MPG

Hey all,

I just hit 1100miles on my new 2014 Tacoma DCSB off road. the mileage sucks! I am getting about 260 to a tank city driving which is about 13mpg and I was wondering if anybody is getting the same. I am going to take it back to dealer to get serviced about this, anybody have any advice as to what could cause this? tire pressure and lug nuts are torqued and to spec, the alignment is not out of whack, and I am not beating the truck up, just kind of driving normal- no hard brake, no hard gas.

I thought I would be getting 16-18mpg, this is outrageous

thanks!

 

lighten up with your right foot...

have you added anything, canopy, changed bumpers, changed tires?

 

Use your trip monitor to calculate your mileage, not the capacity of the gas tank.

 

beds empty, tonneau cover installed, foot is not heavy

 

your 13 MPG says differently...

 

please explain, I reset trip A for every full tank of gas giving me 260 per tank when I am on E

 

keep your rmps below 2k.....anything higher and yes you will get around 14-14.5 mpg easy lol

 

easy there, never had this problem with any other truck/car ive had

 

that's the weird part, the rpms are really low, 1500-2000, ive never seen the truck go beyond that. could the off road tires affect 3-4mpg?

 

take total miles driven and divide that by the gallons you put in at fillup.

example 250 miles driven you put 15 gallons in just you would be getting just over 16 1/2 MPG

 

Reset A when you fill up. Then the next time you fill up divide the number of miles driven by the gallons of gas needed to refil.

 

that's how I got 13, 260mptank divided by 21+gallons in tank = 12.38MPG

 

Are you driving in the city or highway? In stop and go traffic? This can make a huge difference. Lage offroad tires will also make a difference.

 

I thought they only have a 21 gallon capacity...

 

yes stop and go traffic 23miles to and then 23miles from work, all city

yes I have the stock off road package tires which seem a little beefier,

I would be amazed to find that this kills mileage down to 13mpg though

 

I was getting about 18.5 mpg...then got a 3" lift...went to around 17
then got 285/70/17s, skid and sliders now it is a constant 15.5-16

 

You shouldn't be surprised by your milage then. Stop and go traffic KILLS your fuel effieciency.

 

book says 21.1 gallon tank and should be getting 16-19mpg

 

Not in stop and go traffic. Not a snowball's chance in hell to be more accurate.

 

is what it is then, what you going to do

thanks guys