CHATROOM: MPG 1st & 2nd Gen

[smm76]

I'm also a little dissapointed in my MPG so far, I was expecting 30 or close to it and am only getting 24 - 25 on rural roads. Hopefully with the warmer weather it will start to improve a bit. I have about 3k miles on it so far, my best MPG is 32.9 for a short 15 minute trip but I don't typically see that. I replaced a Pontiac Vibe (30+ MPG) with the Rogue and was hoping to see similar MPG.

[jashar97]

I'm in already getting HOT Phoenix. So far, averaging about 28 in the city. Did take a trip to SoCal and was doing about 31 until I got to Palm Springs. Up hill and wind dropped me quite a bit as would be expected.

I drive with cruise control a lot. I find my milage is MUCH better when the computer is controlling speed and not my foot.

[therealroland]

From Chicagoland to La Crosse, WI. partly interstate, partly back roads. Interstate traffic, 65-70 mph, clock says 28mpg. After finishing with back road driving, 55mph roads, hilly, twisty, clock says 30.4mph, the trip mpg said 34.3 mpg (new record!)

The car likes 65 much better than 75, unlike our 2012 altima 2.5l. And yes, use cruise control rather than your foot.

It's a shame the gas tank is relatively small - 14gallons? The altima i think had 18, much better suited for road tripping (without a lot of gear :-/ )

[mag318]

Just went on a 600 mile round trip to Indianapolis, cruising speed was 70 mph and my average mileage was 33.1 mpg. I just broke 3000 miles on the odometer and expect even better mileage as everything really breaks in. Besides the mileage the Rogue handles great as I encountered some strong crosswinds. This new Rogue is a winner.

[therealroland]

With the mileage we're getting, am getting severe cases of 'range anxiety'. With a little bit of headwind, and doing 70mph, after roughly 300 miles, I need to start looking for a gas station. And that stupid Navy system is not of any help while driving :-/

I did calculate the mileage based on fuel receipts / odo. The 34.5 I triumphantly posted, turns out to be a 29.3 mpg instead; another 300 mile trip, interstate, 70mph, some headwind, managed only 25.6mpg calculated :-(

[JB'sTitanXD]

With the mileage we're getting, am getting severe cases of 'range anxiety'. With a little bit of headwind, and doing 70mph, after roughly 300 miles, I need to start looking for a gas station. And that stupid Navy system is not of any help while driving :-/

I did calculate the mileage based on fuel receipts / odo. The 34.5 I triumphantly posted, turns out to be a 29.3 mpg instead; another 300 mile trip, interstate, 70mph, some headwind, managed only 25.6mpg calculated :-(

25.6 isnt bad, i have averaged everything between 22-28. All city driving, you can drive my truck i used to have for a week. That would make you excited about 25.6 since its almost more than double. But in all seriousness, how many miles are on your rogue? past the 1200 mile break in? I have about 2.3k on mine and its getting better and better. Also, if i remember correctly these only have a 14-15 gallon tank which is pretty small compared to most. I wish it had a bigger 18 gallon tank.

Comparison of Tanks

-14 Rav4 - 15.9 Gal.
-14 Rogue - 14.5 Gal.
-14 Cherokee - 15.8 Gal.
-14 CR-V - 15.3
-14 Escape - 15.1
-14 Equinox - 18.8

[JLD94]

I wish it had a 18 gallon tank as well. I could go for over a week without having ti fill up then. My best tank so far is 31.7, however this Saturday going to be doing a 200 mile (going North) highway round trip, and next Saturday will be doing another 200 mile (going south) highway round trip. I'm anxious to see what happens.

I'm going in for my 2nd oil change on Friday (will be at 10,000 miles by then) and going to have them put in 0w-20 synthetic. The first oil change was free and they put in 5w-30 conventional.

[yeungbaba]

Just past 1000 miles -- 27.2mpg per onboard fuel economy
Mostly city driving...took 1 road trip ~150miles which helped quite a bit

[therealroland]

Having calculated a couple of times the actual miles driven between fill-ups, it looks like the onboard fuel economy indication is over-estimating things :-(

So far (1400 miles) i wish i went with the 2014 Altima, instead of the Rogue. But, camping and carrying gear is probably easier in the Rogue, compared to the Altima :-/ Driving the same routes with our 2012 ex-Altima, I had consistently higher mileage, even higher than the EPA estimates stated on the sticker. So I was kinda hoping the Rogue would have the same behavior, and that it was my driving style helping the mileage.

So far, for some of these trips, i might as well have taken my 2005 Grand Caravan, which gets similar mileage (calculated) when doing highway driving :-(

26mpg (calculated) on 400 mile roadtrips with that car is not unheard of.

Ah well, stuck with this one now, so might as well try and enjoy it.

[JB'sTitanXD]

the next time someone goes on a trip drive 65 and report your mileage

[jashar97]

Just filled up again. 29.1.

[daltonvol]

I don't do a lot of "city" driving (stop and go, sitting in traffic), so my economy is pretty good. I have noticed, as Roland mentioned above, that the Rogue's FE calculator overestimates my actual, usually by 1 or 2 MPG. Having said that, though, I filled up this morning and my last tank yielded 31.9 MPG and, actually, the Rogue's calculation was pretty close (it said I got 32.2). I've got around 4,000 miles total so far.

[therealroland]

Did a quick roundtrip to Chicago and back. On the way in, 65-70 on cruise control, made it up to 37.2, until I hit traffic and city limit, after 60 miles it said 33.4 avg on the indicator.

On the way back, 65-70 on cruise control, 31.5

Into Chicago it's very slight downhill (towards lake Michigan!)

Then, filled up, and calculated 26.5mpg

Can't really drive 65 exactly - speed limit is 70, but everybody drives 80 ;-) don't want to be the doddering old person in the left lane, with his indicators still on.

[nitin_hamir]

I have driven 700 miles so far. Best I got is 31.5 on highway but city driving is averaging about 23.
I have to yet go on 100 mile trip to see what are the numbers.

so far it seems ok.

[JLD94]

the next time someone goes on a trip drive 65 and report your mileage

The trip was a little shorter than I expected, but total round trip was 174 miles. This is according to the trip computer since I have not filled up again. 100 % highway going between 65-70 on the way up (North) the trip said 34.3 I didn't think about resetting trip computer, but on the way back (sotuh) it fell to 33.1 so 33.1 over 174 miles and the computer is usually .5-1.0 optomistic in my experince.

I should be doing another trip this weekend, so I'll be sure and report it.

[CapeCodChips]

15,540 miles and every fill-up recorded and calculated. Over 80% highway. First 10k averaged 24.5mpg.

The last 2 tanks were the first times I broke 30 mpg, and I was driving 74 or higher to DC and back.

The Mobile1 0w20 definitely helps, after I used that average mileage went up about 1.5. It was first put in at the 10k change.

Why did the last 2 tanks go over 30? It was warmer, temp was 80. I noticed tire pressure went up to 40. Lower rolling resistance at higher pressure. Also as the tires lose tread, rolling resistance goes down and mileage up.

[JLD94]

15,540 miles and every fill-up recorded and calculated. Over 80% highway. First 10k averaged 24.5mpg.

The last 2 tanks were the first times I broke 30 mpg, and I was driving 74 or higher to DC and back.

The Mobile1 0w20 definitely helps, after I used that average mileage went up about 1.5. It was first put in at the 10k change.

Why did the last 2 tanks go over 30? It was warmer, temp was 80. I noticed tire pressure went up to 40. Lower rolling resistance at higher pressure. Also as the tires lose tread, rolling resistance goes down and mileage up.

Wow, and I thought I was driving a lot, you already at 15K. I just went over 11K this weekend. Went in for my second oil change a couple of weeks ago....had made the appointment online and selected the service that included 0W-20 and they put in 5W-30 again, apparently I have to tell them again when I drop it off that I want the 0w-20 for them to do it.

[JLD94]

Well this weekend trip did not go like I had expected. Turned out instead of one other person with me, I had 3. So I wasn't going to make them suffer with me going 65.

Total trip was 247 miles with 4 guys in the car, total weight probably a little over 1000 pounds between all 4. So on the way down we did 75 mph, and trip computer said 28.2, on the way back one of the guys had to get back pretty quick so I did 80-83 most of the way back (on a toll road that the limit is 85) and at the end of it, trip computer showed 27.7 Overall I was impressed it did that well.

Interesting note, one of the guys with me is 6'6" and weighs around 270. He sat in the front and had good head room, but his knees were almost touching the dash.

[Loungelurker]

I just broke 3000 miles on my 2014 Rogue. On my last tank of gas ( 70% highway 30% in town) I averaged 30.9 mpg. That was not through the computer (which I find inaccurate). I did it with simple math after filling tank lol. ETA - its AWD

[LamyVista]

Any more input on the fuel economy of the 2014 Rogue? The website claims of 7.9/6.0 litres (sorry I prefer litres) seem to be unrealistic. I would like to hear from people who do mostly city driving. Thanks.

[perpetuallylate]

I'm only at just over 500 miles on my 2014 Rogue (non-select, AWD), but so far I'm pleased by the gas mileage. I'm averaging 27.2 mpg, but that number has been going up by .2-.5 daily. That's according to the onboard computer; I haven't gotten around to doing the math myself.

I do about 60/40 city to highway, I'd say. It looks like Nissan's numbers are going to be pretty accurate once the engine has been broken in. I wouldn't be surprised if they were better than the 28 average they predict (but maybe that's just wishful thinking ).

[phmichel]

2013 Rogue S AWD. Last tank was 27.3 mpg actual. 60/40 hwy/city. Included a trip to the Oregon Coast and climbing a few long, steep hills. The CVT really rewards a light foot. Got 31.8 on a 50 mile test run hwy (per the computer) during this tank.

[dmw98path]

2008 Rogue SL AWD. Consistently get 20-22mpg with mostly city driving (70/30) City/Hwy. When doing road trips or more HWY driving can get 24-26mpg. This is in Oregon where we have 10% ethanol gas all the time. Car has 60k miles.

Longest I've ever driven without refueling is just over 400 miles. We were down to one bar. Never seen it get to no bars.

[Earthwateruser]

I filled up my 2014 SL AWD last night. My calculations came out to 25.76 MPG avg for that tank. That tank was a mix of city driving and stop and go rush hour congestion in the DC metro area. MPG goes up quite a bit if rush hour flows a bit better.

[rogue-aine]

Ontario driver here. 2014 SV. My wife and I went to visit her sister exactly 150(door to door one way which was very weird). I did 100k/h (62 mph) on cruise control and was able to get it to 6.9 L/100k (34.08 MPG). It was our first tank of gas and Odo was at about 400k (250 miles). I was still on the tank of gas from the dealership. I've never been able to get that again and it haunts me when I shut off the car on the little info screen. I usually average about 8.5-9.2 L/100k (27.7-25.6 MPG) with a mix of city driving and quasi-highway. Still fantastic compared to my Honda Element which was 21 MPG.

[CapeCodChips]

15,540 miles and every fill-up recorded and calculated. Over 80% highway. First 10k averaged 24.5mpg.

The last 2 tanks were the first times I broke 30 mpg, and I was driving 74 or higher to DC and back.

The Mobile1 0w20 definitely helps, after I used that average mileage went up about 1.5. It was first put in at the 10k change.

Why did the last 2 tanks go over 30? It was warmer, temp was 80. I noticed tire pressure went up to 40. Lower rolling resistance at higher pressure. Also as the tires lose tread, rolling resistance goes down and mileage up.

I'm now at 31,000 miles.
Every fillup recorded and calculated by FuelLog.
First 10k was 24.5 mpg
2nd 10k was 25.5
3rd is now at 27.4
90% highway at 73 mph.

Today I found ethanol free gas in Iowa and filled up.
Drove a full vehicle with AC on for 430 miles on one tank at 73 mph.
Calculated was 31.5. Computer was 31.

Ethanol screws us 3 ways: our taxes subsidizes farmers, producers, and cuts gas mileage 10%.

[JLD94]

I'm at about 17,500 now, and it seems to be climbing... not sure if synthetic oil change at 15K is helping or not, but I seem to be around 31 mpg average the last few tanks... so it's improved. The tank I'm on now though will be about 28..... lots of city driving and ideling

[daltonvol]

I'm at about 17,500 now, and it seems to be climbing... not sure if synthetic oil change at 15K is helping or not, but I seem to be around 31 mpg average the last few tanks... so it's improved. The tank I'm on now though will be about 28..... lots of city driving and ideling

Wow, 31 mpg average? I feel like I get pretty good mileage. I drive very conservatively and most of my driving is non-city and non-interstate (fairly rural with some stop-and-go). Over the summer, I idled more than usual so my MPGs suffered. But I'm still struggling to get it up in the 30's. I've got just over 11,000 miles so far.

Also, I do have a couple ethanol free stations in town. I've used one of them quite a bit, but they only sell 87 octane in the ethanol-free. The other station sells all grades ethanol free, but their premium gas is close to $5/gallon right now.

[DTASFAB]

My 2013 Rogue is a year old this month and currently has slightly under 14,000 miles. The vast majority of gas I've been burning has been Gulf, Getty, or Sunoco, none of which are listed as participating merchants on toptiergas.com.

Out of over 30 fill ups, maybe five of them in total were at Mobil, Shell, or BP. The rest were all "bad" gas.

Then in July, I filled up at a Shell station, where the detergents are not only supposedly better in both quality and quantity than minimum federal standards, but there's also a higher nitrogen content than other brands. For the first half of burning this tank of Shell fuel, my economy went down. I first attributed it to a higher volume of nitrogen, which takes the place of fuel cells that can actually be burned. But I think I was wrong.

I think during the first 200 or so miles, the detergents in that gas cleaned out deposits that had built up, and then the economy while burning the second half of the tank got remarkably better, so much that the overall economy for the full tank was still greater than anything I'd been getting previously.

So all this was nice, but I wasn't done. I've always felt that running Chevron techron complete fuel system cleaner once every 10,000 miles is a good idea regardless of what kind of gas the car has been burning. And also, in spite of all grades of Shell gas having the minimum amount of detergents required to qualify as "top tier," their V-power 93 octane has even more detergents than their 87 and 89 octane grades. And in spite of knowing that higher octane should not result in better fuel economy, I just wanted to see what would happen.

On my next fill up, I first poured the Chevron techron 20oz bottle into the tank. Then I put in nine gallons of V-power, and then topped it off with seven gallons of regular. This resulted in a nice mix in the tank, averaging out to about 90 octane overall and loaded with detergents from two of the better quality gas distributors in the country.

Result: My first 500-mile tank. Actually I got 508 miles, and the miles-to-empty indicator, which shuts off as soon as there are fewer than 20 MTE, didn't shut off until I'd driven either 492 or 493 miles. So I still had about 4 miles remaining according to the MTE gauge when I filled up.

Again this was at a Shell station, but I used no additive and I put in all regular 87 octane. It took 17 gallons and did not spill over. When I started the engine, the gauge told me I have 392 miles to empty. I've now driven over 100 miles on this tank, and the needle hasn't moved yet. The MTE gauge is now telling me I can drive 335 more miles before my next fill up. In other words, I'm well on my way to another 500-mile tank.

Granted, I'm babying the pedals like I've never done before and using cruise control on any road I can, but I think there's something to burning the cleanest gas you can find. My MPG gauge hasn't been reset since the spring, probably about 5000 miles ago, and I've slowly watched it increase up to 29.1. It briefly displayed 29.2 on my way to work this morning, but my office is at the top of a hill, and it dropped back down as I was parking.

A large majority of my driving is on the highway, but it's impossible to stay completely on the highway while doing my daily commute. I reset the average speed gauge at the same time when I last reset the MPG gauge, and my average speed while getting 29.1 MPG (according to the gauge) is 42 MPH. I don't remember the exact date that happened, but I think it was in mid-April. According to fuelly, if I only look at gas purchased in June, July, and August, I've been getting 27.7 MPG based on actual gallons and actual miles. I think that's impressive for a truck that's rated at 22/27 and was rated the previous year at 22/26 without any major changes.

[JLD94]

well I looked at it again and 31 may be a little optimistic. Fuelly will show your avererage for the last 10 tanks and mine is 30.4, lifetime I think is 29.7. I guess a little more time will tell but it seems to be higher since the synthetic and that's in 100+ degree weather on the drives home with the AC blasting.

I really have a very easy drive, a little stop and go, but it's mostly stretches of 4-7 miles at around 50-60 mph. I drive 26 miles one way to work each day. If I fill up Monday morning and just drive to and from work, by Friday my trip computer will show anwhere from 32.5-33.5, of course the weekend and a little more stop and go ends up bringing it down to what I show for a tank on Fuelly.