2014 Mazda CX-5 Grand Touring AWD Long-Term Road Test
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2014 Mazda CX-5 Grand Touring AWD Long-Term Road Test
I like that the 2014 Mazda CX-5 will count its remaining fuel range all the way down to zero.
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Don't rely on the CX-5's range to empty indicator too much though, as it will signal you are at 0 range with on average 2-2.5 gallons left in the tank. I filled up at 0 range yesterday in my FWD and it only took 12.28 gallons, so there was really about 2.6 left in the tank. At the 25.5 mpg I got for that tank, that's another 50 miles or so at least of range. There has been much speculation on the Mazda forum that the reason for the conservative gauge is to protect the engine from fuel starvation due to some of the more unique technologies that make it a Skyactiv engine.