im in let me know!I always run mid grade to high grade gas. I made a trip on Friday to Seattle from Bellingham and back with an average of 14.4 mpg with only myself and my100 lb girlfriend in an otherwise empty truck with 92 octane fuel. Anyone interested in speaking out against Toyota? I'm calling them again on Monday if I get no resolution I'm going to contact an attorney to see about a class action suit.
I normally run mid grade or premium and only from chevron or shell. I stay away from the off brands as much as possible. And I have never ran ethanol, E85 in my tank. Damn flexfuel motor is the problem. After every tank my mileage range drops 15-25 miles, my computer doesn't reset back to zero like it should instead it just adds the percentage of ethanol to the existing reading. If I have filled my tank twice with gas containing, say 8% ethanol. That's now reading that I'm using gas that is 16% ethanol and so on and so forth until the level gets so high that the E85 program kicks in and tries to burn regular gas as its ethanol. Causing my performance, power, and mileage to tank. I can't get Toyota to listen to me.Merrick I am with you. I was getting pretty bad mpg as well but I read on a thread today that the gas had a lot to do. I was always looking for the cheapest gas and I never really thought about it but today after reading I went to a gas station I know that has recreational gas. Non ethanol and paid 4.42 per gallon. I had some gas in the tank already but i poured about 64 bucks and after driving and geting avg of 9 / 12 i was getting 13 / 17.3. put it to the test. I am also running a KN air filter with wheels.
Yah, I'm still in the same boat. 7.2 mph city. Got all the way up over 10 mpg on a 120 mile highway trip. Last time i had it at the dealer the alcohol was reading 88%. I've never put E85 in it and run mid grade or better from Shell/BP. Clearly there is a problem with either the Alcohol Sensor or ECU. I guess I'll try again with the local dealer, but honestly they are clueless.I normally run mid grade or premium and only from chevron or shell. I stay away from the off brands as much as possible. And I have never ran ethanol, E85 in my tank. Damn flexfuel motor is the problem. After every tank my mileage range drops 15-25 miles, my computer doesn't reset back to zero like it should instead it just adds the percentage of ethanol to the existing reading. If I have filled my tank twice with gas containing, say 8% ethanol. That's now reading that I'm using gas that is 16% ethanol and so on and so forth until the level gets so high that the E85 program kicks in and tries to burn regular gas as its ethanol. Causing my performance, power, and mileage to tank. I can't get Toyota to listen to me.
agree same here with the RW..if I drive hard its 15mpg. Its a brick into the wind..try tailgating - I pick up 2-3 mpg doing thatWow, i would be very upset with the mileage some are getting. I have a 2011 flex 5.7 and get 17-18 mpg on my 40 mile round trip to work. Can even get around 20 mpg straight highway. I have never used anything but regular gas. I accelerate slower than most and drive 60 instead of 65. I see many drivers floor it at every green light and hit the brakes hard at every red light. If this is your style of driving, dont complain about MPG
Pushing people out of the fast lane at 75 I can get 17 if I'm riding dirty.Thanks for replying but if you read the majority of the post you would have seen that we are driving conservatively. I'm happy that you have not experienced any of the problems associated with the flex fuel programming but I think that we are intelligent enough to know that aggressive driving affects mileage, it's just not the case here.Wow, i would be very upset with the mileage some are getting. I have a 2011 flex 5.7 and get 17-18 mpg on my 40 mile round trip to work. Can even get around 20 mpg straight highway. I have never used anything but regular gas. I accelerate slower than most and drive 60 instead of 65. I see many drivers floor it at every green light and hit the brakes hard at every red light. If this is your style of driving, dont complain about MPG
Sorry didn't mean to come off defensively. The sad thing is most of us with this issue never have used E85 either. Really frustrating for us and Toyota ignores the fact that the reflash just doesn't cure the entire program or that some might have other issues that prevent the reflash fixing the problemSorry, didnt mean to imply thats the only problem. The fact that i have never used flex fuel supports your theory. Too bad Toyota is not interested in admitting the problem exists.
Yah, I'm still in the same boat. 7.2 mph city. Got all the way up over 10 mpg on a 120 mile highway trip. Last time i had it at the dealer the alcohol was reading 88%. I've never put E85 in it and run mid grade or better from Shell/BP. Clearly there is a problem with either the Alcohol Sensor or ECU. I guess I'll try again with the local dealer, but honestly they are clueless.
I love my truck, but this is completely unacceptable.
Ok, so I have always had this question.... I believe the Average MPG is messed up on the Tundra. It says I am getting 10mpg but this is my conclusion
When I reset my mpg I get a decent 14-16 city 17-18 highway. Cool right. But when I'm either sitting at a light or in a parking lot you notice it starts going down. The Average MPG is not only counting traveling miles it is also counting just sitting there. :dunno: that's my conclusion not sure though
Just seems like when I had my expedition the average mpg was more accurate.The average mileage goes down while stationary with a running engine because you are burning fuel. If you we're to fill up your tank, reset the mpg reading and then let it idle until you ran out of fuel, you would theoretically see a reading of 0.0 mpg because you burned fuel, but covered no distance. That is why city mileage is lower - from the inefficiencies of starting, stopping, waiting, etc.
I hand calculate my mpg in addition to consulting the dash read out.
