Whats Your Gas Mileage?

[Jordan Petry]

I thought about that, but it seems like if Toyota thought it might be harmful, they might make you depress the button in order to shift it in and out of neutral? Plus others have been doing it with no trouble. I'm not sure, but my RPM's are typically cut in half when I shift into neutral. Plus there is no engine braking so I can coast down and then up hills. I'll do a bit of research and see what I can find out.

 

[9074runner]

Ive been shifting in and out of neutral for about a year and no harm done that i know of..

 

[RonMAIDEN]

Putting any tranny in neutral on a public road can be dangerous and not recommended since in neutral you don't have full control of your vehicle and if you need to make an evasive maneuver and aren't in gear could result in a bad accident.

You're not really saving much gas anyway with that method.

 

[Tego]

SWWEEET, after changing my oil and tranny fluid my mileage went from 17 to 19 mpg!

Thats awesome to hear!

 

[9074runner]

Putting any tranny in neutral on a public road can be dangerous and not recommended since in neutral you don't have full control of your vehicle and if you need to make an evasive maneuver and aren't in gear could result in a bad accident.

You're not really saving much gas anyway with that method.

Actually your gas mileage goes up about 20 mpg when driveing 50 mph in neutral compared to just taking you foot off the gas. It also alows you to coast for a much longer distance, compared to trying to coast in drive.

 

[RonMAIDEN]

Actually your gas mileage goes up about 20 mpg when driveing 50 mph in neutral compared to just taking you foot off the gas. It also alows you to coast for a much longer distance, compared to trying to coast in drive.

Maybe right at that moment you are theoretically getting 20mpg but you aren't really going to be coasting that much plus it's a dangerous practice.

 

[RonMAIDEN]

I'd been doing quite a bit more hwy driving this last week and gto almost 300 miles a tank which might be a record for my truck and combined with still a bit of city driving I got a whopping 18.8mpg and that is with my Yakima Load Warrior rack up top and maintaing a solid 75-80 mph (sometimes a bit more) on the highways.

 

[Qyota]

I love summer. I'm getting 20.1 mpg with mixed driving. 24 on the highway!

 

[longhaul747]

Last winter when I bought my 4Runner I would be lucky to break 19mpg. Last tank I got 23mpg and went 316 miles on a tank. Nothing really changed with my driving habits. Just summer weather and about a week of 90F plus. This past tank it cooled off a bit and my Scan Gauge is telling me I am getting 21.3. So the 4Runner likes it hot apparently.

 

[ric]

 

[BigRedAZ]

Manuel

So i get about 19-20 in town and 23-24 on the highway with a 2000 4WD Manuel 3.4 V6

 

[Houston]

19-20 on average. I do 70% highway driving at 60-65. I have gotten 23.5 90% highway @ 60mph.

97' 3.4 4x4 5speed

 

[bohemian]

I completed a 1072 mile trip yesterday from So. Oregon to Central Coastal Calif and back.

2000 5 speed
Stove Stock
New 265/75/16 tires... A/T's
Load Warrior roof rack ,not loaded
Recently had complete service at Toyota Dealership ($600)

I travelled at 75 MPH most of the time with the air on
The temps were in the high 90's to low 100's
I had no passengers
Carried a load of about 200 pounds.
I do not "hot rod" my vehicles... I am a relatively smooth driver (adult)
About 50 miles was "in town" driving

Mileage round trip 17.3 MPG

If I were to take this trip again I would remove the roof rack

I consistently average 23.5 on my 2008 Highlander as a comparison.

 

[JohnsD90]

I just filled up again, all city. got about 18 MPG. I'm going to start shifting into neutral more and coasting as much as possible.

Never coast in nuetral on any tranny, its realy bad and will ultimately damage your tranny, its something about the oil not distributing in the tranny even though its in motion or something like that, all i know is the only time to put your car in neutral is at a traffic light while nearly stopped or stopped.

 

[bohemian]

Another observation

25 years in the car biz...
Dealership Tech, Parts mgr. Service manager ,
Factory field rep for 12 years both Japanaese and the best engineered car in the world.
Nat'l training mgr for highline euro car makers
driiving and coasting since 1964

Never had ,and never heard of, a manual transmission failure from coasting..

I don't reccomend or advise it... just sayin'

 

[Dark Runner]

18-19 and i have a very heavy foot :driving:

 

[TOPSECRETTUNDRA]

I just took a trip down to DC from NJ and kept it around 65-70ish and got 21.3mpg. I am really impressed with this truck, I wish I could just find that damn rattle!

 

[00Spork]

F.U. Ric :nono: With that v8 thats impossible, unless, perhaps, that you reset the average at the top of a mountain when youve been wheelin. :bouncy:

Edit: And i forgot! I got 17.238 MPG on my last tank!!!! I obviously havent been wheelin lately

 

[Martinjmpr]

MPG has actually been a disappointment to me. My previous vehicle was a 2004 Tacoma with a 3.4, 5 speed, a high-rise topper and a carpet kit in the back. Although I knew I'd lose a bit of MPG due to going to an auto, I figured the lighter weight of my 4runner would offset it.

Best tank so far was around 18.5, that was highway. Worst was 14.5, which included 4-6 hours of low-range 4-wheeling (Red Cone and Webster Pass.) I barely broke 200 miles on the tank before my low fuel light was on! :jaw drop:

My MPG typically blows because I have a very short commute - like 1 mile to the train station.

Will be taking a long trip to the mountains this weekend, hope to get a better idea of "real world" MPG.

After I've done enough long trips to figure out what my real MPG is, I'll start looking into possible mods. Tires are near the top of the list but I'm too cheap to buy new tires while my current ones still have lots of tread left.

 

[Martinjmpr]

BTW, one area where I think the 4th gen 4runner is clearly superior is in fuel tank capacity. 24 gallons is awesome! Our 3rd gens have to get by with 18.5, the same as my Tacoma, which IMO is not enough. I feel like every 4x4 should have at least a 400 mile highway range.