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Used 2013 Hyundai Elantra Consumer Reviews

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Reliability

Ratley, 10/20/2019
2013 Hyundai Elantra GLS 4dr Sedan (1.8L 4cyl 6A)
1 of 2 people found this review helpful

Never had any problems with this car.

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4.5 out of 5 stars

Impressive, but lacking in some ways

drewzkie, 10/09/2012
2013 Hyundai Elantra GLS 4dr Sedan (1.8L 4cyl 6A)
1 of 2 people found this review helpful

We upgraded from an '08 Fusion SEL to a '13 Elantra GLS because we wanted to save money at the pump. Well, that's been a bit of a disappointment, 3 months and 2,100 miles later we're averaging 22.5MPG cty and ~28-30MPG hwy. Some people say we're still breaking it in while others say we're passed that. We're holding out until 5K miles to see if there's an improvement, if there's not we may be reconsidering the Elantra. Another issue is the cloth on the drivers seat is already deteriorating. We're gentle in our handling of the car including how we enter/exit but it's still showing signs of disintegration. We like the car, but we took on a payment to get better MPG, so far we're disappointed.

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3 out of 5 stars

Rear Tires Badly Wear

W.l.Flowers, 01/29/2017
2013 Hyundai Elantra GLS 4dr Sedan (1.8L 4cyl 6M)
1 of 2 people found this review helpful

The rear tires ware bad on this vehicle. There is no adjustable means to correct it by design. You get loud road noise around 7500 miles, then you have to replace tires around 25,000 miles.

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4.13 out of 5 stars

Real life fuel consumption far lower than EPA ratings

marc_bar, 09/10/2012
2013 Hyundai Elantra Limited PZEV 4dr Sedan (1.8L 4cyl 6A)
4 of 16 people found this review helpful

There are a lot to like on the new Elantra 2013 but fuel consumption is certainly not one. I've always paid attention to the gas mileage I would get on my cars compared to the EPA ratings and I've always notice close proximity among them. In my new Elantra 2013 however, the actual gas mileage on a combined 70% street / 30% highway can not get above 23 mpg. It is way too far from the claimed 29/39/33 EPA ratings. To my disappointment though, the fuel consumption I am getting seems to be pretty much in line with the Consumer Reports testing experiencing 20mpg on city driving.

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3.75 out of 5 stars

good car not great

jonate69, 05/25/2012
2013 Hyundai Elantra GLS 4dr Sedan (1.8L 4cyl 6A)
15 of 64 people found this review helpful

Did my research and picked a 2013 elantra, have 2 thousand miles on it aready ...and this is my review i'm only going to note the cons ...hope hyundai looks at these reviews to improve the car 1) car doesn't look like a econo-box but sounds like one when driving it, way to much road noise ...and makes me feel like i overpaid for this car. 2) engine is underpowered by at least 10 horsepower or needs more low end torque for quicker 0-60 times , struggling to have enough speed to merge safely onto highway. the accent has 138 hp, the elantra has 148 hp and the sonata has 198 hp ....need more power

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