2004 Elantra GT - How accurate is the trip meter (MPG)?

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I was really impressed with the GT, and will most likely buy the 5-door
hatch.
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Neil.
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I bought the GT yesterday. Silver, 5-door hatch w/ moon roof. I'll report
my findings as time goes on, but right now completely happy with the car and
the deal I got. :-)

Neil.
 
I bought the GT yesterday. Silver, 5-door hatch w/ moon roof. I'll
report
my findings as time goes on, but right now completely happy with the car and
the deal I got. :-)
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Here's to many happy miles!
Keep the shiny side up and the dirty side down.

--

S.

Don't fight with Idiots.
They will overwhelm you with their numbers and beat you with their
experience.
 
WE're lucky to get 20/21 city
Ohaya said:
Neil,

Comments below...



It's an '04 Elantra GT hatchback. We didn't get ABS. Everything else
that we got is pretty well standard in the GT (leather, air cond.,
cruise, tilt, remote keyentry and alarm, etc.).

Actually, this is kind of bad, I know, but my original intent was to get
the most basic automatic Elantra, the GLS, for my wife, and we had test
driven one of them at the dealer, but I wanted cruise control, and they
didn't have any GLS' with cruise in stock. Plus, the only automatics
they had were in black or a kind of light metallic green :).



As I mentioned above, we were just looking for a basic transportation
car, so performance wasn't a major thing we were looking for, but I'll
say that I have since driven it on I66, 495 (Beltway, from NVa towards
Bethesda), and the Dulles Toll Road, with 3 adults male passengers, and
passing at highway speeds hasn't been a problem.

BTW, it may be just me, but having driven both the GLS and the GT, the
GT's suspension seems a bit stiffer, which I liked. Overall, the GT
seemed much "tighter" than the GLS.



I'm definitely not a "leather" expert either :), but I think it looks
pretty good.

My daughter loves the car, and has been trying to convince me to trade
cars with her (she has a 2003 Honda Accord LX :)) since we bought it.
The steering wheel has a leather covering on it also, which is very
smooth. At first I thought it was TOO smooth, but now that I've driven
the car a bit, it's fine.

Beyond that, I think the interior is roomy. I kept bumping my head on
my daughter's Accord's roof when driving it, but the Elantra seems to
have better headroom. The bucket seats are MUCH more comfortable than
the Accord's (which feel like you're sitting on a bench).

The only thing that I've been disappointed about with the interior is
that the Elantra manual indicates that there's a center armrest, with
cupholders in it in the rear seat, but that seems to be incorrect (no
center armrest, no rear cupholders).

Yes, it came with the Kenwood CD player, which impressed my daughter AND
my son. It works fine, but I've been mainly using it to listen to FM
radio. My daughter has played some of her MP3 CDs which she burned, and
they worked fine. The only thing that I found strange is that this CD
player is not described in the Elantra manual, but I think I found a PDF
manual for it on Kenwood's website. It has a drop-down, replaceable
faceplate, and a remote.
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Hi,

I thought I'd post back to an old thread.

The MPG on our Elantra GT (now at 500+ miles) has been slowly creeping up.
It stayed at 23.1 for awhile, and just in the last 2 days, has crept up to
23.2 :). A kind of 50/50 mix between city and highway driving.

Hopefully, this'll continue for awhile...
 
I know exactly what your talking about, my wife and I have the same issue on our GLS 4-dr -- 2004 model purchased Oct. 2003. We noticed the issue when we were looking at the elantras, and it happened on all of the '04 models we tested. Of course, we thought our car's light could be 'fixed' after we took delivery. Well, here it is almost 4 months later that the passenger airbag occupancy sensor light is still malfunctioning. My wife weighs 120 as well. Our Hyundai dealer was sent some airbag "fix" kit from Hyundai to make our light work as it should; and 4 weeks ago in January; and at the time, that "fix did the trick. But, in the last week and a half, their "fix" is to no avail as the light is randomly going on and off again. Two days ago, I took the car to the dealer (again) to tell them the news, and they in turn were going to call Hyundai Engineering, then call me back. Well, no call yet, and I suspect not anytime soon. Are they stumped? Well, I'd say not exactly, as this problem is very much the same as a recall for 75 2003 Elantras sold to Enterprise Rent-a-Car. Do a search on the web for an Elantra Airbag Recall and you'll find it, which was back in August. One website had the description of the problem, which is the same that you and I are having. Just today, I also found the exact same complaint in an Edmunds.com Elantra review posted this January. This is more than an isolated case here and there, I'm guessing. So, when is Hyundai going to opt for a recall or TSB for a fix? My guess is not until they have enough complaints about this, and until they can figure out what to do. This is a safety issue in my mind, and back in December I called Hyundai in Fountain Valley, CA, and told them about it. They contacted their Southeastern Regional Service Advisor who also contacted me, who said they were looking into it and working on a solution for our vehicle. Bottom line, it's not resloved yet, the owner's manual about 56.4 pounds cutt-off limit is incorrect for the seat sensor. Unlike you where you had the car switched out, we had a seat switched out, which didn't work either. And as well, my wife and I drove 4 other elantras from the dealer, even with the service mgr in the car, and the problem replicated itself in all 4 instances. We love this car otherwise, but this airbag sensor light is beginning to change my opinion about this car!
 
I know exactly what your talking about, my wife and I have the same issue on
our GLS 4-dr -- 2004 model purchased Oct. 2003. We noticed the issue when we
were looking at the elantras, and it happened on all of the '04 models we
tested. Of course, we thought our car's light could be 'fixed' after we took
delivery. Well, here it is almost 4 months later that the passenger airbag
occupancy sensor light is still malfunctioning. My wife weighs 120 as well.
Our Hyundai dealer was sent some airbag "fix" kit from Hyundai to make our
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Wha is this kit?? Could you please look up the copy the repair order and tell
me the part number?
 

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