Toyota RAV4 Real World MPG
Please report on your RAV4 mileage here (2006 and later model years please).
Include your odometer reading, city/highway mix, driving style or anything else you think may help others compare their mpg with yours. Thanks!
Steve, Host
Include your odometer reading, city/highway mix, driving style or anything else you think may help others compare their mpg with yours. Thanks!
Steve, Host
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Mine has 6500 miles on it now and it gets 24 MPG with mostly city and some highway miles. It gets 28 MPG with strictly highway miles. The cars I've owned in the past got get better then the EPA ratings. Actually, this is the first car I've had that gets at or less than the EPA ratings. I think I'll wait until I get about 10 thousand miles on it before I decide Toyota pulled a fast one.
I'm surprised at the poor mpg being discussed here. I have 2500 miles on my new Rav4 and am getting anywhere from 27.6 to 30 mpg. (lower when hubby drives it/higher for me)
I took it to the dealer today 'cause the front windows rattle when they are down about 1/3 of the way. I was told that they took the panel off and noticed that the window shifted when it was going down and there is nothing they can do about the rattle. They even stated that this is "probably a design flaw". I'm not too happy about that.
I purchased the 4 cyl and would opt for the 6 next time around.
What MPG are you getting after 7500 miles? I have 1300 miles on mine (4 cylinder, 2 wheel drive Ltd.) and still only getting 21.6, mostly city. Like you, I get over the EPA for all of my cars (Civic, Accord, Lancer).
Happy because my dealer said it would get better as it gets broke in. Will be happy with up to 30 MPG on all highway and 24 city/highway combo.
Real time milage.
Recently, my wife and I took a trip to the Smoky Mountains, and for the entire trip, I averaged about 22 mpg. However, there was lots of city driving and idling involved.
I am getting somewhere around 27-28 now highway miles, before it was around 24-25, with full load 20 highway.
But now I the engine got very noisy.
Haave most of the problems described on Edmunds forum.
Windows rattle, i was told that it is a design flaw. Was fixed,noise came up again, they are going to replace the whole power window system.
Electronics is glitchy. Had wird stuff with LCDs, nonreadable symbols. VSC and ABS were lit up for several weeks, cruise control didn't work until they cleared computer memory second time.
These are hard to verify problems... I have to run to a dealer every time I see it, otherwise they wont believe me. They joked on my RAV4 saying I got Ford Explorer. And everytime I come to the dealer all management comes out and looks at the problems saying WOW this is first time we see it. liek it helps. Toyota Motor Corp does not want to do anything yet. Lemon law doesn't fit yet... So I have no clue what to do with it.
Note: first 1/2 of the tank drove by myself w/out AC. The other half I had full load 4 passengers (still w/out AC). The results were based on aprox 65% highway & 35% city driving.
I will keep track of the future results
I drove mix 60% highway / 40% city with the A/C all the time on. Highway speed was 75+. 30% of the distance I drove with 4 people in.
Hope that my mpg will improve but there is a clear disconnection of my result comparing to all the others that post 20mpg+ on this site.
jerr
Flying back out tomorrow to pick up my car...and my family. Will report on the return trip MPG.
I cannot make accurate calculation on my mileage use per gallon. When I pick up my rav4 it was full tank, then when it was 1/4 tank left I put about 10 gallons and then when it's almost empty, but empty light not showing yet, I fill it up again about 13 gallons. Is it really 15.5 gallons to fill the tank? now Its almost empty again and I have 860 miles on it.
So, this is how I figure it out.
if the dealer put 15 gallons, then i put another 10 gallons plus 13. Total 38 gallons.
860/38. So I only get 22.63/gallon I'm not impress. This is about 15% highway 85% home to work with few stops with a/c on.
tidester, host
Michael in Houston
Unless there is some strange engineering principle at play here, I'd say that means including a 4 speed AT on a new vehicle design like the RAV4 is a cost-cutting measure.
Manufacturers know how to game the EPA ratings process and it has been compromising highway mileage ratings for years...
1st full tank, city driving with AC on 24 mpg.
2nd tank mostly rural highway 29.5 mpg, and packed with band equipment and AC cranked.
So far I'm very pleased with both the mileage and the vehicle.
today: temperature 75c, tire presure 40 Psi, no wind, speed 70mph, 7 hours pure flat highway, 30.38mpg
Of course, you meant 75 F. (75 C = 167 F)
tidester, host
I have just finished second tank. I am terrified! 16.9mpg
Mixed city/highway 70/30. AC all the time on. Very, very easy on gas pedal. Temp. 100F, humidity 60%+
That is worst than my Tahoe with 5.3L V8 driving the same conditions.
What's wrong?
jarek
What's your location?
Not sure why this is so low compared to the mpg on the sticker. Maybe I am still trying to drive it like the 240 hp car I sold when I bought the RAV 4 baby buggy.....
Side note - has anyone else noticed a sluggish transmission on this vehicle?
jerr
Toyota RAV4 2006+: Problems & Solutions
Steve, Host
4th tank highway only - 23.5mpg.
91 octants only and now 800miles on it.
Its getting better but still disappointing.
jerr
Here is the history so far:
1st tank 26.44 mpg
2nd tank 25.84 mpg
3rd tank 24.65 mpg
NOTE: all mix driving 65% highway + 35% city .
Conclusion: Yes the mileage has been slipping away because I have strarted to drive just a little more on the normal side (70-75 mph on Freeway) and not driving like an grandma anymore. I will keep you all posted.
jarek
By the way, your numbers are about in the middle of the city/hwy numbers so you are getting in the right range for mixed driving. A lot has to do with how easy you accelerate and how smooth you drive, how much stop and go and staying under 70. People do report 29+ at highway speeds with the I4.
Not really sure why Toyota is being cheap.
I can easily get 8 MPG in my 2006 RAV4 I4 4X4 base if I drive like a maniac. I can also get 32 MPG on a long trip - if I stay between 50-55. My overall mileage over 3000 miles is 27.5, 70% highway, 30% easy city. Even my second tank was 29 mpg on a 385 mile trip at about 65 mph average. I like to save gas, so I generally drive like a grandma. We don't deal with stop and go in Fairbanks, Alaska, but we do deal with -40 and mileage cut in half in the winter. I'm curious how I'll do this winter.
I have a great tool called a scangauge, which, among other things, tells fuel consumption and MPG. If all vehicles had a real-time MPG meter like this, I think driving habits in general would improve, fuel consumption would go down, and people would be happier with their mileage.
However, as most folks know, ethanol in gas will screw up mileage. Higher ethanol % content, worse the MPG,(sounds like another scheme for oil co's to get rich). Anyway, 10% ethanol should be the limit. Note ethanol will screw up new lawn power equipment if >10% ethanol. Echo is one mfg. warning of this. Still love the RAV4, just wish i could get straight gas here in De. They also add alot of crap to the gas for air quality standards which i'm sure helps MPG as well ---- NOT.
Mix: 23
Town: 20 (ish).
All City (300 miles): 19mpg
60 highway/40 City (1200 miles): 23-25mpg
All Highway: unknown.
So far I'm pleased.