[GregL]

My average MPH is 36 and has never been reset since I got it. Just over 21000 miles so far, And I have gotten anywhere from a low of 35 MPG to a 41.6 MPG per tank. The Low being winter driving and the high on a long trip in the summer.


This car is built for rolling along.

Jay if you get them to drive your car, go with them. Make sure to point out the steering. Yours sounds like it needs a alignment & your dealer should at the minimum check your alignment. And make them give you a copy of what it is.

 

[cobraflem 6]

My avg speed is 48-51 mph, and I get 35.5 mpg during spring/summer, but with winter blend fuel, down to 31.5mpg. I must also add that I am a bit of a "lead foot!"

 

[az2008]

Not questioning the complaints from some about their disappointing mpg but the Accent still outperforms fifty percent of its competitors when you compare it against average MPG data as reported on fuelly.com.

That's interesting. I wonder if anyone's used fuelly to compare actual (driver-reported) MPG to advertised MPG. I wonder how Hyundai (or the Accent) compares in this regard.

 

[jmp316]

That's interesting. I wonder if anyone's used fuelly to compare actual (driver-reported) MPG to advertised MPG. I wonder how Hyundai (or the Accent) compares in this regard.

I'm an active user of fuelly. I regularly use it to compare to other 2012 Accents. Go on and take a look. Overall average of ALL 2012 Accents is currently 32.6. Mine is 33.3, so I'm a little above average. I've ranged from 40+ to as little as 29. It's a good tool to track and compare mileage.

http://www.fuelly.com/driver/jmp316/accent



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[mrmr256]

Isn't San Francisco full of hills and add to the fact it is a busy city, so tons of stop-and-go traffic?

Yeh, the accent hates hills and stop-and-go traffic.

 

[PNH]

Hates stop and go for sure, ours lives that life, rarely sees the highway, and so the mileage blows.

 

[jmp316]

The Accent hates stop and go, but I've found some simple hypermiling techniques, such as coasting when you can, can help offset this. Not always safe or feasible, but it does help.

If you are living in a hilly area, such as San Francisco, try to take it easy on the gas going uphill and coast (when you can) going downhill.


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[JaySF]

Well I am about to go the "L" route with this **** company as they have provided me with no explanation as to why a brand-new 4 cylinder car can get even below 20 MPG. Yes I live in San Francisco and there are hills, but 90 % of my City driving is on flat surfaces and I do not get stuck in any long traffic jams. Even when I drive on the Freeway my millage since December has been 19-23. There is NO Excuse Hyundai !

I went on a ride with the District Manager and the local Service Manager and they achieved a whopping 2 MPG more (19) when we drove the same route. They next want to take the car for a day and do a 50/50 fuel consumption test which I am realizing will most likely result in the same millage. I say this because we also took a brand new Accent out and did the same 7 miles of driving (one hill) and still got the same crappy millage. WHAT A CRAPPY EXPERIENCE FOR BUYING MY FIRST CAR WITH 'America's Best Warranty" -NOT ! This is a case of (A) Sales Fraud and (B) California Lemon Law.
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[mickeyboat]

Well I am about to go the "L" route with this **** company as they have provided me with no explanation as to why a brand-new 4 cylinder car can get even below 20 MPG. Yes I live in San Francisco and there are hills, but 90 % of my City driving is on flat surfaces and I do not get stuck in any long traffic jams. Even when I drive on the Freeway my millage since December has been 19-23. There is NO Excuse Hyundai !

I went on a ride with the District Manager and the local Service Manager and they achieved a whopping 2 MPG more (19) when we drove the same route. They next want to take the car for a day and do a 50/50 fuel consumption test which I am realizing will most likely result in the same millage. I say this because we also took a brand new Accent out and did the same 7 miles of driving (one hill) and still got the same crappy millage. WHAT A CRAPPY EXPERIENCE FOR BUYING MY FIRST CAR WITH 'America's Best Warranty" -NOT ! This is a case of (A) Sales Fraud and (B) California Lemon Law.
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How do you explain all the good mileage folks are reporting. You seem to be saying we are lying. How do we know you are reporting actual facts and not just trying to trash Hyundai?

 

[Easy Rider]

There is NO Excuse Hyundai !

They next want to take the car for a day and do a 50/50 fuel consumption test which I am realizing will most likely result in the same millage.

California Lemon Law.

This is exactly why I can't be in the "customer service" business anymore. Customers with unreasonable expectations who won't listen to anything.

Sounds like a case of: My mind is made up; don't confuse me with facts.

They are trying to help you and you won't let them.
I think you have no room to complain.

I encourage you to try to file a lemon law action with the Attorney General's office. They need a good laugh from time to time.

Maybe you should take it up with Judge Judy.

 

[az2008]

we also took a brand new Accent out and did the same 7 miles of driving (one hill) and still got the same crappy mileage.

When another randomly selected car behaves the same way, it tends to suggest yours isn't a lemon. I wonder if there's something specific to your location, like bad gas?

 

[jmp316]

Well I am about to go the "L" route with this **** company as they have provided me with no explanation as to why a brand-new 4 cylinder car can get even below 20 MPG. Yes I live in San Francisco and there are hills, but 90 % of my City driving is on flat surfaces and I do not get stuck in any long traffic jams. Even when I drive on the Freeway my millage since December has been 19-23. There is NO Excuse Hyundai !

I went on a ride with the District Manager and the local Service Manager and they achieved a whopping 2 MPG more (19) when we drove the same route. They next want to take the car for a day and do a 50/50 fuel consumption test which I am realizing will most likely result in the same millage. I say this because we also took a brand new Accent out and did the same 7 miles of driving (one hill) and still got the same crappy millage. WHAT A CRAPPY EXPERIENCE FOR BUYING MY FIRST CAR WITH 'America's Best Warranty" -NOT ! This is a case of (A) Sales Fraud and (B) California Lemon Law.
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Easy now. Take a look over at fuelly for 2012/2013 Accents. Most cars their get well within the mileage estimates from Hyundai, including mine (posted above). I agree that your mileage is low, but similar mileage in another car seems to not indicate yours is a lemon. As mentioned above, maybe bad gas.

Can you also post what type of gas you're using? Oil? Driving habits? Tires? Manual/automatic?


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[northey87]

I said this before, it's not worth the headache! If you truely hate the car that much get rid of it.

 

[JaySF]

I love the car- that is the problem. I test drove a few Toyota, Scion and Honda’s before the Elantra and Accent. Given that I wanted a sub-compact that had power, decent room and most of all great MPG’s in the city and Highway, I chose the Accent GLS. I got around 40 MPG on the one big road trip I took to Santa Barbara and that was it. My normal commute used to be around 46 miles round-trip on the freeway and and the rest in the city and for the most part, the MPG's were slowly increasing in botht he city and freeway. That began to slide in late Nov-early Dec.

The only other issue I have besides the MPG is the loose steering which, at 8,000 miles I have gotten used to for the most part.

I have a friend who is an extremely intelligent guy and a lead engineer for another car company. Both he and the regional service manager at Hyundai stated that the "brand" of gas you use should only have minimal effect on MPG. (There are some generic stations around the Bay that I avoid though because their gas is definitely watered down) I did inquire about California's "special" gas with 10 % Ethanol and again was told by my friend and the Service Manager that the switch over from summer to winter gas (which is about when my MPG's started decreasing, should not have an effect either.

After getting contacted by Hyundai’s PR department regarding my complaint, I met with the regional parts and service manager and the service manager for the two dealerships in SF and the Peninsula. They asked me to drive the routes that I usually drive every day around San Francisco, 90% of which is flat and no steep hills. Next, the local service manager drove the car, etc. and when they did the calculations, rather just what the dash says, my MPG was 17.9 and when they drove it , they got closer to 20. I also drive on the freeway and over the Bay Bridge 1-2 /week and also drive 60 miles south 1-3 times/month. Even on a 25 mile freeway drive I now average about 19-25. If anyone out there thinks that this is all due to my driving habits,, where I live, etc, all I can say is that you are incorrect.

Lastly, up until the fuel test this week I did not want my money back; all I wanted them to do , since it has now been at the dealership 4 times for the same issue, was to trade my Accent in for the exact same car. Now unfortunately I don’t know what to think about Hyundai’s apparent Quality Control issue. I say this because they let me drive a brand new Accent the same route, then they drove it and the mileage was almost identical. Seriously. How can some people achieve and even beat what Hyundai says and here I am getting pathetic MPG’s? I don’t get it.

@northey87, I think I mentioned that this is actually the first New car I bought in my life and the reason I did so was to not have to worry about my car again for a while. Now I am dealing with a bunch of those unfortunate events and circumstances that we all go through (I am dealing with them all though L ) and can not just “get rid of it” without Hyundai’s acknowledgement and help.

Thanks for listening.

 

[JaySF]

How are they trying to help me by telling me "there is nothing wrong with your car?" I am going to let them take it next week for a day to for the 50/50 MPG test and see what happens. Being that I work in Social Media, helping our customers with our products is my job and I enjoy it. If our products don't work as designed and Marketed, we resolve the issue the best we can no matter the cost. I do not see how you can say that my expectations are unreasonable. The MPG I am getting now qualifies as a "Gross Polluter" from what I have heard . Even the guys who work there tell me that they have a few customers come in with the same exact issue for the Elantra and Accent and they do not know why they MPG is so bad. They said that some people however do get close to or above the original 30-40. All I want from Hyundai is to either fix my car, get me a new one or give me my money back. I don't think that is too much to ask for a brand new car !

This is exactly why I can't be in the "customer service" business anymore. Customers with unreasonable expectations who won't listen to anything.

Sounds like a case of: My mind is made up; don't confuse me with facts.

They are trying to help you and you won't let them.
I think you have no room to complain.

I encourage you to try to file a lemon law action with the Attorney General's office. They need a good laugh from time to time.

Maybe you should take it up with Judge Judy.

 

[JaySF]

Well first of all the air isn't bad here at all - SF is NOT LA thank god, and in regards to my driving habits, I do not have a lead foot in the city or freeway nor am I stuck in traffic jams When my wife drives the car, she will sometimes get around 20 in the city and 25 on the freeway. But most of the time our #'s are the same. The tire pressure has been spot-on except for the one time when I went to the dealership and they fixed the "pulling problem with some procedure) the the left front tire was at 31 and the right rear tire was low at 30.5.

I am not a "spammer" who spends his time on forums complaining about things that don't exist. Trust me, I would rather be posting POSITIVE things about the Accent

Take poor driving habits combined with poor fuel quality and poor air quality as well as low tire pressure, you might see lower than 19 mpg in this car!

 

[Easy Rider]

I don’t get it.

I think that sums up the situation perfectly.

The car isn't that old; it probably still has excellent trade-in value (you might be surprised). For your present short commute you REALLY need a hybrid. Likely that is the ONLY thing that will solve your problem.......as NO other car on the market will do what you want it to do.

Until you "get" that, you will just be making yourself miserable fretting over it.

 

[isd.jwendell]

I must admit, I haven't read all 6 pages of this thread, I just jumped to near the end. But, I have an idea...

You and the Hyundai rep tried driving your car over the same route and got similar MPG. Hyundai will provide a loaner car when they have to keep your car for an extended period, so try taking a loaner Accent over the same route and compare MPG. If there is something wrong with your car, than this will show up in this test. If the loaner Accent doesn't get similar MPG to your Accent then the problem becomes Hyundai's to solve.

 

[az2008]

That began to slide in late Nov-early Dec.

That sounds like gasoline is a contributing factor. So-called "winter blends" are used to reduce air pollution. They also produce lower MPG. Many owners on this forum have posted that their MPG drops in the winter.

they let me drive a brand new Accent the same route, then they drove it and the mileage was almost identical.

As mentioned previously, I think that's a significant piece of information. It's hard to believe you were both sold a "lemon" and given one as a loaner.

That points to something about your driving habits or environment (heavy stop-and-go, poor fuel, etc.).

Where do you buy your gas? Other forum members are more into this topic and can give you suggestions about where to buy so-called Top-Tier gasoline.

 

[mickeyboat]

It would appear you have conclusive proof the car is not the mileage problem. Others have not had your mileage issues. Better start looking in the mirror for the problem and solution.