1.8 owners, do u experience when press accelerator heavier during high gear, there is a low but audible noise? It's like a minor rubbing sound "zi zi " sound, hard to describe, like air sucking. Not sure if this is normal as I heard this from day 1.

It is a myth. New car nowadays, the engine has already been broken in from factory. If you refer to user manual, it only advise you to drive moderately in the 1st 1000km and the reason is to let the parts break in (eg: brake, transmission).

I would say neither I am the expert nor most of the guys here. I believe it is the best to just follow what stated in the user manual, wish is to drive the car within 2k rpm - 4k rpm, don't race the engine, don't do hard braking for 1st 1000km to protect the new car.

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Added on July 19, 2012, 9:06 amBTW, I feel that the 1.8 is very sensitive to your right foot. Once you step more, or let the RPM rises above 2.5k rpm, the fuel consumption will shoot up. It also not particularly fuel efficient also when driving at very low speed, <40kmh. Since 1.8 is quite rev friendly (thanks to the new aluminium engine and efficient 6 speed G/box), you have to control your right feet very well to achieve <9L / 100km in city driving.

Highway is another story, I can easily achieve 6.2L/100km, 110kmh constant before 1st service.

Again, don't expect miracle in city driving. Only hybrid or very low cc car can be efficient in city driving.



This post has been edited by l2k: Jul 19 2012, 09:06 AM

Hi all, found that my coolant level is already at near low, remember from factory is around 3/4 to "F" full. The car milleage only around 1400km. Is this considered normal usage or there is some sort of leakage?

Thanks for the fast respond Mineral water?? Why? I thought the user manual recommend us to use distilled water (battery water)?

Seems like you guys also experience coolant level become lower and need to refill with water ? Maybe I give my SC a call tomorrow to confirm if it is "normal", just to be cautious as still under warranty period.

I used SC shell helix semi, since 5k need to do service again. It is wasteful to use fully. But I feel the engine oil is not good, 10W40 is a bit heavy, feel the throttle a bit sluggish before change. Plan to use own oil, still surveying which brand is good.

This post has been edited by l2k: Jul 30 2012, 10:24 PM

Oh, by the way, owner manual is recommending 5W-20 or 5W-30. Don't know why SC recommend shell oil as their semi (hx7) is 10W-40 and fully (helix ultra) is 5W-40. Both is "thicker" than recommended SAE which may cause higher fuel consumption.

Will bring my own oil at 5K service I guess, I know some owners have done so..

Where to buy this? Seems good.


I have called my SC, the technician said for a low mileage (1400km), the coolant drop to low is abnormal and told me to take the car back to SC to check. Sian...

Can share the photo of the defect ?

taizi5566, no such function I am afraid. Only bluetooth calling.

This post has been edited by l2k: Aug 16 2012, 08:59 AM

I also don't find bluetooth streaming necessary. However, this HU is definitely not a high end one.

Few personal little gripes on the HU including:
1. Buggy playing songs from pendrive size >4GB (my largest disappointment as 4GB pendrive is almost obsolete now)
2. HU interface respond speed is a little slow, especially when finding address in GPS. However I found that GPS refresh speed is OK, satellite searching speed is also quite fast.
3. Audio quality definitely only sub par, I found that it loses out even to my aftermarket 1-Din philips cd player as the cd player has more oomph and better clarity.
4. Using GPS and listening to music simultaneously, ocasionally got "pop" "pop" sound when switching between GPS voice and music.
5. Interface graphics is too generic to my taste.

Other than that, the HU is working flawlessly.

By the way, I found that Civic 2.0 Navi HU is much faster and equipped with Garmin.

did you turn on?

Wiper sequence (downward)
Off
|
Auto
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Slow
|
Fast

If upward is single swipe. Auto rain sensor can adjust wiping speed according to rain heaviness. This is one of the feature I like the most.

Adjustable bar is for time interval adjustment between each wiping. Also apply for Auto if I am not mistaken.

We don't have the option to switch off the ionizer, believe it is built in. Can't prove it anyway. If korean version, ionize wording will be shown on LCD.

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Added on August 16, 2012, 10:07 pmIs the facelift skyactive or non skyactive? Elantra wins in terms of NVH, interior space, fuel consumption, 6 speed transmission. M3 wins in terms of performance (not a fair comparison anyway, 2.0 vs 1.8), and driving dynamics. But I heard M3 2.0 is a fuel drinking monster.

This post has been edited by l2k: Aug 16 2012, 10:07 PM

Woot, nice projector. I think the projector really fits the sexy headlamp curve of elantra well. It's a shame that projector lens was dropped.

666devil, can you share your 1.8 fuel consumption?

I myself still not quite satisfy with the fuel consumption, so far able to achieve the best is 6.8l / 100km (calculated, computer showed 6.4l / 100km) 90 % highway 10% city, 110-120kmh. If full city drive, with constant short distance trip + minor hill climbing, never can get below 10l / 100km.

I know some Civic fb owner can already achieve as low as 5.4 l / 100km constant 80kmh.

I am wondering if I change to fully synthetic oil in my 2nd service will help...

This post has been edited by l2k: Aug 23 2012, 09:46 PM

No offence bro, but if I were you I will not be satisfied if it is same fc with altis 1.8 (not mistaken, it is pre-fl 4 speeder? ) as Elantra is claming a far superior mix driving fuel consumption than altis. Anywa, I really enjoy driving my elantra, no doubt.

80km/h can achieve 5.3L/100km with elantra 1.8 or 1.6? If it is 1.8 I must say "wow !"

Yup, agree that no miracle in city driving as too much variation in terms of traffic and such. I actually did say the same thing to others. Now I am trying my best to keep my right foot as gentle as possible, and not rev pass 2k if possible (very hard as our 1.8 and 6 speed ratio is rev friendly) and try to avoid heavy traffic as much as possible. I will see what fc I get in the end. If I need to drive like an idiot to achieve a near to factory claim consumption rating, I will say that there is a big flaw in the factory rating as it is unachievable under "normal" driving. What for to buy a 1.8 car while you need to drive so gentle with slow acceleration in order to achieve the rated fc? Hyundai mustn't be so ambitious with their advertised FC as they know in real world, alot of things need to be taken into account.

This post has been edited by l2k: Aug 25 2012, 08:29 PM

Guess they should really revise the way they test the fuel consumption. Engine wise, japanese maybe still has the edge in low end torque I guess.

Yup, korean cars have improved alot, so far very satisfied with the elantra, more than 4k milleage, no rattling, vibration, very solid car. Assembly quality seems to be better than some japanese rival.

Only one complaint is the exhaust hissing sound is quite obvious when on hard acceleration (with audio turn off), don't know if any owner notice that. Went to SC to check they say it is normal exhaust sound, but as I was on a rush, I didn't further question.

This post has been edited by l2k: Aug 26 2012, 05:05 PM

There is a new HX7 E selling recently, 5W-30, not sure if SC has it? Don't have a good feeling for Petronas engine oil, I will still stick with Shell. However, still curious if changing to thinner oil will get much better FC. Please keep posting to let us know. Also, I found that computer FC is not reliable, it can vary from 0.3L/100km to 1.1L/100km lower from actual calculation, example manual calculation yield 10L/100km but computer shows 8.9L/100km, but on the other day when I was cruising all the way on the highway, computer shows 6.3L/100km but after filling up, manual calculation yield 6.8L/100km.

Shell HX7 E

I am going to do 5k service soon, probably will "upgrade" to use shell helix ultra 5W-40. Currently still not happy with with my 1.8 FC. Lowest I can get is 6.8L/100km with 95% highway 110-120km/h, city average 10L/100km. Browsing through the new civic thread, I know that even 2.0 owner can get better FC. Right now I think the culprit of the sub-par FC of our elantras would be 1)Overly thick engine oil (owner manual recommend 5W-20 or 5W-30) 2)DOHC engine, lower torque at low RPM, slightly higher RPM or in layman term, need to step on the gas pedal to get satisfying acceleration. Besides FC, everything else work flawlessly, only a small complaint from me is the intrusive exhaust hissing sound when step more on the gas pedal.

This post has been edited by l2k: Sep 21 2012, 09:15 AM

I doubt that, if compare apple to apple, meaning 1.8 to 1.8.

Preve 1.6 normal for example, FC @90kmh constant, 5.8L/100km, Preve 1.6 CFE 6.6L/100km based on official website.

I know Honda Civic and new Altis can achieve below 6L/100km but your statement "5L/100km is achievable by most modern car under 90kmh constant" is very misleading. Provide facts, don't "big cannon".

This post has been edited by l2k: Sep 21 2012, 12:22 PM

You sound like you are contradicting to your own argument. We all here are Elantra owners, we are talking about real world consumption. I am not interested in ideal condition. Thats why I doubt your statement that 5L/100km is achievable by "most" modern car..

So many facts wow, you really have tested all the cars, get to the fuel station and manual calculated the FC of all the cars don't you...? Glad that you can share with me a few photo of the consumption you recorded for those cars, thanks. So you own a K5, but here is Elantra thread just to remind you... No need to throw so many things at me at once. There are a few reason why I come out with the argument.. I am talking about real world consumption, not instant FC meter or few minutes computer FC figure.

About elantra 1.8:
1. 110kmh constant at about 2450rpm, lower than camry 2.5L.
2. 90kmh, flat road, FC is <5.5L/100kmh, rpm around 2100.

But we know, Malaysia road is not perfectly flat, especially at NSHW. Most of the automatic cars have tall final gear ratio to maximize the fuel efficiency, hence a small degree of uphill will sometimes force the gearbox to downshift, which will kill the FC instantly. I am talking about real world consumption, not computer FC.

And lastly, we are sharing Elantra owner experience, not your "professional auto car experience".

This post has been edited by l2k: Sep 21 2012, 02:21 PM

I have read many of your reply from several thread. Maybe this is your source of excitement.

Well, anyway, Yes I am a joke. You win.