kizashi mpg

KizzyOHIO · Fri Jul 02, 2010 12:53 am

That's what I'm talkin' about. It seems like Suzuki is rather conservative with their fuel gauges.

One more thing, I noticed that the miles until empty never appears to go above 450 miles. To test I filed the tank and immediately started on the miles until empty setting. I instantly got on the freeway and watched the average mpg raise from a low of 11 to a high of 44.3 and then average out around 39. The entire time I checked the miles until empty and it never budged from 450 (until it started to decrease of course.) I know it can increase based on driving conditions. I have seen it raise from 40 miles to 75 just because I put the car in 6th gear on the freeway. Just some things I have noticed over the last 2 weeks.

lookin · Fri Jul 02, 2010 1:53 am

im not sure what you mean not going over 450 miles

TheHolyGhost · Fri Jul 02, 2010 1:57 am

I think he means the Distance Till Empty readout on the center information display.

jimmerz · Fri Jul 02, 2010 4:45 am

wow 450 miles until empty! I hope I see that number sometime in the future.

KizzyOHIO · Fri Jul 02, 2010 5:01 am

I'm guessing the weight of the CVT and AWD are gonna lower your miles until empty (distance until empty) but doing the math 450/16.3 gallons only equals 27.6mpg. At max mpg (31 for the manual) that would put the empty light on at 14.5 gallons or roughly 2 gallons until trully empty if I'm to believe the 450 miles until empty. Thats too much math at midnight. Time to shut down...

jimmerz · Fri Jul 02, 2010 9:51 pm

2nd tank, 19.1 mpg. Grr... after filling, my miles until empty were 250. My tank took 14 gallons.

I REALLY hope this improves!

jimmerz · Mon Jul 12, 2010 7:32 pm

281 miles, 14 gallons to fill = 20mpg.

Minority · Tue Jul 13, 2010 7:22 am

My Kisashi (CVT) is under 2000kms old and I must admit that I am very dissapointed with the mileage so far.

My last two cars were Mazda 6 manual and I had no problem getting 8.6-8.9L/100km (that's way we do it down under) and the rated "mileage" for the Mazda 6 is 8.9L/100km.

With the Kizashi the rated mileage is 7.9L/100km but I am only getting about 9.9L/100km!

If this doesn't improve I will be really p***ed off!

TheHolyGhost · Tue Jul 13, 2010 2:24 pm

That confused me for a second. I was thinking, higher is better! Then I realized what L/110km stood for. Oops.

jimmerz · Mon Jul 19, 2010 7:02 pm

Ok, I now have just over 1200 miles on my car.

272 miles, 14.6 gallons = 18.6mpg

So far VERY DISAPPOINTED! ! !