I've only had my 2006 Outlander a short while and have only filled it up twice. I notice that I am getting lower then average figures for mpg. Only driven it in the city so far and am getting 16 mpg that's with a/c on low and very conservative driving (about 310km/190miles per tank). I notice the average for the AWD is about 20 mpg/city. The first tank was 95 octane, then tried 91 octane - no difference same mpg figures. Also, how many gallons do you guys get on a full tank? I get only 12 gallons and fill er up when the fuel light indicator lights up. Any suggestions? It's new with still under 1000 km, AWD model. Other than that this car is a pure pleasure to drive.

it depends on how you drive your car. like easy, hard, and high reving the engine and dont change gear went in higher rpms.

are you tires have low air, have junk in the back of your car ?? all that stuff come to play on MPG.

Sounds low to me. The best I am manage is 26-27 mpg on a long cruise (still below the manufacturer's figures), but never under 24. Size of the tank seems about right to me - the warning light does come on early, as I've had over 80 miles out of it after the light!

chuk

In my experience with my 04 AWD you MUST keep the tach under 2500 to get mileage. Close to 2000 is even better. Keep it from shifting when using cruise. Avoid the AC. Pump the tires to 35PSI. I get 25-26 all around in the Winter and 28-29 in the Summer. Winter gas will kill your mileage too. I suspect it will improve some after break in..

I will try upping the psi a bit, currently it's at 30-32. I have read that the outlanders get better mileage after 5000kms so time will tell. Also to the other poster I try and keep rpm at 2000 rpm and have been driving very conservatively and don't have any extra weight in the car.

sounds about normal.

I was getting crap mileage from my 04 AWD for a little over a year. ( 16-18MPG MIXED highway and city) I was conscious of my driving habits, tire pressure, air filter, windows being down, A/C being on, extra weight, etc. NOTHING would change that MPG, I even complained to Mitsubishi corporate and they did a fuel consumption test and said everything checked out normal, no faults in the system. I got a K&N drop in filter and no noticeable results. After about 28,000 miles on my car, my MPG increased, but at the same time I was doing some minor mods to my car. I have a Magnaflow muffler, underdrive pulley, 5 wire ground kit, custom SRI and I now average 19-20 MPG consistently- that includes getting on it pretty hard on a semi-regular basis. I may be able to get 21 -22 MPG if I drove conservatively again, but let's be honest here, keeping the AWD Outlander under 2000 RPM's and you are going pretty slow. 4300 LBS and 160 AWD HP gives you probably 125 HP at the wheels---- that's PEAK HP don't forget.

Just took my outlander for its first hwy trip, to my amazement I got 550 km (345 miles) on one full tank of 91 octane, it was 95% hwy miles at 100-105 kph (60-65 mph) with a/c on. That translates into 26 mpg, with a driver and two passengers and light luggage. Puzzling thing is I am only getting 310 km (195miles) 15mpg in the city with just me driving, a/c on (no passengers/no luggage). It seems to be getting the spec amount of mileage for highway but not for city, strange.

Is your city very hilly? Pulling all that weight, stopping and starting often in the city kills mileage. Tops I get is about 8,5 L/100km which translates to about 28 mpg - but that's hwy, when I stay around 105km/h. But that's RARE ;)

Including city driving - which is mostly what I do, I average about 12-12,5L/100km. Around 18 mpg which is about what other users here are reporting.

Actually the city I live in does have some hills so that could contribute to it. Also in this city people drive a little more aggressively although I don't so that probably is another factor. I just thought that it should get better mileage in the city being only a 4 cylinder I know of a person who has a 5 year old 6 cylinder Lexus RX300 and gets as good mileage as me in the city with same driving habits, happy with hwy mileage though.

I normaly hawe 9L/100km in the cittydrive when i fill up my outlander turbo...In cold weather -20 degrees Celsius i had 8,5 L/100 driving in 110 km/h. Now with summertires i get under 8L/100 in 110km/h. Heawy rain gives a extra 1-1,5 L/100 So if i drive in the city for 300km and then goes for a longdrive i really doesent se any big changes on the L/100 meter in the car... A stickshift and just take of smoothly on first gear then 3'rd and 1/3 of trottle up to 45 and then 5'th gear... If i want go faster than 45 i just hold 1/2 trottle on 5'th until i reach 90-110-230... Planing u'r drive and let the car keep on going without using the brakes saves fuel... Each time u hawe to use u'r brakes is a waste of energy.. Driving faster around corners gives better mileage but then u have to se u'r lokal tireshop faster... Try not to stop the car compleately when u aproach a redlight.. And allways start in time if u have a time to catch.. U really need extra speed to make a 30 minutes drive in 20-25 min..
Now in sweden ecodrive is standard at driving skools.. Giving u'r passangers, dog's and children a nice drive without hawing to worry aboute things comes flying from the grocery bags is actually sawing fuel....

S-H Piteå Sweden

Ecodrive has it's price... Because i dont use my brakes that mutch and werry seldom hard ,the rear brakepads got stuck (no grease/kopperpaste) And the price of new pads are way abowe 100 us $ Just because the old are worn out in the lower end so the metal got in contakt with the disk.... I just did my first service but rear brake is not included in the checkup... So if u drive gentle u need to at least puch the brake hard once now and then.... Not neccesary when driving.. Just to ensure that the pads dont get stuck... Ewen better up is to use copperpaste ex when shifting summerwheels/winter.. But a hard puch on the brake now and then vill propably work as well.........

i get 7km/L or roughly 16MPG as well with our non-mivec outlander on city driving, 32psi all around and with a fat driver (hahahaha...140kilos).

and i rarely hit 2500 rpm as well. oh well...

highway drive...aw snap, forgot to compute. running at 180kmh/118-ish mph downhill on a rainy night takes up all your time, you'd barely have time to think about your consumption. :lol: