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50-50 Highway and City
Average beyween 16 - 16.5 MPG
By the way, I use K&N air and oil filters and Mobil-1 for oil. This may be the difference in our fuel consumption. If you don't, try using those products and let us know if it works for you.
If the trip says I'm getting 20 I'm really gatting close to 19. I use Mobil one oil and I'm gonna get the K&N air filter. I have 17,500 trouble free miles on my 07 SL AWD so far.
How does every one else drive?
By the way, worst mileage is seen using wal-mart gas.
Move to the suburbs...
In the "For what it's worth" department on whether to use premium or regular. A few years ago I wrote that car guy with a column in the Saturday paper - Bob somethingorother. He published my letter and said most people would never be able to distinguish any difference between the car's performance using premium or regular. At the time, I was using "recommended" premium in my 2004 Maxima. When I switched to the midgrade, my MPG went up 2MPG. I never went back to premium.
On the car's computer it comes in around 12.4 litres per 100km. Sorry but in Canada I don't know imperial...
However, when I actually take the car to the last drop and check my trip mileage, it actually comes in at 11.4 litres per 100km, or effectively 8.4% more fuel economy based on the computer. It would seem the computer metrics is based on several factors (idling etc) that does not convey the accuracy.
Compared to my Pacifica, I'm 22% more fuel efficient.
Hope this helps.
Oh, and I use 87 Octane, the minimum per the guide book. It runs well. Also, I live in Toronto, but don't do rush hour traffic if I can help it at all (which means I usually never do stop and go traffic).
If you look at the book it says that 87 is minimum but it is recomended to use 93
I never used anything but regular 87 octane with my 2005 and never had an engine problem or pinging. I had 55,000 miles when my lease ended and never needed any service work except front brake pads. I got combined 20 mpg on regular gas and that's what I am getting with my new 09 also on 87 octane. Who in their right mind can justify the cost of premium gas at $4.50 gallon. Maybe in 03 or 04 it was better but certainly not since the 05 model came out.
Even the service manager of local Infiniti dealer for the FX35 and its more powerful engine said 87 octane would be fine.
As for the trip computer, I've never believed it for estimating mileage or Distance To Empty. I do trust my own math, so I reset the trip odometer every time I fill up (and I always FILL it up). Gallons purchased divided by the trip odometer is my MPG.
If your "12.4 litres per 100km" is accurate, the math goes like this for converting to US MPG...
12.4 litres = 3.276 US gallons (1 US gallon = 3.785 litres)
100km = 62 miles (rounded)
62 miles divided by 3.276 US gallons = 18.925 MPG
IF your 11.4 litres per 100km is accurate, the result is 20.584 US MPG.
The imperial gallon is larger than the US gallon, so the calculations would result in higher MPG.
I love the car other than the mpg. WIsh I could get this corrected!! Any suggestions?
FYI, I drive approx. 30 miles a day (home-to-office-and-back) and weekends we drive over to friends etc. My drive is 50-50 city-highway (along I-287 in NJ). So make your own conclusions till my next data point ...
That seems a little bit odd. My '99 Nissan minivan really didn't hit its stride until 10,000 miles and the mpg kept inching up by small increments over the years. I went from 20.x to 21.x as the van turned 60,000 miles. It's still getting 21.x at 129,000 miles. (15/23 is the EPA, and I think my average is in that ballpark, but I usually get ~18 to 19 in town).
Maybe you should switch to regular oil and cheap paper filters like me.
Since the published norm is 18 mpg / 23 mpg for your Murano, I wonder if you should get a mechanic to check it out. When was the last time any codes were pulled for it?
I agree the mileage should have gone up over time. I had a 97 Maxima and at 100,000 miles, it was getting the best mileage ever - 29-31mpg on the highway consistently (which I found to be amazing).
Funny you should mention the Yokohama tires/mileage. I switched to a nice set of Yokohama's on my Acura and definitely lost 2mpg. Many people don't believe tires could have this effect yet rolling resistance does change between manufacturers/designs of tires etc.. I do like the Yokohama's however.
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to fix:
disconect battery for 45 minutes
re-conect battery and start murano..... let it warm up to operating temp.... then plan your route to an open flat highway.......... you must keep RPM'S LOW..... below 2,000 ... on the open flat highway.... bring murano to 60 mph with low rmps set your cruise control once you hit 60 mph.... stay at 60 for 30 minutes.......... exit highway and do the same on the way back....
this procedure should be done 2 times per year or when installing a new exhaust system or intake system.....
mobil 1 5 w30 synthetic will also give you extra mpg....
my mpg city was down to 10.+ mpg i checked everything , cleaned throtle intake,new plugs,new tranny fluid,new rear diff fluid, 3 tanks of lucas fuel treatment and managed to get up to 13.44 mpg city.... still wrong...
then i did the 0 to 60 mph and got above 9.9 seconds...........something was really wrong........ i actually thought my rings on the cylinders where worn....
i was tought by special mechanic about ecu air/fuel re-learning procedure and everything is back to normal... i feel bad for anyone that sold their murano because of their unknown mpg problems wich dealership could not figure out....
2,700 miles. 87 Octane 24.5 mpg in mixed driving. Mostly rural roads with hills. Hey it's WV
3500 miles - about 22.5 MPG mixed driving.
When can I start seeing improvements in the mileage? I used to drive a maxima before and it used to give me 20MPG... I am hoping I can acheive 18MPG on my MO.
Any suggestions on how long I should wait before I do the 0-60 test?
Most drivers should at least get EPA in any car if they drive fairly conservatively and rarely stomp on it.