Mileage reports: Automatic transmission (5AT)

[TOOL]

I got my lowest MPG yet today..30.
I would expext better, 30 seems low to me. Im used to 35mpg. Hmmm...Maybe its going to start decreasing..

Tyler

[colt496]

I'm only getting about 300 km/tank with my AT Fit sport in the winter, barely. I get about 400 km/tank or so in the summer. That's not so good, is it? How long is the SUPPOSED "break in" period? I've had it almost a year now but I don't do THAT much driving with it as I usually walk to work. I've only got about 8000 kms on it so far and If I'm calcuating correctly I'm probably averaging about 9-10L/100 kms (maybe more) when it should be closer to 8L/100kms in the city, right? Any suggestions to increasing fuel efficiency for this car

[Buktheng]

I freaking hate my fit! I swear I get the worst gas mileage between all of you. The past 4-5 fill ups, I don't even think I get over 20 miles to the gallon. The gas lights comes on before I even hit like 190 miles and that's with just driving around normally trying to conserve on gas as much as possible. I just changed the oil like 8-900 miles ago so its good oil in there. I don't know what the hell to do!

[manxman]

Originally Posted by Buktheng

I freaking hate my fit! I swear I get the worst gas mileage between all of you. The past 4-5 fill ups, I don't even think I get over 20 miles to the gallon. The gas lights comes on before I even hit like 190 miles and that's with just driving around normally trying to conserve on gas as much as possible. I just changed the oil like 8-900 miles ago so its good oil in there. I don't know what the hell to do!

Man! This thread is HUGE. Mileage is either good, acceptable, or atrocious. I have not read all the posts here, mainly because I do not suffer the last or even middle categories. My worst results were with most of the tank spent with passenger, giant full ice chest, and a roof rack (with no cargo), and mileage was 27 mpg. Normal driving empty of people and cargo, mixed city/highway is 38 mpg.

I'm wondering if there is a defect in the AT's for the people with horrible fuel economy. Notice that I do NOT disbelieve their claims of bad mileage, or blame their driving skills. I hate to suggest throwing money at the problem, but has any of the low mpg. sufferers taken their cars to an independent, high quality transmission shop for a fluid change and inspection? I'm willing to bet that an unbiased trans. shop will find indications of accelerated wear- like metal particles in the drained fluid. Just a suggestion- I feel bad for you people!

[colt496]

I read a post that the car seems to get the worst mileage with only city driving. Apparently on the highway it's pretty good. I've only taken my Fit for a road trip once but I neglected to calculate the mileage. I think it gets about 20% worse in the winter too but don't quote me on that.

[ciburri]

Originally Posted by Buktheng

I freaking hate my fit! I swear I get the worst gas mileage between all of you. The past 4-5 fill ups, I don't even think I get over 20 miles to the gallon. The gas lights comes on before I even hit like 190 miles and that's with just driving around normally trying to conserve on gas as much as possible. I just changed the oil like 8-900 miles ago so its good oil in there. I don't know what the hell to do!

WOW!
1. Check your air filter and intake tubing for restrictions.
2. Reset your ECU and see if anything changes.

3.Most important: set a video camera when car is parked and you might catch somebody stealing your gas!

In late 50's my grandfather could never figure out why his work truck had horrible gas mileage until he caught my father siphoning it out for their boat for rides with his girlfriend!

[xorbe]

Originally Posted by ciburri

3.Most important: set a video camera when car is parked and you might catch somebody stealing your gas!

'07 Honda Element locking gas cap.

[kusojiji]

Anybody make a correlation between gas companies to mileage? I heard that some companies add more junk (air, alcohol, hops) to the fuel than others.

I've been buying my gas from the same company and most of my differences in mileage comes from how much weight I'd been carrying during the week and how bad the traffic was.

[kusojiji]

I did some looking around and it seems that Shell has been getting good reviews. I guess it all depends upon how much ethanol is mixed into the gas. There was one news article on how Hawaii started using 85 percent ethanol across the board and how gas mileage started going down. I guess the "normal" mixture is 90%.

I'm going to try different gas companies for a few tankfuls at a time and see if the price equals out.

[Flyboybob]

Our Sport Automatic was getting about 25 mpg around town until the car reached 10,000 miles. Now it normally is getting about 30 mpg around town. My wife drives the car conservatively. The service manager has told me that the car will improve its gas milage until the engine has about 10,000 miles and then the gas milage will remain constant. So far he has been correct.

[colt496]

Sounds like you're getting right around what the new EPA revised estimates are, which is about 27 city and 33 hwy. I guess I'll have to wait until I hit the 10,000 mile mark. That would be about 16,000 kMs, right? I got a little ways to go yet since I haven't reached 9,000 kMs yet. I'm hoping for better mileage than 10L/100 kMs after that.

[weave]

So far I've gotten around 25, 26, 28 but the 28 tank was almost all highway.

I live three miles from work so I think that is killing me.

Another possible factor is I always get gas at the same Exxon station so next tank I'm going to try another brand. All gas here is E-10 :-(

I was pretty disappointed but taking some comfort that I'm not alone at least.

[kusojiji]

Geez, reading about gasoline types and their effects on mileage has been an eye opener. I had believed in the past that octane was good and that ethanol was a good gas. It looks like ethanol has lower power output than gasoline and while reducing emissions, it reduces mileage. It also has a higher octane level, so if you're running high compression, it will help reduce pinging.

So, my question is are they using ethanol to increase octane? If so, that could explain why the observed mileage is lower than when using regular gas. The inability to properly utilize it and the lower power output could be a double strike for us low compression users.

I'm still looking for each gasoline producer and their ethanol mixture levels.

[alarmgui]

They use Ethanol to lower emissions supposedly. But also, it allows us to use a fuel that has been produced domestically from mainly corn. E85 is 85 Ethanol and and is about as high as they can go in a gas powered engine. But it also has about 1/2 the potential energy but also a lower price. Of course this has driven up the cost of corn now...

How about if we just got these idiots out of their huge SUV's they use to drive THEMSELVES to work and then maybe we wouldn't need to import so much oil..wow what an idea! I mean hell, if you need a vehicle to put a bunch of people or equipment in, your gonna need an SUV, van or big 'ol truck. But when its you and the kid, you need something reasonable. This 'i need a big SUV to make up for something' has got to stop.

On a similar note, it's funny how many people don't realize oil is used to make plastic.

[kusojiji]

Yeah, using less potent gas may be cheaper per gallon(?), but we'd have to fill up more often. Wonder if it balances out. also, it increases the amount of times we'd have to fill out. It would severely shorten our range with the 10 gallon tank.

[xorbe]

all that corn is apparently killing off the marine life in the gulf of mexico too, with excess nitrogen run-off from our huge corn crops now. everyone wants to grow it because the price per bushel has doubled or something i read...

[kusojiji]

Yeah, nothing like a little greed to undermine our attempts at breaking OPEC's hold on us. If we could gain a little self-sufficiency on power production, we wouldn't need to bother about the middle-east and south america. They can all just keep on killing themselves - by themselves. But no, of course we can't do that. . . back to the subject.

If ethanol keeps going up in price, then all the good that they're trying to get out of it will fall on deaf ears. The consumer will find that although the fuel burns cleaner, the cost of having to fill up more often since mileage will suffer is going to kill the want to use it. The auto makers would have to go back to high compression or put more forced induction vehicles out on the road to realize the power potential associated with high octane and make it more worthwhile for the common consumer to want to use the fuel.

But back to the thread, it doesn't work for the Fit!

[suketoborudo00]

with about 1500 miles in, both getting pretty much the same mpg; 28.25 and 28.59. I guess you can say it is increasing little by little have not broken 30 mpg yet.

[southerncannuck]

Good mileage is available. But you can't drive like a teenager to get it. My best tank so far is 384 miles on 8.5 gals. 48.4 mpg. I've gotten 40.1 since new(10,000 miles?)

Here is what the Fit likes. Speeds less that 65 mph. Try to keep it in a high gear, and as much as posible keep off the brakes.

It can be hypermiled, but you can't be sporty.

[kusojiji]

Wow, 48.5? Awesome! Question: where are you going downhill in both directions?