I have it for 5 months now. Everytime I add gas I do the calculation and it always around 21.9 miles/gallon right from the first day I own it.
I drive it commute everyday and 1/3 of the route is on freeway. However it's around 20-40 miles on freeway during heavy traffic.
No matter what, it should at least has the city milage as Toyota claims, 24 miles/gallon, isn't it? Should I complain to dealer?
-fj
BTW, it's a Camry LE with 4 cycinder.
What's your milage?
-fj
fj
I have a Camry LE with a 2.2 and I get about 20 mpg around town and
27-28 highway. I just did a complete rebuild and It's about time for a fillup. I have about 300 miles on it now. Hoping the rebuild will help my mileage.Ken Day
The mileage numbers are based on the car moving, occasionally stopping for traffic lights, but not sitting still due to heavy traffic. Highway mileage is based on a constant speed of 55 mph without stopping or slowing down (not just physically being on a highway).
The EPA ratings that you see on the Monroney label are just that; EPA ratings. The EPA performs tests, called drive cycles, on every car sold in order to determine the approximate fuel mileage a driver can expect. The problem is that these drive cycles have not changed in years to reflect changing driving habits, traffic patterns, and vehicle specs. We get mileage complaints at my dealer every day, yet I've never come across a car that was not behaving normally. Check this out:
Do you have a trip computer on your car? What does it say?
I got over 40 MPG on highway and around 35 MPG over all (20% local) according to the computer on my 05 Camry XLE 4 Cyl. It's pretty close to the actual number.
BTW, the fuel rail on my car was leaking gas when I bought it and the first tank went out real fast. You may want to check it out. Just smell around your car and under the hood when parked in a garage.
ZR
Wow ! Never heard of anyone getting that kind of mileage. Thats great. Wonder whats going on to make it do so good ? Could your trip computer be wrong ? Try it the 'old fashioned' way.....measure it when you fill up.
Ken Day
Get around 30 to 31 mpg on the freeway with mine. The computer deal shows a higher mpg (in the upper 30 range) which just plain bogus.
Nobody is getting that kind of mileage with a current four cylinder Camry ... even on Imperial Gallons.
Wouldn't say its "very bad" - heavy traffic is the killer. Its new so give it little longer to break in, check tire inflation (add 3lbs over what's recommended), plus winter oxgenated fuel affects mileage adversely.
Are you talking about rebuild on a brand new Camry?
Guess I will get this answer if I complain to my dealer. 21 MPG really sucks. I ask here is because I want to know if all new Camrys are built that way, or my car is a special case.
-fj
My car is LE and I don't think I have a trip computer, or maybe I don't know yet.
If your milage is true, that's really something. Is XLE and LE that different?
-fj
Current Camry does not have a 2.2 liter engine. Duh
"EPA fuel mileage is for COMPARISON ONLY .... you mileage will probably be less"
You need to top off the tank and the go for a 50-75 mile highway drive with no stop/go traffic or intersections. Top off again. Calculate your mileage. If your fuel mileage is something close to EPA rating, then your typical driving conditions are to blame for your current 21 MPG.
I have a 2005 LE 4 cylinder with a little less than 5,000 miles. I am averaging around 22 for all driving, probably 2/3 city. My wife and I are pretty conservative drivers and I am very disappointed with this mileage. I didn't expect to attain the EPA numbers but 22 isn't even close.
Don in Tracy, Calif.
Philip , I know they don't. but here is the question fj asked me.
So.....Duh . :-)
Ken Day
No. It's a 96 Camry LE 2.2. It had about 120k on it and the water pump went out , blew a head gasket and warped and cracked the head. The compression was a little low so once I was that far into it I decided to do a complete rebuild. Since I was doing it myself not a whole lot more for the extra parts. Has more power now and I hope a little better mileage. Not that it really makes a lot of difference since I only drive about
15k a year now.....more bragging rights than anything else , I suppose. :-)Ken Day
The old 2.2 bears little resemblence to the current aluminum block 2.5 with VVTi and your '96 is a physically smaller car.
I'm very much aware that there is a difference in my 2.2 and the 2005
2.4 . What difference does it make anyway ? fj asked me what my fuel mileage is. Sometimes you can be a Smart ASS ! But....I think I still like you :-) BTW , when did they start putting an aluminum block 2.5 in a 2005 Toyota Camry LE ??? Now you got me there. I wasn't aware of that. Ken DayMotorsForum website is not affiliated with any of the manufacturers or service providers discussed here. All logos and trade names are the property of their respective owners.