CHATROOM: MPG advice / complaints / tips

[hsunnar]

I am from Ontario, Canada. Bought 2014 Nissan Rogue SV,AWD three weeks ago. My Rogue has now over 1200 km's on it. I had been driving Chrysler 300, 6 cylinder earlier, so definitely miss the pick up, but was hoping for a better fuel economy. I have been averaging 7.5 km's/liter or a little over 13 liters per 100 km's (mixed driving). I called the service department,the technician advised that it is normal to get 7-8 km's/liter for the first 2000 km's. I am not sure if I could ever come close to EPG rating by Nissan.

I also have the AWD logo (Green color) on the dash board turned on all the time. Wondering if that is normal, or is it that the Rogue is running in AWD mode.

I would appreciate your comments/advice.

A green light means OK, it means your AWD is active, don't worry about it.

Thanks!

[hsunnar]

I picked up my 2014 SV AWD late in June. This replaces a 2007 Versa with 143k miles (passed down to my Daughter). I was apprehensive about buying the new Rogue after reading forum posts about poor mileage, but I'm happy to report that I've had absolutely no difficulty attaining the rated MPG. My fuelly numbers are a tad low due to having a full tank at purchase, as well as break-in - I have been seeing better MPG as the miles increased on the car. Anyhow, I decided to see what I could max out at during my morning commute. I live in a western suburb of Cleveland, OH. My commute is 28 miles, 3 of which are "city" driving from my house to the onramp. I drafted behind a semi on both trips in, yesterday he kept it right at 60, today the driver kept it at 65. Today's truck wasn't as "boxy" as yesterday, so I probably wasn't getting as much drafting benefit from him. Normally I am the 75mph guy in the fast lane moving right along with that traffic, so this was a painful test to do.

Terrain here is very flat. I use BP 87 octane gas, I assume it has the 10% ethanol summer blend. Temperature outside both mornings was in the 60s, so no climate control used. Since my Rogue is AWD, the highway rating is 32 mpg. Traffic was light and flowed well since it's early morning. Car has about 2600 miles on it, so ought to be through the break-in period by now. Does that cover all the variables people typically ask?

First is my commute in yesterday morning:


Second is the before & after of my commute in this morning:



I achieved 38.3 yesterday and 37.6 today. Yea!!

Wow! that's amazing x

[thecmancan]

The more you can use cruise control, the better. I'm not doing as much city driving as you do - but after the first oil change the mpg did jump, without me changing driving habits. At least, so far so good.

Did you use the recommended oil or a synthetic?

[therealroland]

The more you can use cruise control, the better. I'm not doing as much city driving as you do - but after the first oil change the mpg did jump, without me changing driving habits. At least, so far so good.

Did you use the recommended oil or a synthetic?

I asked what oil they would use - they said regular, not synthetic.