Looks like we are getting another recall...
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I've never seen it go under 20, even with a/c and city driving. Many of my trips are under 10 miles too.
Exhaust work pushed it up.
I'm 23.1-4ish with city driving. I also use pennzoil plat 5w30 hm. Maybe that helps a bit too. I don't use the A/C much in the fall, but I use it sometimes.
When I got it, it had a dirty air filter, dirty throttle body, dirty airbox, got barely 16ish in the winter. I cleaned it up, new Denso air filter, cleaned airbox, Throttle body, new PCV, and mileage went up. Ran two bottles of techron too. Then got the exhaust done. (had a thread on that).
Not saying all of the above will help you, but that is what I did. I believe that should be done to any car after a period of time.
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From: Tennessee
In the 20.5-21.2 range.
I've never seen it go under 20, even with a/c and city driving. Many of my trips are under 10 miles too.
Exhaust work pushed it up.
I'm 23.1-4ish with city driving. I also use pennzoil plat 5w30 hm. Maybe that helps a bit too. I don't use the A/C much in the fall, but I use it sometimes.
When I got it, it had a dirty air filter, dirty throttle body, dirty airbox, got barely 16ish in the winter. I cleaned it up, new Denso air filter, cleaned airbox, Throttle body, new PCV, and mileage went up. Ran two bottles of techron too. Then got the exhaust done. (had a thread on that).
Not saying all of the above will help you, but that is what I did. I believe that should be done to any car after a period of time.
I've never seen it go under 20, even with a/c and city driving. Many of my trips are under 10 miles too.
Exhaust work pushed it up.
I'm 23.1-4ish with city driving. I also use pennzoil plat 5w30 hm. Maybe that helps a bit too. I don't use the A/C much in the fall, but I use it sometimes.
When I got it, it had a dirty air filter, dirty throttle body, dirty airbox, got barely 16ish in the winter. I cleaned it up, new Denso air filter, cleaned airbox, Throttle body, new PCV, and mileage went up. Ran two bottles of techron too. Then got the exhaust done. (had a thread on that).
Not saying all of the above will help you, but that is what I did. I believe that should be done to any car after a period of time.
Maybe you or someone else will know this....Wouldn't a fault 02 sensor cause the CEL to come on? My CEL has never come on.
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From: NY
It depends. There is a OBD-II is designed so components can degrade to a point and no CELs. That is why diagnosis is important. How is power?
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From: Tennessee
Power seems to be fine. It moves quick. Haven't checked via 0-60mph or anything but it comes out of a red light quick. Just out of curiosity do you use the sport sifter or just leave it in regular and do you use power mode or snow mode or just keep the button set to normal? I've tried all of the above and see no difference in mpg really, but was just curious.
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From: Virginia
I just did my recall today. I am glad that I did, because they found a bunch of stuff wrong with my car, which are legitimate. They say that my water pump is noisy, but not leaking. It has been on my to-do list. They say that my rear brake calipers are frozen and needs the brakes replaced. I am wondering if this is why I am getting crappy fuel economy. Those are definitely big findings for me, along with all the other little things they found.
If anyone is interested in what exactly is done during this recall, you can see the instructions of how they perform the repair here:
https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/201...8V432-3527.pdf.
If anyone is interested in what exactly is done during this recall, you can see the instructions of how they perform the repair here:
https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/201...8V432-3527.pdf.
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From: ND
I actually just had the last fuel recall done a few weeks back and got this letter today. I feel a little bad because the closest dealership is ~140 miles from me. So they have to drive the loaner to me, drive my car back to the dealership, fix it and swap them again after that. It sure is convienent though!
I drive to and from work on the city roads and the hwy. Mostly stop and go traffic a lot. The lowest MPG that I seen was 16-MPG. 11-mpg is really bad. I want to sell my car, but I just don't want another car note. I think that I should just do it because my car sucks-up 2-quarts of oil every month as well.
My car was not like this before the recalls.
My car was not like this before the recalls.
I used to average 25-27 mpg highway 70-80mph avg with ac on and now I only average 22-24 after the recalls.
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