How is everyones gas mileage ? My used to be decent, averaging about 45 liters / 400km in the city. But now it is horrible. My last 4 fill ups have been :
43 liters / 245 km
41 liters / 328 km
44 liters / 365 km
This is on a 2005 SE with 32,000 KM's. I checked the air filter and it is OK. I'm almost always on 2wd.
I know that gas mileage drops in the winter, but this is bad!
Hey Canuck, I noticed my gas milage went down a lot too.
The first gas tank to went a long way, but its getting worst and worst.
I did like 1L/10km before, the last gas tank it was 1L/8km and i'm currently at 7200km on my 2005 SE AWD as well.
I'm thinking because now I drive with AUTO on most of the time, while before it was only 2WD.
maybe it'll get better again in summer
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Originally Posted by Canuck371
How is everyones gas mileage ? My used to be decent, averaging about 45 liters / 400km in the city. But now it is horrible. My last 4 fill ups have been :
43 liters / 245 km
41 liters / 328 km
44 liters / 365 km
This is on a 2005 SE with 32,000 KM's. I checked the air filter and it is OK. I'm almost always on 2wd.
I know that gas mileage drops in the winter, but this is bad!
I too am a bit disappointed in the mileage I've seen thus far. It's not bad but it's not what it should be based on Nissan's claims if you ask me.
For my particular model Nissan claims 8.1 litres per 100kms highway and 10.8 litres per 100km city.
I do about 80% highway driving and thought I'd be conservative and count on 10L/100kms or 600kms to a tank. I was thinking I'd AT LEAST get that. Before winter (when I didn't warm up the vehicle or use AWD) I'd get 11 litres/100kms at best. Now (winter) it's worse but I don't really chart it or anything.
Canuck: 43 litres / 245 km?! That thing got a Hemi? 17.5 litres/100km...brutal.
I too am a bit disappointed in the mileage I've seen thus far. It's not bad but it's not what it should be based on Nissan's claims if you ask me.
For my particular model Nissan claims 8.1 litres per 100kms highway and 10.8 litres per 100km city.
I do about 80% highway driving and thought I'd be conservative and count on 10L/100kms or 600kms to a tank. I was thinking I'd AT LEAST get that. Before winter (when I didn't warm up the vehicle or use AWD) I'd get 11 litres/100kms at best. Now (winter) it's worse but I don't really chart it or anything.
Canuck: 43 litres / 245 km?! That thing got a Hemi? 17.5 litres/100km...brutal.
I currently run regular gas, I might switch to super to see if there is a difference.
My last fill I got 501km with 46.6 L of fuel. I use regular fuel, and haven't found much difference with supreme. This is with winter tires on my vehicle, which are 225/60/r16, left over from my maxima.
Although I have had similar mileage to what you are speaking of. I couldn't relate it to any specific reason.
Greg
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Originally Posted by Canuck371
How is everyones gas mileage ? My used to be decent, averaging about 45 liters / 400km in the city. But now it is horrible. My last 4 fill ups have been :
43 liters / 245 km
41 liters / 328 km
44 liters / 365 km
This is on a 2005 SE with 32,000 KM's. I checked the air filter and it is OK. I'm almost always on 2wd.
I know that gas mileage drops in the winter, but this is bad!
Bad time of the year to look at gas mileage, especially in cold spells. My X-Trail has 81,000 and I lose about 50km fill to fill right now, ie 475km instead of 525km, still not bad. I find my X-trail better on gas in its second winter, probably because it's well broken in.
My last fill I got 501km with 46.6 L of fuel. I use regular fuel, and haven't found much difference with supreme. This is with winter tires on my vehicle, which are 225/60/r16, left over from my maxima.
Although I have had similar mileage to what you are speaking of. I couldn't relate it to any specific reason.
That does seem a little low. I drive very hard and I have the Auto 4x4 on all the time in winter.... I'm averaging 13 l./100km.. In the summer, with my CAI air filter, I was doing around 10.5 l./100km. I'm going to try reseting my ECU by removing the proper fuses. Maybe that would help you also. Do you let the car warm up a lot before driving? A la prochaine.
This raises an interesting question for me. Is fuel economy something that the manufacturer is somehow obligated to guarantee? Within a certain percentage of published figures, for example.
I mean, what if your new vehicle never even gets close to the advertised fuel consumption figures? Does the consumer have any recourse?
Say the manufacturer publishes 10L/100km combined but you routinely get 15L/100km no matter how you drive. What if your car just plain sucks? What then? Couldn't this technically be considered a problem that should be covered under warranty?
I bought an off-lease 2000 Pathfinder SE. My last tank was 63 litres and I only drove 406 km. What should I start checking (air filter, etc.) that might improve this lousy mileage? I might sell it and try a different one if this doesn't get better fast!
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