Poor Fuel Efficiency
 

Guys,

I've been driving my new 2011 Q5 2.0T for a few weeks now. i have about 1,400km on the vehicle. The computer is indicating I'm getting 11.8 liters per 100kms at the moment. Now I've done 2/3 City and 1/3 highway. Three trips on the highway for a total of 600kms.

I've been taking it easy for now. No hard acceleration, no excessive speeding and minimal braking.

I still find these numbers way off the posted fuel efficiency for the truck. It should have a combined 9.3 l/100kms (10.6 city & 7.7 highway).

11.8 l/100km = 19.9miles per gallon
9.3 l/100km = 25.2

Will this improve as the engine 'breaks in' or is this the reality?

thanks

Nemrac

Re: Poor Fuel Efficiency
 

It should improve a bit, but not much. I had even higher read, but I'm driving 90% in city.
As sad as it is, you have to ad about 10% to posted fuel economy for real life readings.

Re: Poor Fuel Efficiency
 

Hi Nemrac, Yes tomashek is bang on but I am very happy with with my fuel efficiency. My Murano was running 17.5l/100km and now I'm running at your numbers. Even with premium fuel I'm way ahead of what I was paying. Enjoy your new vehicle, you will never hit posted rates.

Re: Poor Fuel Efficiency
 

Mine is running at 12.2 L/100k, its a 2.0t with about 1500km, 90% city driving.

I actually think its pretty decent mileage.
Previously, I had a MB B200 turbo which is a smaller vehicle without all wheel drive, same size engine (2 litres with a turbo) and that ran at 11.8L/100k over a 2 years.

Personally, I have never been able to get the government numbers.

Re: Poor Fuel Efficiency
 

I am getting around 29-30 mpg highway diving. I don't do a whole lot of city driving but I think I average around 24 city driving.

Re: Poor Fuel Efficiency
 

Thanks for the feedback guys. I'm hoping the numbers improve a bit. We'll see when the warmer weather comes.

Re: Poor Fuel Efficiency
 

I am averaging 12.5l/100km in my Q5 after 3 months of ownership.
That number has been going down constantly as the engine gets worked in. I am at 5k now.

Thing is, in comparison to your numbers... I have the 3.2L V6.

Glad I got the V6!

Re: Poor Fuel Efficiency
 

At some point you should start seeing around 10-11/100K doing a mix of city and HWY. This is for the 3.2. This is what I used to get at around 10K.

Re: Poor Fuel Efficiency
 

Hey All,

I am now seeing in the the mid 9's on our Q5 2.0t with 60% highway 40% city.

we are at 5000k now. As the weather has been warming up, its been getting better, and as the car breaks in its been getting better as well.


Interestingly the computers distance to empty adjusted as we drove more often. the first fillup from the dealer showed 720km to an empty tank. after the first 2 months that went to 760, and the latest fillups show 820 to empty.

We actually experience about 700. We'll be doing a road trip in april, so a good opportunity to get some straight highway kms in.

Re: Poor Fuel Efficiency
 

My last trip from Toronto to Niagara Falls, i set the cruse control to 119km and drove on the highway all the way down. The trip computer had came in at 8.1 l/100km. That has been bringing the overall efficiency down. It's now at 11.1 l/100km (2,500km to date).

I'll update once i do some more kms.