If it senses that the interior is getting too humid, it will cause the AC to cycle on, even if your desired temperature setting wouldn't require AC.
But it seems to work only if the fan is on. I'd been using the "off" setting (as opposed to "auto"), but I'd turn on the fan as compensation, and it was clear that I was getting AC to come on here in currently humid SW Florida, but last night I deliberately didn't hit the fan, and it began to get quite humid inside, and after a while, when I DID hit the fan button (still not in "auto" mode) I got a nice, chilly breeze from the vents and the moisture was gone in a couple of minutes, ergo: the AC won't cycle on unless the fan is set to run.
Now, maybe if it gets really, really humid, the system might automagically turn on both the fan and the AC, but I haven't put that to the test as yet, I like my comfort...
You bought a near luxury car, don't you want to drive in as much comfort as possible? If so, use the AUTO setting.
*I own a prior generation '03 Sonata with manual A/C. There are many occasions in my low humidity region in the early fall and late spring when bringing in plain or slightly heated outside air provides perfect ventilation without the noise and buffeting of an open window. Why would I wish to waste $2.50/gallon gasoline cooling that air only to reheat it back to a comfortable level? That's not luxury at all; that's simply dumb.
Want to just open the vents and let the outside air come in? Sorry, no can do!
Want to turn the fan on and have interior air recirculate without the A/C on? Sorry, no can do.
Want to put it on AUTO and have the car tell you what is currently running (e.g., AC, filtration system)? Sorry, no can do?
Want to be able to select between heat and cold? Want a real thermostat like the $50 one you have installed in your house? Sorry, no can do.
This has to be the worst climate control system I have ever encountered on a vehicle.
Actually, I'm pretty happy with the "auto" mode, as it does a very good job of "set it and forget it." I'll see next year how well it does for those SW Florida days (not very frequent, but they happen) when both the temperature AND the humidity top at 93 or so...
I live in SE Florida and have had my Azera for almost one year. The Auto AC system seems to work pretty well for me, although it has never had the conditions to cycle to the HEAT side. As the rear vent does not have it's own fan, this appears to be the "weakest" part of the system.I keep my system set to the recycle interior air position.