Lr4 Mpg

[reodje00]

16 mpg--mostly highway (daily commute is about 50 miles round trip). so not bad. i do try to drive conservatively to optimize my gas mileage.

 

[NaraBronzeLR4]

Best I've seen so far is 12-13 mpg. Only driven on my commute to work which is 10 miles, 9 of those being freeway. Only have about 200 miles so far-- I assume it should get better once broken in?

 

[bushway9172]

Bringing this thread back to life... Just curious what you guys are getting for gas mileage these days.
2010 LR4 with 62k miles. Johnson Rod lift and mud tires...
Averaging 11.8 mpg city/highway mix (Probably ~75% city).

 

[aesopian]

I'm averaging 15 MPG with mostly city driving. This weekend pulled a 3 rail trailer with 2 dirt bikes for 225 miles averaging 14 MPG with avg speed 60 mph.

 

[Dubroz]

New 2014 LR4, filled up only twice so far and reset trip A to log miles.

I drive 70% city, 30% highway, avg speed is 21 MPH.

Computer reads out 16.7 MPG, but math says it is 14.1 MPG. First two tanks were about ~280 miles each and took 20 gallons (drove it until distance to empty was in the single digits). Looks like new LR4's have wildly inaccurate computers and gauges (does anyone fill up to 22 gallons?). On the next tank I will try to disable ECO mode everyday and see if that helps accuracy.

 

[epiclr4]

2014 LR4 with 7,500 miles.

I would say that I spend 85% highway, 15% city and with the current summer gas I am getting mid-high 19's. I will have to look at the average speed to add that to the info.

During the winter it was about 1 mpg less.

All of this coming from the computer.

UPDATE:

As of this morning on this tank of gas I am averaging about 35 MPH and 20 MPG. I think I have about 140 miles on the tank so far.

Best thing about it is that I also just put on my Thule Aero Bars on my roof rails. So that is good as well.

 

[aj22]

2014 lr4

Using the computer, brand new LR4, loaded with 5 people + dog (total ~900 lbs), two bikes and loaded roofbox on top, highway driving, computer readout 19mpg.
No idea how accurate this is, I'll do manual checks going forward.

 

[JotaDe]

Glad this thread popped up as I've been wondering about this (extensive internet searching hasn't come up with any good user data).

Anyone know what the advertised MPG for 2010 - 2013 LR4s vs advertised for 2014?
Same question regarding actual MPG from user tests?

 

[danrhiggins]

Glad this thread popped up as I've been wondering about this (extensive internet searching hasn't come up with any good user data).

Anyone know what the advertised MPG for 2010 - 2013 LR4s vs advertised for 2014?
Same question regarding actual MPG from user tests?

www.fueleconomy.gov (US EPA) reports:
- 2013 LR4 12 city, 17 highway, 14 combined
- 2014 LR4 14 city, 19 highway, 16 combined (an increase of 2 MPG in each category)

But I have always taken the "your mileage may vary" comment very seriously. I find that I can vary my own MPG as much as 10-15% by altering my driving style - even with a similar load and city/highway mix. So I don't find comparing what I get to the results of others to be all that useful.

I may be wrong but I thought I heard that the transmission adapts to the driver over the first few hundred miles. I have not seen a detailed writeup on it but this is not uncommon in modern vehicles. If true, this could "set" the car to shift somewhat more aggressively or less so depending on the driver which in turn could effect driver-specific MPG.

 

[Quijote]

www.fueleconomy.gov (US EPA) reports:
- 2013 LR4 12 city, 17 highway, 14 combined
- 2014 LR4 14 city, 19 highway, 16 combined (an increase of 2 MPG in each category)

I suspected that would be the case - a 1-3 mpg improvement at the most.

On my 2013 V8, I get ~18.5 on hilly hwy driving at ~75mph with ~700bls worth of people & cargo. I get ~13mpg on mild city driving in very hilly areas.

I lose a solid 10% in efficiency on winter-grade fuel, which is consistent with all my other cars.