Hyundai Ix20 fuel economy

steve1955

I've recently bought a new Hyundai Ix20 blue 1.4 diesel 'style', based on all the reports of good economy. Hyundai claim between 60mpg urban & 67.5 extra urban, after 4 fill up's I'm getting between 46 - 50mpg, I know you have to knock some of the manufacturers figures off but considering it has a stop-start engine this seems a little low.:(
Does anyone else own a diesel version of the Ix20 who could comment?

daveyjp

How quickly does stop start come into action when it is 5 degrees, dark and you need cabin heat? Fuel tests are done at 21 degrees and no electrical items will be on, so stop start will work during the official test.

I have a stop start MB petrol. In summer it was operating after a couple of miles, it is now taking 4-5 miles, but still gets 40 or so round town.

If the car is new it should loosen up, but this will take 10-15,000 miles,but as you bought the diesel version I assume you are doing high mileage so it won't take long for you to cover these miles.

motorguy

steve1955 wrote: »

I've recently bought a new Hyundai Ix20 blue 1.4 diesel 'style', based on all the reports of good economy. Hyundai claim between 60mpg urban & 67.5 extra urban, after 4 fill up's I'm getting between 46 - 50mpg, I know you have to knock some of the manufacturers figures off but considering it has a stop-start engine this seems a little low.:(
Does anyone else own a diesel version of the Ix20 who could comment?

Your engine will still be very tight. You'll need to allow several thousand miles for it to loosen up.

maninthestreet

The engine isn't run in yet. Give it a few more thousand miles, the fuel consumption should have improved by then.

Trebor16

The combined figure for this car is 65.7mpg. My own experience of the official figures is to knock 10mpg off the combined figure to get a realistic target to aim at in normal use. So 55mpg should be realistic for you.

As others have said the new engine will be tight and needs loosening up. My diesel Golf, which had 7000 miles on the clock when I bought, is returning much better MPG now that it has almost 17000 on the clock than when I first got it.

liz_and_lee

I,VE GOT THE SAME PROBLEM AS YOU AVERAGING 47 MPG ON THE LAST 20 TIMES I,VE REFUELED. I ASKED THE DEALER TO CHECK THIS WITHIN WEEKS OF BUYING THE CAR THEY SAID THE EMISSIONS ARE OK AND THAT THEY CAN,T ADJUST ANYTHING ANYWAY. I WENT ON TO WRITE TO HYUNDAI THEMSELVES THEY REPLIED SAYING:-
i can only recommend that you allow the vehicle to ‘bed in’ and to record your fuel consumption figures until 8,000 miles are achieved. If you do remain dissatisfied with the consumption the dealership will then be able to carry out a test for you.

If a fuel consumption test is conducted and no fault is found, the other option is for an independent inspection to be carried out. This will be at your own cost, however if the inspection finds in your favour the cost will be refunded to you. Naturally Hyundai Motor UK Ltd will be happy to reinvestigate this matter if the independent inspection results differ greatly from our own.
I HAVE YET TO TAKE THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALER BUT ITS DUE ITS SERVICE SHORTLY SO I,LL DO IT THEN PS ITS A 1.4 DIESEL STYLE, LOVE THE CAR BUT DISSAPOINTED WITH THE FUEL CONSUMPTION

Hintza

It's also winter which can knock 10-20% off fuel consumption (not that cold this year though). If it is due a service and you have yet to hit 8,000 miles it sounds as if you are doing a lot of short journeys which won't help wither.

Get the car out there and use the gear box, push the revs up and waken the car up a bit.

I have been running around in the Cherokee like a granny for a year and the car was just getting more and more sluggish. Last week I had to run to Edinburgh, being held up by road works I pushed the car a bit and my goodness it is running much better.

Trebor16

Winter diesel is different to that sold in the summer and as a result diesel fuel consumption is worse in the winter.

Notmyrealname

Trebor16 wrote: »

Winter diesel is different to that sold in the summer and as a result diesel fuel consumption is worse in the winter.

THIS. More kerosene is added to prevent waxing. This lowers the calorific value of the diesel so you get less bang per squirt so need to use more throttle and hence more fuel. Winter diesel is typically used from October to end of February.

almillar

Anyone thinking they're not getting what the manufacturer says - these tests are the same for all manufacturers, under the same conditions, they're not cheating.
What do you get in your current car? What is the urban, extra urban, or combined figure for your current car? If your current car is 30 combined, and you get 20, then don't expect to get 40 out of a car with 40mpg combined if you don't change the way you drive. You need to knock, in that example, one third off any car's combined mpg to see what you'll expect to be getting.

BenL

The honestjohn real mpg submitted by car owners is here

http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/RealMpg/Results?manufacturer=hyundai


1.4 CRDi
Official Combined 65.7 mpg
Real average 51.2 mpg
Real range 46.3–55 mpg

No one has submitted for the blue model yet though (although the blue model on there is a 1.6)