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#2 of 50 Sportage - gas milease by pao1 Jun 08, 2006 (4:21 pm)
I have a 2005 Sportage EX, V6 automatic. There are a little over 3500 miles on it - I do mostly city driving. I'm getting 14.1 mpg. The dealer says that the vehicle will get much better mileage after its "broken in" at about 4500 to 5000 miles. I had the ECM adjustment when I was notified by Kia. Anyone have experience with low gas mileage or other comments about gas mileage? Thanks. Replies to this message: petec1 (Jun 15, 2006 8:18 pm) mikdee (Jun 15, 2006 9:57 pm) 14milo (Jun 17, 2006 6:51 pm)
#4 of 50 Re: Sportage - gas milease [pao1] by petec1 Jun 15, 2006 (8:18 pm)
Replying to: pao1 (Jun 08, 2006 4:21 pm) I have an 06 Sportage automatic EX V-6 as well with about 4300 miles on it and have the same complaints that you do with the mileage. Took it to the dealer who handed me a brochure on EPA testing and basically told me "live with it, it doesn't get any better". I'm getting what you do and drive like you do (mostly city). One poster here said he had good luck by switching to a harder Goodrich tire ........that's not a workable solution when you have only 4300 miles. I change vehicles often and unless something dramatic is done with the transmission (doesn't know what gear it's supposed to be in) and/or the engine, I will not buy another. That's really too bad, because I really love this car in every other respect. Replies to this message: mikdee (Jun 15, 2006 9:57 pm)
#5 of 50 Re: Sportage - gas milease [petec1] by mikdee Jun 15, 2006 (9:57 pm)
Replying to: petec1 (Jun 15, 2006 8:18 pm) What we really need to do, is send a barrage of letters, phone calls, & e-mails to Kia, & Hyundai, to get on the stick, and fix this widely known major problem! That they refuse to acknowledge!   I traded in a perfectly good 2002 Santa Fe LX 2.7 V6 4WD Auto. That gave me 20-24mpg around town, & 24-30mpg on the highway, for over 3yrs, & 87K miles, that was completely stock, except for using 10-30W, winter, 10-40W summer, Quaker State synthetic blend oil, changed every 3-5K miles, for this similarly equipped, lighter, more aerodynamic, GAS HOG! What Did They Do Wrong?!?!?!
#6 of 50 Re: Sportage - gas milease [pao1] by 14milo Jun 17, 2006 (6:51 pm)
Replying to: pao1 (Jun 08, 2006 4:21 pm) What is the ECM adjustment? Haven't heard from Kia!     I too only get 14 mpg city but there have been others on in this forum reporting 17. That sounds more like what we should expect when you take into consideration the EPA overstatement.
#7 of 50 poor Kia milage by 1jacques Jun 28, 2006 (5:44 pm)
last winter I wrote sevral articles about how lousy my 2006 4wd Sportage was ....I estimated about 10 miles to a US gallon at the worst of it in -20F temp.   at mid point on my gas gauge I was hitting 100 km (60 miles with 25 liters or 5 imp. gallons gone in the tank !!   Summer is here now I can get 200km on a half tank or... about 24 miles to one imp. gallon (19.2 miles to a US gallon)   City driving issue was closed shut when I did a 100KM run with Kia mecanic he did 50 km I did Km we both refilled to the top and total consumed was 13.5 liers (within kia spec for city driving) except I never drive 100km straight in twn... I go to walmart and back, i get groceries and come back etc...   The kia test met he specs So I stopped complaining although the issue ...doing 10mils per US ga;llon in twon in winter will come back next winter !   pretty lousy if you ask me,   right now...24miles to a Imp. gallon highway driving well what Can I say it is not so bad but by dodge Caravan gave me 30-32 miles to an Imp. gallon going to Florida.   But hey!! In snow on 4wd... it is a real safe car to drive !! it just sucks a lot Replies to this message: bhmr59 (Jul 02, 2006 4:56 pm) 1jacques (Aug 16, 2006 6:36 pm)
#8 of 50 Re: poor Kia milage [1jacques] by bhmr59 Jul 02, 2006 (4:56 pm)
Replying to: 1jacques (Jun 28, 2006 5:44 pm) That's surprising. My '05 Sonata with the 2.7L engine averages about 18 mpg year round in mostly "city" driving. Lowest I've gotten was 16.something when it was very cold and the highest was 19.something in warm weather. If I do even a little as 50 miles on the highway, the increase in mpg is noticable. I drive 2.7 miles to work, up & down hills, with 2 stop signs the 2 traffic lights (usually only have to stop at one light) and the last 1/2 mile is stop & go due to a traffic light 1/4 mile after my office's parking lot. With 40% highway adn 60% city I've gotten 23+ mpg. The last time I drove a full tank of gas on the highway I got 28+, and that was with only 1100 miles on the car and having to stop for tolls on the Garden State Parkway.   Don't estimate your milage based on the gas guage reading...you'll likely be way off. Maybe you're heavy on the accelerator, maybe you spend a lot of time stopped in traffic (which gives you ZERO mph when stopped). Replies to this message: 1jacques (Aug 16, 2006 6:36 pm)
#9 of 50 Re: poor Kia milage [bhmr59] by 1jacques Aug 16, 2006 (6:36 pm)
Replying to: bhmr59 (Jul 02, 2006 4:56 pm) been using the same foot since I was 20.. now 56 been driving the same roads in the same city for 36 years Been enduring winter after winter   the only vatiable is a awd 2.6L v6 Kia Sportage   I use the odometer to calculate the miles (KM) and the meter on the gas pump to calculate gas quantities and my wallet says OUCH ! everytime I fuel up
#10 of 50 poor mileage by 14milo Aug 28, 2006 (11:26 am)
I have an '05 EX auto w/ 5,300 miles and get 14 mpg in city driving. I just use the computer in the dash to figure it out. If I'd known, I wouldn't have bought the car. Replies to this message: daddye (Sep 01, 2006 10:11 am)
#11 of 50 Re: poor mileage [14milo] by daddye Sep 01, 2006 (10:11 am)
Replying to: 14milo (Aug 28, 2006 11:26 am) I have an 05 EX 4WD 2.7.   I too, thought it got bad gas mileage early on.   Now, the car has about 16,000 miles on it. I have had the computer traction control recall work done.   The mileage has gotten noticably better: I do a combination of city/highway, and it gets about 21 MPGs. My feeling is that the EPA rating is right on: if all I was doing was going to get grocercies, errands, etc (lots of stop and go parking lot driving) i think it would get about 19 MPGS. On the highway, it can get 23 or so.   One change I have made that I would recommend is getting a different air filter. I went with the K&N air filter after I looked at the stock air filter that came with the Sportage: The design is poor: the dirt spots on the air filter indicate that most of the air is being forced through only part of the filter, thus probably restricting air flow.   I have been really happy with the sportage. I also own a 2001 Optima that has about 130K miles on it. Mostly, it has needed only regular maintenance.   -e

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