Hyundai Santa Fe Significant Drop in MPG

8 messages, Last post on Dec 28, 2008 at 9:06 AM

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#6 of 8 Re: Significant Drop in MPG [pgatz] by Bad08Sonata Dec 27, 2008 (9:48 pm)
Replying to: pgatz (Dec 26, 2008 8:28 am) Are you setting your emergency/parking brake between drives? Maybe your parking brakes are dragging or are not completing releasing. cold weather might be freezing lines Replies to this message: pgatz (Dec 28, 2008 9:00 am)
#7 of 8 Re: Significant Drop in MPG [Bad08Sonata] by pgatz Dec 28, 2008 (9:00 am)
Replying to: Bad08Sonata (Dec 27, 2008 9:48 pm) The car is garage parked, and I do not use the parking break for that very reason..
#8 of 8 Re: Significant Drop in MPG [jcwsbltd] by pgatz Dec 28, 2008 (9:06 am)
Replying to: jcwsbltd (Dec 27, 2008 7:53 am) I reset the the mpg trip computer with each tank of gas. I discount mixed driving from all highway driving tanks. However, when I know that the last tank was ALL highway driving and I got 16 mpg from that tank and the previous mixed driving was about the same, that's an issue. I had the oild changed at a local place recently and I'm reading in other places on the forum about the uniqueness of the oil filter for the Santa Fe. I'm wondering if that place put the wrong filter in. Guess that means a trip to the dealer to find out.