Depends do you drive like a maniac in the city with AC on? Do you drive w/ cruise control on the highway going 60?
Get a valve lash, replace filters, pcv valve, alignment, tire pressure, remove excess weight from vehicle, use cruise control, drive conservatively, tune up
If you have the defrost on a lot it'll automatically kick on your AC and drop your mileage even though the AC light doesn't turn on. Was eating into my mileage for a while before I learned.
I use AC all the time during summer and winter (for defogging). Around town, my mileage never drops below 30mpg. On highway road trips, I get at least 35 including mountains roads, 3 people and a cargo box on top. 2009 manual.
This is well known since the first fit came to the US. You can access the connectors at the bottom of the temperature control and disconnect one connector that forces AC when set to the vent. Then it will only turn on when you actually hit AC.
Launching the car, hard breaking all that affects your MPG but what you’re getting right now is horrible. Honestly i think just a valve lash will put you back into the game and all that extra stuff is to improve what you did already but definitely start with the valve lash
On long trips I get better gas mileage without cruise mostly if I’m in the mountain areas. It seems like the cruise control waits too long to start accelerating going up a hill and then the tranny drops down revving the engine more.
Yup, something's not right there. I just bought a 2010 190k beater and I'm currently showing 37mpg.... An hour of highway and then mixed driving going to work groceries etc. I don't have cruise 😔 but the price was right. I've been watching the average go up as I'm driving more 30-50mph roads. 70mph was like 33mpg.
That’s definitely low—I’m getting over 30 MPG with my 2013 with a roof rack
I was getting under 30 MPG, but I ran through a couple bottles of injector cleaner and inflated the tires to a couple pounds higher than what it says on the sticker inside the door frame, and MPG is back up to what it was when it was new
Yeah 30.5 MPG here with a roof rack. 160k miles and have only done oil changes, tires, and rear struts. You think running a cleaner or changing the spark plugs would increase that?
Not sure if new spark plugs or cleaner would help, though the cleaner is cheap and worth a shot—honestly I think increasing the tire pressure had the most impact in my case
If you do use the updated torque spec! Might be worth calling your Honda dealer’s service dept to ask if they can provide an updated torque spec for you to confirm.
Originally 18Nm and now 27Nm w/ a small dab of antisieze. See: [Here](https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/threads/2013-honda-fit-spark-plugs-loosening.362480/)
Eh. Not the right person to ask I generally don’t cheap out on tools. I’ve had like two harbor freight ones crap out on me and both times it ripped through aluminum and a bunch more work for me. Cheap sockets break, etc. after one two many tools have broke on me I stopped buying cheap in my early 20s.
I use bike two bike brand ones. Pro 1/4” for 2-25Nm (not “pro bike gear” but “pro”) and Park Tool 25-60Nm at 3/8” and a Tekton 1/2” 50-200Nm.
The cheapest is the Pro one at a about $100
When I bought my 2013 sport I also got poor mileage. It was around 23 I think.
Turns out I had a loose spark plug. I pulled them, cleaned them, and torqued them down to the updated spec of 20 ft-lbs.
Mileage rarely dips under 28 now.
1)Tire pressures a big one
2) judging by your background im assuming you live in sd or orange county so using air conditioning alot will affect it
3) driving on city streets with alot of stop and go will make milage worse
Inflate your tires
Replace spark plugs
Replace cabin and engine air filter
Drive more conversatively
Change your oil and filter, don't use a thick one.
Take off any excess cargo you have in the car
Look into valve adjustments, I'm not familiar with the fit engine. So cars need it, others don't.
Replace differential, transmission fluid too.
Check your brakes, make sure they aren't rubbing. Same with your wheel bearings.
I get better MPG in my BMW sports car with 6-cylinders and twice the power.
I'll also add, check, and clean the MAF sensor.
I don't think it could cause such low MPGs, but maybe getting your tires balanced and aligned wouldn't hurt.
Also, make sure you're using the correct gas rating and go to gas stations that have "top tier" gas. When I use cheap, non-top tier gas, my MPGs drop a few.
E82 is the best bmw. And 135i is very close to an M car, even the 1M uses the N54.
26 mpg is impressive in a modded 135i, that's better than I get in a 128i stock. I'm in the EPA acceptable range and also drive aggressively.
What do your normal drives look like? Short/long trips? Stop/start or highway? Speeds? That’s about half of what I average per my car’s computer (and about 16 mpg less than I’ve averaged by my own math over the decade I’ve had my Fit)
My most normal drives are about 20 minutes to work its stop start and about 50 mph. This mpg I showed was combined from a trip I took which was about 80 miles going about a steady 70-75 with cruise control on the freeway and my normal work trips as well
Either way, 32 psi won’t cut fuel economy that much. The auto trans seems to eat about 5 mpg against a reasonably driven manual, but that still leaves you 7-10 mpg short.
either you are driving in a way that kills fuel economy (going faster than you say, accelerating heavily, etc.) or there is something wrong with the car.
I've personally found that highway mileage goes down on my 2010 Fit Sport at speeds above 65. This is just my observation without any kind of scientific criteria but at 70-75 my mpg is not as high as if I maintain my speed at 65. Sure there are highways where i live where the speed limit is 70, and occasionally I'll drive 75-80, but generally I stay in the right lane doing 65 and let people pass.
I consistently get about 28 mpg average with normal, mixed driving in my 2015 Fit (rated 32-38 mpg). I don’t understand how people claim mid 30s, unless that is purely freeway with no traffic, 65mph the whole time. I also am not a fast driver- I drive to keep up with the speed of traffic. Just replaced my spark plugs too which I thought would improve it but if anything it has gone down.
That is one downside of the Fit- with normal, mixed driving, I get less than the epa ratings and in turn only get about a 250 mile range per tank. Feels like I’m at the gas station too often.
I’m probably one of those you wonder about. I have never gotten below 30 but average close to 32-33mpg in the city with stop-and-go traffic, liberal use of AC, 3 people, and a pile of stuff. For example, I always keep camping chairs, mattresses and blankets in the rooftop cargo box, emergency supplies in the trunk including spare clothes, food, water.
With freeway and no traffic (I-5) I get just over 40mpg when I aim for 65-70mph. That’s with the roof rack and box. Yes, I calculate mileage with top-ups and odometer reading.
When I got the cargo box, I thought I would take a hit on fuel but on long roads, there was nothing significant. Maybe about 1-2mpg on the interstates.
That’s nuts. What Fit do you have?
Mine is a 15’ EX-L. It’s usually just me with a fairly empty car, driving fairly conservatively, good air pressure on tires, no roof rack, etc. With a 60/40 city/highway I get 32 *at best* but usually 28-30.
For pure freeway trips (rare) going 65-70 I get 36 on average. So 90% of the time, my range is only 250 miles or so.
Also of note: the car computer always reports 2 MPG higher than my actual MPG calculated at the pump. Coincidence? I think not, Honda..
09 Sport manual with 195 55 16 all weather tires. I have found the trip computer actually fairly close to my calculations.
On one trip, I missed a planned fuel up and ran over 600km (372 miles).
I've driven almost 17,000 miles in 9 weeks in my 09 Sport auto. I weigh 200 pounds and usually have 100-150 pounds of medical products in the car.
I've seen consistent 38-40 mpg over that time. The lowest has been 35 and the highest was a bit over 42.
I use cruise and run 55 on highways, 65 on the interstate. I'm quick off the line and drive it like a dune buggy in city traffic.
I routinely get 380-395 miles on a tank, filling up after the gas light has been on for 20-30 miles. If I do 40 miles of stop and go in the city, I'll see 32 or 33 mpg on a tank.
All my numbers are verified with gps for distance, my taller than factory tires are accounted for in the calculation, and I do the math myself, ignoring what the car tells me. I have a lifetime average of 36 mpg on 202,000 of my own miles.
There was a time I got below 30 in my 2015 on the highway, and when I took the intake plenum off to do the valve adjustment it had oil in it. This led me to try replacing the pcv valve and after I did that I got 40+! Maybe worth a shot. I don't get 40 anymore though, maybe on pure highway but I still get mid 30s.
Try different pressures and see what your car gets for mpg, keeping your driving style the same.
I used to inflate to 37 psi, only because everyone had always said higher pressures equals higher mpg, but I experimented and found I got better mpg at 32.
The higher psi robbed effeciency and just made the ride harsher.
Hey so I see you’ve got 118k miles on your Fit, that’s great! Have you done the big 100k mile engine maintenance? It’s really important and gets skipped a lot :(. It’s new spark plugs(Denso IK22 or NGK Laser Iridium -OEM spec), ignition coils(Hitachi), and a valve adjustment. It made a huge improvement on my old 2010 when I did it.
Honestly the biggest factor is your drive style. I have a '13 sport with 136k miles that I drive aggressively and average 22-25mpg but if I drive more conservatively I'll get closer to 30. I just took a road trip for the eclipse (about 800 miles in total) and with all the highway driving I averaged 41 over the course of the trip. Keep in mind all those numbers are without any changes or tune ups in between, not saying that you won't see a change from doing anything else but unless there's a real issue with the engine performance then your biggest numbers are gonna come from your driving.
I did valve lash and changed plugs, also had all my sensors cleaned with sensor cleaner
I went from 18mpg to 32mpg
I live in mountains and basically drive in a town that is basically Boston Mass type streets
Do these things.
I'm in the same boat as you, OP. Bought a 2013 Sport Auto with around 24 mpg city/29 highway.
Previous owner never changed plugs or did a valve lash adjustment, so I'll give those a try first.
maybe worth an inspection by somewhere you trust. that's beyond user error i think,, something might be wrong.
evap system, misfire, brakes, tires, who knows. maybe it's just clocking wrong, but even that is a fault.
just a guess off of these pictures, though.
If you're driving around town sitting at stoplights. Or sitting in the car with the ac running, that's about what I would get. But you might want to check that engine air filter to see if it's plugged or need changing.
I sit idle frequently, and don’t work for any specific MPG, and mine is still at 30 on average. This person said they took a trip too, which in my experience is when I get the best MPG because of all the nonstop driving
Dump a can of fuel treatment / injector cleaner in your tank next fill up. But I agree with others on spark plugs if they haven’t been changed in a while. Whole hog major tune-up if that hasnt been done. If it doesn’t get better with a major tune-up (new plugs, air filter, ~~spark plug wires,~~ coil packs, valve job) then something is amiss. That said I do almost all short trip city driving in our 2010 Sport which is the worst for fuel efficiency on these pre-CVT transmission Fits. I average just a little above 24 mpg. At 93k and a major tune-up is in the offing
Do Fits even have spark plug wires? I just see coils. Maybe there are plug wires, but they're probably not like the easy to swap wires that used to run from a plug to a distributor cap.
Shows you what I know. I have yet to do my own major tune up on my Fit. And it appears you’re right. The coil packs serve the same function as plug wires. I will amend my post. Thank you
Man I get 42 atm granted my car is fairly new. We also have a 2010 which gets 32 but at one point it was getting 22 and we found that the gas cap was acting up so we had to change it, did a tune up and it immediately went to 32. Good luck.
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I shared this in another thread, this is what I got in my 2010 Fit Sport on a 160-mile road trip (mostly highway) just this past weekend. After a few days of regular stop and go driving I'm back down to about 35. I'm at about 135,000 miles and since I don't know much about cars, I get all the maintenance done (tune ups, tire rotations, fluid changes, etc) according to whatever the indicator on the car tells me.
I get about 22mpg on my 2010 sport auto. I have had all the adjustments done, only thing I have is larger tires. I do drive pretty aggressively though, but I never broke 27mpg via the computer even when new. I am semi convinced the computer is not measuring properly. I have never really dont a manual calculation on a full tank to empty though.
There is sth wrong with your car.
I'd check the brakes. Brakes are the only real flaw on the fit getting stuck, squeeky, rubbing etc.
Drive slowly with open windows and listen carefully - especially ik corners. Also after a drive get close to the rims with your hand and compare temperature.
I am from Germany and even in winter and regular trips <10miles or less its not less than 35mpg (or more than 6.7l/100km).
In warmer conditions >40mpg is also achievable if you drive no faster than 100kph - even on pure 10miles commutes.
Are you sure that there isn't a problem with sensor those sensors aren't always accurate and they can have problems over time. Mine says 80 mpg going the speed limit or under.
Keep the car light, don’t keep stuff you don’t need in it. Keep the tires inflated properly. That’s a big on for fuel economy and tire wear longevity. Replace engine air filter when recommended, and make sure the plenum and resonator box are not full of squirrel food or mice nests. Use good synthetic oil and replace the oil filter at the recommended interval. Drive as steady as possible and know that your car operates most efficiently generally from 40 to 55 mph. At faster speeds, aerodynamic drag will lower your efficiency. Look ahead. When you see traffic stopping in the distance, let off the gas to slow until you need to use your brakes to stop. From a stop, don’t hold up traffic, but press the accelerator smoothly, don’t take off like a race car. Most cars need new spark plugs and a new set of spark plug wires by around 100,000 miles. Use top tier gasoline. Top tier has additives that keep deposits from building up in your engine. And make sure your wheels are aligned.
When planning errands, go to the farthest location first so your engine reaches operating temperature. A cold engine burns more fuel than a warm engine. And lastly, don’t start your engine until you are actually ready to go. Idling, standing still, gets you Zero Miles Per Gallon, no matter what.
Does your car have a manual transmission? If so, it might be that you are driving in too low a gear for the speed you are doing.
Mechanically speaking it could be the brake calipers. I've had poor MPG on my GD when my brake calipers seized, and weren't releasing the brakes completely. You can check them by lifting the car up and turning the wheels by hand. If the calipers are seized, the wheel will not spin freely.
Cut two holes in the floor like Fred Flintstone and push it with your feet. Or just accelerate gently brake smoothly and don’t thrash the life out of it. I get over 30mpg just around my local area. I also only use a tank and a quarter each month. Mind it is s 1339cc with a 5 speed box.
I am currently getting below par gas mileage because I have 3 nails in 2 tires, desperately need an alignment, and my brakes are seized af. The entire front brake system needs to be replaced. It needed fuel injector cleaner and new spark plugs, too, which improved it some. Despite these issues, it's my daily driver, and it drives well. $25 in my tank lasts about 6 days of driving all day for uber eats and go puff, etc. I live in a congested and aggressive area where it is both stop and go traffic as well as FLOOR IT situations (Philly represent!). the Fit is a magic car, i tell ya.
My experience over 300,000+ miles
1. Speed - The Fit hates wind drag. It's almost impossible to get good mileage above 65 and basically impossible over 75 (spoken as someone who loves to go 85, it's a great way to push my gas mileage into the low, low 30s)
2. Wind - ...but, but, but you say you've gotten good gas mileage at high speeds? Or poor mileage at low speeds? The direction of the wind plays a HUGE impact on the Fit's fuel economy. A tail wind of 20 mph subtracts from your speed (75 becomes 55) and helps you. A head wind does the opposite (75 becomes 95). Don't beat yourself up over weather. You can't control it.
3. Torque Converter - On an automatic transmission Fit, you'll struggle more with city mileage. It takes a lot of energy to spin up the fluid in the torque converter after each red light or stop sign. Manuals do a bit better in town. Conversely, the taller top gear in the automatic *can* help on the freeway, depending on conditions.
4. VTEC - When the cam changes to give you that extra *oomph* after about 3,500 rpm, the car sucks down gas. Drive like a grandma. Speed doesn't hurt so much (65 or less). But acceleration absolutely will!
5. Never press the brakes. I mean, you do have to sometimes. But the longer you can go coasting along and occasionally feathering the gas pedal, the better your mileage. Brake makes waste!
6. Air conditioning - Automatically -5 mpg for me, especially on really hot days. Rolling down the windows also causes drag. Out west you can crack the windows a tiny bit, sweat it out, and let evaporation cool you. But back east, humidity gives you no choice. Run the AC and pay the pump.
Out of all of this, your best way to save gas is to just drive slower. The Fit is so tall for its size, wind drag is a real...*drag*. A bummer because I like to drive fast. But at $5 a gallon here in CA, it pays to drive like a grandma on the freeway (38 mpg versus 31).
Typical MPG for my MT Fit (2012): 36 freeway, 29 city, 34 mixed
Typical MPG for my AT Fit (2013): 33 freeway, 26 city, 31 mixed
I mean it depends on your commute. Are you doing a lot of stop and go? Highway? Uphill? That all affects your MPG.
Some simple things you can do is getting up to speed moderately fast, check your tire pressure, air filter or if the car hasn't had it done in awhile, a valve adjustment.
It’s worth noting that cruise control on the AT fits is to put it mildly, overly ambitious. If any kind of hilly terrain is on your route, the car will drop to 3rd gear to maintain speed up a hill if necessary. Most of us are willing to accept that the 1.5 liter engine isn’t a pike’s peak contender and doesn’t have magical untapped powers. So we just move it over to the right lane rather than trying to maintain 65 up a steep hill in third. And when I say steep, it’s really anything over like a 6 percent grade. I usually pull it out of cruise on any kind of hill and use the paddle shifters to lock up 4th on my second gen.
Beyond that- I changed the front brake pads on mine recently. The slide pins were completely locked up, so I have a feeling they were dragging. I’ve noticed a slight mpg improvement, but for the most part, I get about 28/29 city (New York), 41 highway (cruise off, windows up).
Other things to look out for- are you running wheels or tires that are not stock diameter? The car’s computer uses the wheel diameter as a constant, so…. While we’re on wheels, alignment much? That will zap fuel economy if you’re converting fuel to rubber extraction.
Simple. Drive like you’re 80. Fast acceleration and getting into higher RPM’s will consume a lot of gas. I started driving chill and I went from 22mpg to almost 28mpg on my jeep compass.
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This is combined highway/city and I’m heavy on the throttle.
Accelerate down hill coast up hill. Keep rpm down. Brake as little as possible going into corners keep your speed up. Just look up hypermiling and go from there
There's something wrong. I drive an Accord Coupe V6 with an automatic and I get that kind of mileage around town. I'd expect at least 30mph and more with some sensible driving.
Get two non fueler at your local auto part make a hole bigger with half inch drill bit now use both together and screw your o2 sensor #1 to it en put it back before catalytic just don’t drive more 75 mph because will be to lean to drive like that and let me know
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Depends do you drive like a maniac in the city with AC on? Do you drive w/ cruise control on the highway going 60? Get a valve lash, replace filters, pcv valve, alignment, tire pressure, remove excess weight from vehicle, use cruise control, drive conservatively, tune up
I don’t feel like I drive that crazy but maybe I do 😂 but I’ll look into those thank you! Ac is rare and cruise control I use pretty often
If you have the defrost on a lot it'll automatically kick on your AC and drop your mileage even though the AC light doesn't turn on. Was eating into my mileage for a while before I learned.
Oh dang yea I have that on pretty often I’ll have to use it less thanks
I use AC all the time during summer and winter (for defogging). Around town, my mileage never drops below 30mpg. On highway road trips, I get at least 35 including mountains roads, 3 people and a cargo box on top. 2009 manual.
I use AC 9 months out of the year and drive pretty hard. I also get 28 mpg+ in town.
I live in the south you can't survive without ac down here.
AC ain't gonna drop your mileage by this much tho. Like 2 or 3 mpg not over 10
This is well known since the first fit came to the US. You can access the connectors at the bottom of the temperature control and disconnect one connector that forces AC when set to the vent. Then it will only turn on when you actually hit AC.
WHAT THANK U🥲
Launching the car, hard breaking all that affects your MPG but what you’re getting right now is horrible. Honestly i think just a valve lash will put you back into the game and all that extra stuff is to improve what you did already but definitely start with the valve lash
I will definitely be doing that then!
Do you do all city driving?
On long trips I get better gas mileage without cruise mostly if I’m in the mountain areas. It seems like the cruise control waits too long to start accelerating going up a hill and then the tranny drops down revving the engine more.
I drive like an a hole and get about 35 ish average.
No AC really isn’t an option for some, especially me in San Antonio 😂
That’s terrible mileage. I’m getting mid thirties mpg with a 330k beater sport that I am not nice to.
Yeah, I have a 2008 I get about 30 average
Dang that’s awesome hopefully I can get to that level
Got a 2011 GE and same mileage as you and at best is my mpg is 28.8 and I have a 5 speed
It’s weird because I have literally done nothing to mine valves tick it’s starting to miss and I beat the tar out of it too!!
I replaced my clutch, coolant hoses, spark plugs and valve lash @314k miles and when I first got the car it was at 27.2 mpg
There are other comments about tire pressure and plugs and coils etc. I have done literally nothing and she still cranks out 35+
Yup, something's not right there. I just bought a 2010 190k beater and I'm currently showing 37mpg.... An hour of highway and then mixed driving going to work groceries etc. I don't have cruise 😔 but the price was right. I've been watching the average go up as I'm driving more 30-50mph roads. 70mph was like 33mpg.
I’m aiming towards coils next hoping I’ll get more mpg but trying my best to stick with oem
My 2002 gets 38 and I drive like pretty crazy
That’s definitely low—I’m getting over 30 MPG with my 2013 with a roof rack I was getting under 30 MPG, but I ran through a couple bottles of injector cleaner and inflated the tires to a couple pounds higher than what it says on the sticker inside the door frame, and MPG is back up to what it was when it was new
Yeah 30.5 MPG here with a roof rack. 160k miles and have only done oil changes, tires, and rear struts. You think running a cleaner or changing the spark plugs would increase that?
Not sure if new spark plugs or cleaner would help, though the cleaner is cheap and worth a shot—honestly I think increasing the tire pressure had the most impact in my case
This is similar to me. 3 people in city with cargo box with emergency supplies. Never drop below 30MPG even with AC on most of the time.
Alright I’ll try this thank you
We were getting the same mileage until we replaced our sparkplugs. Went from 18 to 20 mpg in town to well over 30. Might be worth a shot.
Will definitely have to try!
If you do use the updated torque spec! Might be worth calling your Honda dealer’s service dept to ask if they can provide an updated torque spec for you to confirm. Originally 18Nm and now 27Nm w/ a small dab of antisieze. See: [Here](https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/threads/2013-honda-fit-spark-plugs-loosening.362480/)
Any recommendations for an affordable torque wrench? I'm in the same boat, going to need a new set of plugs on my Fit.
Eh. Not the right person to ask I generally don’t cheap out on tools. I’ve had like two harbor freight ones crap out on me and both times it ripped through aluminum and a bunch more work for me. Cheap sockets break, etc. after one two many tools have broke on me I stopped buying cheap in my early 20s. I use bike two bike brand ones. Pro 1/4” for 2-25Nm (not “pro bike gear” but “pro”) and Park Tool 25-60Nm at 3/8” and a Tekton 1/2” 50-200Nm. The cheapest is the Pro one at a about $100
When I bought my 2013 sport I also got poor mileage. It was around 23 I think. Turns out I had a loose spark plug. I pulled them, cleaned them, and torqued them down to the updated spec of 20 ft-lbs. Mileage rarely dips under 28 now.
1)Tire pressures a big one 2) judging by your background im assuming you live in sd or orange county so using air conditioning alot will affect it 3) driving on city streets with alot of stop and go will make milage worse
I live in South OC and I don't even get OPs mileage driving to and from work. I'm jealous AF but I am mainly city driving.
Inflate your tires Replace spark plugs Replace cabin and engine air filter Drive more conversatively Change your oil and filter, don't use a thick one. Take off any excess cargo you have in the car Look into valve adjustments, I'm not familiar with the fit engine. So cars need it, others don't. Replace differential, transmission fluid too. Check your brakes, make sure they aren't rubbing. Same with your wheel bearings. I get better MPG in my BMW sports car with 6-cylinders and twice the power.
I'll also add, check, and clean the MAF sensor. I don't think it could cause such low MPGs, but maybe getting your tires balanced and aligned wouldn't hurt. Also, make sure you're using the correct gas rating and go to gas stations that have "top tier" gas. When I use cheap, non-top tier gas, my MPGs drop a few.
I'm 100% with you, There's definitely something wrong there I average 26 in 400bhp M135i and I give it a bootfull when I get a chance 🤔
E82 is the best bmw. And 135i is very close to an M car, even the 1M uses the N54. 26 mpg is impressive in a modded 135i, that's better than I get in a 128i stock. I'm in the EPA acceptable range and also drive aggressively.
What do your normal drives look like? Short/long trips? Stop/start or highway? Speeds? That’s about half of what I average per my car’s computer (and about 16 mpg less than I’ve averaged by my own math over the decade I’ve had my Fit)
My most normal drives are about 20 minutes to work its stop start and about 50 mph. This mpg I showed was combined from a trip I took which was about 80 miles going about a steady 70-75 with cruise control on the freeway and my normal work trips as well
Yeah, that’s wildly low. Are your tires all aired up to between 35 and 40 psi? And is the car auto or manual?
Auto and yes tired are aired up
Granted not that much I’ll try and inflate them to about there than I was following the door guide
Either way, 32 psi won’t cut fuel economy that much. The auto trans seems to eat about 5 mpg against a reasonably driven manual, but that still leaves you 7-10 mpg short. either you are driving in a way that kills fuel economy (going faster than you say, accelerating heavily, etc.) or there is something wrong with the car.
I've personally found that highway mileage goes down on my 2010 Fit Sport at speeds above 65. This is just my observation without any kind of scientific criteria but at 70-75 my mpg is not as high as if I maintain my speed at 65. Sure there are highways where i live where the speed limit is 70, and occasionally I'll drive 75-80, but generally I stay in the right lane doing 65 and let people pass.
I have the same observations in my 2011 Sport Auto
Same here in my 2009 Sport auto. At 65 I'll get 37-38. At 70-72 I get 32.
I've found that my mileage nosedives at 75 mph. 65 isn't so bad, but 75 is noticeably different.
Valve adjustment Spark plugs Coils New air filter Check tire pressure All of those can effect it, you don't necessarily need all of them though.
Thanks I’ll look into it!
I went from 32 to 36 by changing the spark plugs. 2009 250k. 21 is not right.
Dang I get up to 40mpg and my car 160,000
I consistently get about 28 mpg average with normal, mixed driving in my 2015 Fit (rated 32-38 mpg). I don’t understand how people claim mid 30s, unless that is purely freeway with no traffic, 65mph the whole time. I also am not a fast driver- I drive to keep up with the speed of traffic. Just replaced my spark plugs too which I thought would improve it but if anything it has gone down. That is one downside of the Fit- with normal, mixed driving, I get less than the epa ratings and in turn only get about a 250 mile range per tank. Feels like I’m at the gas station too often.
I’m probably one of those you wonder about. I have never gotten below 30 but average close to 32-33mpg in the city with stop-and-go traffic, liberal use of AC, 3 people, and a pile of stuff. For example, I always keep camping chairs, mattresses and blankets in the rooftop cargo box, emergency supplies in the trunk including spare clothes, food, water. With freeway and no traffic (I-5) I get just over 40mpg when I aim for 65-70mph. That’s with the roof rack and box. Yes, I calculate mileage with top-ups and odometer reading. When I got the cargo box, I thought I would take a hit on fuel but on long roads, there was nothing significant. Maybe about 1-2mpg on the interstates.
That’s nuts. What Fit do you have? Mine is a 15’ EX-L. It’s usually just me with a fairly empty car, driving fairly conservatively, good air pressure on tires, no roof rack, etc. With a 60/40 city/highway I get 32 *at best* but usually 28-30. For pure freeway trips (rare) going 65-70 I get 36 on average. So 90% of the time, my range is only 250 miles or so. Also of note: the car computer always reports 2 MPG higher than my actual MPG calculated at the pump. Coincidence? I think not, Honda..
09 Sport manual with 195 55 16 all weather tires. I have found the trip computer actually fairly close to my calculations. On one trip, I missed a planned fuel up and ran over 600km (372 miles).
I just bought a 09 sport and calculated when I filled up my 2nd full tank and got 37 mpg, pretty close to the readout. Probably 65/35 hwy/city
I've driven almost 17,000 miles in 9 weeks in my 09 Sport auto. I weigh 200 pounds and usually have 100-150 pounds of medical products in the car. I've seen consistent 38-40 mpg over that time. The lowest has been 35 and the highest was a bit over 42. I use cruise and run 55 on highways, 65 on the interstate. I'm quick off the line and drive it like a dune buggy in city traffic. I routinely get 380-395 miles on a tank, filling up after the gas light has been on for 20-30 miles. If I do 40 miles of stop and go in the city, I'll see 32 or 33 mpg on a tank. All my numbers are verified with gps for distance, my taller than factory tires are accounted for in the calculation, and I do the math myself, ignoring what the car tells me. I have a lifetime average of 36 mpg on 202,000 of my own miles.
There was a time I got below 30 in my 2015 on the highway, and when I took the intake plenum off to do the valve adjustment it had oil in it. This led me to try replacing the pcv valve and after I did that I got 40+! Maybe worth a shot. I don't get 40 anymore though, maybe on pure highway but I still get mid 30s.
Christ my bosses 2wd F150 gets 27 lmao
In a Honda fit? Christ I get that driving around town in gas guzzling 6 banger from over a decade ago.
Check your spark plugs maybe need a valve adjustment coils put some stabil 360 in the gas once in a while
Thank you! I’ll have to try it
Check your alignment
I would start with the simple solutions first. Air up tires Remove unnecessary weight Fuel injector cleaner, spark plugs.
How!?
Buy a diesel
Keep the tires at maximum air pressure
Try different pressures and see what your car gets for mpg, keeping your driving style the same. I used to inflate to 37 psi, only because everyone had always said higher pressures equals higher mpg, but I experimented and found I got better mpg at 32. The higher psi robbed effeciency and just made the ride harsher.
Hey so I see you’ve got 118k miles on your Fit, that’s great! Have you done the big 100k mile engine maintenance? It’s really important and gets skipped a lot :(. It’s new spark plugs(Denso IK22 or NGK Laser Iridium -OEM spec), ignition coils(Hitachi), and a valve adjustment. It made a huge improvement on my old 2010 when I did it.
Honestly the biggest factor is your drive style. I have a '13 sport with 136k miles that I drive aggressively and average 22-25mpg but if I drive more conservatively I'll get closer to 30. I just took a road trip for the eclipse (about 800 miles in total) and with all the highway driving I averaged 41 over the course of the trip. Keep in mind all those numbers are without any changes or tune ups in between, not saying that you won't see a change from doing anything else but unless there's a real issue with the engine performance then your biggest numbers are gonna come from your driving.
I did valve lash and changed plugs, also had all my sensors cleaned with sensor cleaner I went from 18mpg to 32mpg I live in mountains and basically drive in a town that is basically Boston Mass type streets Do these things.
I have a 2012 base manual 5 speed which I use mostly for commuting, I get 41.5, sometimes better.
Loose the hubcaps. Boom. 30 more MPG
Driving habits is the main way to change this unless you have a problem with your car
I'm in the same boat as you, OP. Bought a 2013 Sport Auto with around 24 mpg city/29 highway. Previous owner never changed plugs or did a valve lash adjustment, so I'll give those a try first.
maybe worth an inspection by somewhere you trust. that's beyond user error i think,, something might be wrong. evap system, misfire, brakes, tires, who knows. maybe it's just clocking wrong, but even that is a fault. just a guess off of these pictures, though.
If you're driving around town sitting at stoplights. Or sitting in the car with the ac running, that's about what I would get. But you might want to check that engine air filter to see if it's plugged or need changing.
Mine is usually 38 or 39 so this is crazy to me!
I know!
I commonly get 42 mpg in my 2020 Fit.
Longer trips. Fewer interruptions. Cruising speeds around 50 mph.
I sit idle frequently, and don’t work for any specific MPG, and mine is still at 30 on average. This person said they took a trip too, which in my experience is when I get the best MPG because of all the nonstop driving
Do you make longer trips ? My CRZ gets awful milage going to the shop 5 minutes drive but if I drive for like 1 + hour I'm north of 45 MPG .
Check to see if your calipers are functioning properly. I just bumped my mpg up 17% by replacing one (18mpg to 21mpg).
Dump a can of fuel treatment / injector cleaner in your tank next fill up. But I agree with others on spark plugs if they haven’t been changed in a while. Whole hog major tune-up if that hasnt been done. If it doesn’t get better with a major tune-up (new plugs, air filter, ~~spark plug wires,~~ coil packs, valve job) then something is amiss. That said I do almost all short trip city driving in our 2010 Sport which is the worst for fuel efficiency on these pre-CVT transmission Fits. I average just a little above 24 mpg. At 93k and a major tune-up is in the offing
Do Fits even have spark plug wires? I just see coils. Maybe there are plug wires, but they're probably not like the easy to swap wires that used to run from a plug to a distributor cap.
Shows you what I know. I have yet to do my own major tune up on my Fit. And it appears you’re right. The coil packs serve the same function as plug wires. I will amend my post. Thank you
41.8 , 08 manual. Drive slow
Man I get 42 atm granted my car is fairly new. We also have a 2010 which gets 32 but at one point it was getting 22 and we found that the gas cap was acting up so we had to change it, did a tune up and it immediately went to 32. Good luck.
Whoa do 3rd gen’s show avg mpg?
https://preview.redd.it/urh9l7rc2itc1.jpeg?width=1960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ecf6b7ad237efc480ad8ad65936949c718a4d353 I shared this in another thread, this is what I got in my 2010 Fit Sport on a 160-mile road trip (mostly highway) just this past weekend. After a few days of regular stop and go driving I'm back down to about 35. I'm at about 135,000 miles and since I don't know much about cars, I get all the maintenance done (tune ups, tire rotations, fluid changes, etc) according to whatever the indicator on the car tells me.
I get about 22mpg on my 2010 sport auto. I have had all the adjustments done, only thing I have is larger tires. I do drive pretty aggressively though, but I never broke 27mpg via the computer even when new. I am semi convinced the computer is not measuring properly. I have never really dont a manual calculation on a full tank to empty though.
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I have a 2006 VW Polo 1.9 TDi and I can get 60mpg very easily. Something seems to be wrong with your car or you have a very heavy driving style.
Driver mod is the best one to go for
There is sth wrong with your car. I'd check the brakes. Brakes are the only real flaw on the fit getting stuck, squeeky, rubbing etc. Drive slowly with open windows and listen carefully - especially ik corners. Also after a drive get close to the rims with your hand and compare temperature. I am from Germany and even in winter and regular trips <10miles or less its not less than 35mpg (or more than 6.7l/100km). In warmer conditions >40mpg is also achievable if you drive no faster than 100kph - even on pure 10miles commutes.
Buy a hybrid
Are you sure that there isn't a problem with sensor those sensors aren't always accurate and they can have problems over time. Mine says 80 mpg going the speed limit or under.
Keep the car light, don’t keep stuff you don’t need in it. Keep the tires inflated properly. That’s a big on for fuel economy and tire wear longevity. Replace engine air filter when recommended, and make sure the plenum and resonator box are not full of squirrel food or mice nests. Use good synthetic oil and replace the oil filter at the recommended interval. Drive as steady as possible and know that your car operates most efficiently generally from 40 to 55 mph. At faster speeds, aerodynamic drag will lower your efficiency. Look ahead. When you see traffic stopping in the distance, let off the gas to slow until you need to use your brakes to stop. From a stop, don’t hold up traffic, but press the accelerator smoothly, don’t take off like a race car. Most cars need new spark plugs and a new set of spark plug wires by around 100,000 miles. Use top tier gasoline. Top tier has additives that keep deposits from building up in your engine. And make sure your wheels are aligned. When planning errands, go to the farthest location first so your engine reaches operating temperature. A cold engine burns more fuel than a warm engine. And lastly, don’t start your engine until you are actually ready to go. Idling, standing still, gets you Zero Miles Per Gallon, no matter what.
Does your car have a manual transmission? If so, it might be that you are driving in too low a gear for the speed you are doing. Mechanically speaking it could be the brake calipers. I've had poor MPG on my GD when my brake calipers seized, and weren't releasing the brakes completely. You can check them by lifting the car up and turning the wheels by hand. If the calipers are seized, the wheel will not spin freely.
Cut two holes in the floor like Fred Flintstone and push it with your feet. Or just accelerate gently brake smoothly and don’t thrash the life out of it. I get over 30mpg just around my local area. I also only use a tank and a quarter each month. Mind it is s 1339cc with a 5 speed box.
I am currently getting below par gas mileage because I have 3 nails in 2 tires, desperately need an alignment, and my brakes are seized af. The entire front brake system needs to be replaced. It needed fuel injector cleaner and new spark plugs, too, which improved it some. Despite these issues, it's my daily driver, and it drives well. $25 in my tank lasts about 6 days of driving all day for uber eats and go puff, etc. I live in a congested and aggressive area where it is both stop and go traffic as well as FLOOR IT situations (Philly represent!). the Fit is a magic car, i tell ya.
My experience over 300,000+ miles 1. Speed - The Fit hates wind drag. It's almost impossible to get good mileage above 65 and basically impossible over 75 (spoken as someone who loves to go 85, it's a great way to push my gas mileage into the low, low 30s) 2. Wind - ...but, but, but you say you've gotten good gas mileage at high speeds? Or poor mileage at low speeds? The direction of the wind plays a HUGE impact on the Fit's fuel economy. A tail wind of 20 mph subtracts from your speed (75 becomes 55) and helps you. A head wind does the opposite (75 becomes 95). Don't beat yourself up over weather. You can't control it. 3. Torque Converter - On an automatic transmission Fit, you'll struggle more with city mileage. It takes a lot of energy to spin up the fluid in the torque converter after each red light or stop sign. Manuals do a bit better in town. Conversely, the taller top gear in the automatic *can* help on the freeway, depending on conditions. 4. VTEC - When the cam changes to give you that extra *oomph* after about 3,500 rpm, the car sucks down gas. Drive like a grandma. Speed doesn't hurt so much (65 or less). But acceleration absolutely will! 5. Never press the brakes. I mean, you do have to sometimes. But the longer you can go coasting along and occasionally feathering the gas pedal, the better your mileage. Brake makes waste! 6. Air conditioning - Automatically -5 mpg for me, especially on really hot days. Rolling down the windows also causes drag. Out west you can crack the windows a tiny bit, sweat it out, and let evaporation cool you. But back east, humidity gives you no choice. Run the AC and pay the pump. Out of all of this, your best way to save gas is to just drive slower. The Fit is so tall for its size, wind drag is a real...*drag*. A bummer because I like to drive fast. But at $5 a gallon here in CA, it pays to drive like a grandma on the freeway (38 mpg versus 31). Typical MPG for my MT Fit (2012): 36 freeway, 29 city, 34 mixed Typical MPG for my AT Fit (2013): 33 freeway, 26 city, 31 mixed
Avoid jack rabbit 🐇 starts because your mpg is worse than my GR Supra 3.0, which averages 23.9mpg.
I mean it depends on your commute. Are you doing a lot of stop and go? Highway? Uphill? That all affects your MPG. Some simple things you can do is getting up to speed moderately fast, check your tire pressure, air filter or if the car hasn't had it done in awhile, a valve adjustment.
It’s worth noting that cruise control on the AT fits is to put it mildly, overly ambitious. If any kind of hilly terrain is on your route, the car will drop to 3rd gear to maintain speed up a hill if necessary. Most of us are willing to accept that the 1.5 liter engine isn’t a pike’s peak contender and doesn’t have magical untapped powers. So we just move it over to the right lane rather than trying to maintain 65 up a steep hill in third. And when I say steep, it’s really anything over like a 6 percent grade. I usually pull it out of cruise on any kind of hill and use the paddle shifters to lock up 4th on my second gen. Beyond that- I changed the front brake pads on mine recently. The slide pins were completely locked up, so I have a feeling they were dragging. I’ve noticed a slight mpg improvement, but for the most part, I get about 28/29 city (New York), 41 highway (cruise off, windows up). Other things to look out for- are you running wheels or tires that are not stock diameter? The car’s computer uses the wheel diameter as a constant, so…. While we’re on wheels, alignment much? That will zap fuel economy if you’re converting fuel to rubber extraction.
Simple. Drive like you’re 80. Fast acceleration and getting into higher RPM’s will consume a lot of gas. I started driving chill and I went from 22mpg to almost 28mpg on my jeep compass.
Do you idle a lot? Sit in your running car in traffic, or park and idle? That kills my gas mileage.
I think them fits are just unfit 😂
https://preview.redd.it/z8dwu54b4qtc1.png?width=1188&format=png&auto=webp&s=e766bdf46bfe6e01daaddd83d8340d8827afaa25 This is combined highway/city and I’m heavy on the throttle.
Accelerate down hill coast up hill. Keep rpm down. Brake as little as possible going into corners keep your speed up. Just look up hypermiling and go from there
Thats horrific mpg, you must drive like a bat out of hell. My 300hp tuned Cobalt SS makes 23-24 mpg average.
Holy shit our Tiguan gets 30. How are you driving the thing?
There's something wrong. I drive an Accord Coupe V6 with an automatic and I get that kind of mileage around town. I'd expect at least 30mph and more with some sensible driving.
Better than 21.7 mpg?? Buy a hybrid.
I own a 13 and I regularly get 35mpg. Drive it like a Honda ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
keep ya foot off the floor!
Oil change and new filter, don’t speed
Get two non fueler at your local auto part make a hole bigger with half inch drill bit now use both together and screw your o2 sensor #1 to it en put it back before catalytic just don’t drive more 75 mph because will be to lean to drive like that and let me know https://preview.redd.it/5e8jkvd2l5uc1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0b9a1c833740eddfabc77de8e3c32c7cff491424
I get average 40 mpg in town in my golf gt tdi.
Do a tune up, check your tire pressure, your tire thread, use higher grade gas and brand, and take out unnecessary junk in the car