Hyundai admits their ratings were inflated by 2-3 MPG after an investigation by the EPA.
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Hyundai aggressively advertised the fact that the brand offers four models that boast 40 mpg [highway], but that claim is no longer true. The 2013 Hyundai Accent, Veloster and Elantra will now see their EPA estimates fall to either 37 or 38 miles per gallon on the highway.
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The company blamed it on "procedural errors" and will compensate owners.
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http://www.detroitnews.com/article/2...372/1148/rss25
EPA press release:
http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress...d?OpenDocument
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EPA had received a number of consumer complaints about Hyundai mileage estimates. Through the agency’s ongoing audit program, staff experts at EPA’s NVFEL observed discrepancies between results from EPA testing of a MY2012 Hyundai Elantra and information provided to EPA by Hyundai.
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EPA’s audit testing occasionally uncovers individual vehicles whose label values are incorrect and requires that the manufacturer re-label the vehicle. This has happened twice since 2000. This is the first time where a large number of vehicles from the same manufacturer have deviated so significantly.
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