Real world MPG on the LR4

[Haleakala]

If the LR4 is anything like the vehicle I'm trading in, if you can reset the average mileage while driving, just do it while coasting or driving down a slope. The indicated mileage will go way up. I can't test it because mine hasn't arrived yet.

 

[neezer]

Anyone know why the current LR4 has a combined MPG rating of 16? The math doesn't add up. 15 + 19 = 34 which divided by 2 is ... 17. So, what happened there with the feds?

 

[Davidinseattle]

neezer,

Yep, it's a weighted average. I believe the city value is weighted at 55% and the highway value is 45%, which is why you don't get a raw average.

 

[neezer]

neezer,

Yep, it's a weighted average. I believe the city value is weighted at 55% and the highway value is 45%, which is why you don't get a raw average.

Ah yes, just confirmed that. Indeed that is correct. So then it works out to 16.8. They aren't allowed to round up. Only down

 

[toddjb122]

Somewhere there was a post about the trip computer showing MPG in the single digits. Most of us responded saying that low teens was typical for around town and high teens+ on the highway. (I can't find that thread, but found this one)

I have a new/used 2013 LR4 and can't get the trip computer out of the single digits. Now... I've only been driving it for a day and a half, so I'm not concerned yet.

I did reset the trip computer to zero which on the LR3 would also reset the MPG calculation. Anything else I should know? Everything else seems normal and my mechanic (who gave the truck a blessing today) said if I was really burning a gallon every 8 miles, I'd know it!

Thoughts?

 

[Frank8]

On my 2016 LR4 with a total mileage that just turned 5.1K, on recent Vermont to midtown NYC round trip) (appx 560 mi) I got 19.6 mpg overall.

In the last 2000 miles of mostly local with some highway I got 16.8 mpg.

Got the car in late November so it was winter driving with snow tires on.

I started the trip meter over again this week when I put summer tires back on. So far 170 miles of local (33 mph average) it's 17.9 mpg. Too few miles here to really draw any conclusions.

Frank

 

[mpinco]

I can confirm the LR4 is capable of single digit MPG. The drive from Cheyenne, Wyoming to between Laramie and Rawlins is a slow uphill climb, typically into your legendary Wyoming wind. Add a travel trailer and it is single digits all the way to the top.

Typically I see 14/15 around town with 18-20 on the highway at 6300'-7200'

 

[toddjb122]

How do you reset the average MPG calculation on the LR4?

On the LR3, it was reset every time you cleared the trip. At least on my '05.

When I look at what I'm getting on the instant MPG, it certainly seems like I should be well up in the teens on average. High teens even. But I can't get that average into the double digits.

So, the good news is I don't think I'm actually averaging 8 mpg. I'll have to hand calculate the next time I get gas.

 

[Surfrider77]

I haven't reset mine in well over a year. I pulled mine up yesterday and it reported 13.1 MPG average.

Yikes!

 

[toddjb122]

Okay...I think things are correcting. Maybe this was off due to whatever fuel or driving had been going on while Carmax had the vehicle.
I had a 1/2 tank left of whatever the dealership had in there, filled it with Super and went for a 2 hour drive on the highway; 1/2 traffic, 1/2 fast, some back roads - computer came up with 18.2MPG and my hand computation came up with 17.2 MPG. Seems good to me under the circumstances.

I'll see how around town driving performs.

@Surfrider77 , that's pretty good. It's what my LR3 would show after several months of forgetting about it. That (for me) meant 17-20 highway and whatever it got around town.