Now that Egypt is in a mess, no doubt fuel prices are going to rocket, at least for a while. I'm thinking of using the ECO mode in my 2013 Elantra. Is there any detrimental reasons why this might not be a good idea? Will it harm the car if I use it consistently?
Arthur
It is designed to be used consistently. It changes some performance aspects such as shift points, limits hard acceleration.
On the other hand, with my 2013 Accent that has the same drive train, when I drive economically (slower acceleration, gradually slow down up hill and slowly accelerate going down hill) the Accent gets better mileage when I do NOT have ECO mode ON. On trips I get between 39 and 41 depending on the terrain and the weather. In town it tends to be between 32 and 35 depending on how much traffic I encounter and whether I have a lot of deadlines that week so that I drive harder.
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