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#1 ·
Hi all
Does any one here think the V6 cherokee 2012 model suck to much fuel.
We drive very light on the peddle , echo mode, and get 14.5 per 100 km.
Its a new vehicle and has 2800 km on it. What does yours get.
:cool:
 
#2 ·
There are quite a few threads here regarding fuel economy. Depending on how one drives, it can be great or it can be not-great. I have the V8 and get what I consider good fuel economy because of how I naturally drive and because I'm not doing a lot of "city" driving...all rural and Interstate. My wife would be getting 20% less or worse mileage in my Jeep just because of the difference in how she pilots vehicles. (much heavier foot)
 
#5 ·
I'm at 14.5 city and just did 17.8 on a 400mi drive through Colorado. Disappointed, but I am heavy on the accelerator. In retrospect I should have gotten the HEMI.
 
#6 ·
Something is wrong either with the vehicle or the driving conditions. I am averaging 19-20 around town and 23-24 on the Interstate with the Pentastar. Of course this would be considered flatlands, am at sea level, and never drive less than 5 miles at a time. Did get over 22 for a week in the hills around Franklin, NC.

Are you showing any misfires ?
 
#8 ·
I'm getting anywhere between 13.3-13.7 per 100km. I live in Toronto so I'm pretty much in 90% city driving, the traffic in Toronto is terrible. I do have 38,xxxkm on it.
 
#11 ·
I am getting 15.2l/100km!! 30 km roundtrip to work, with hills and congested on the way home. I have gotten in the 9's on the highway though! I have 5500kms on it.
 
#10 ·
Recently I have been testing fuel mileage on my V6 '12 GC Overland. Overall I would say city driving I have been averaging about 18-19 MPG and highway 24-26 MPG.

I have been using the Fuel Economy in the EVIC to constantly monitor my fuel consumption the past 2 tankfuls - and I was able to raise my city driving numbers to over 21 MPH. Of course it is not nearly as much fun driving with a lighter foot, coasting towards stops, etc. Most of my driving is non-highway, rural roads, but some of the roads I am on are 40 MPH limits. I am pretty happy with the mileage, after turning 9000 miles on my Jeep about a week ago. I can sure tell when the mileage drops if I fast foot it though!
 
#13 ·
Here in the Twin Cities, currently on 'winter' blend 10% ethanol fuel and I've been trying to use the cruise on the freeway into work as much as possible (65mph) and I got 21mpg on the last tank. That's combined 'city' and 'freeway' driving. If I get 'rambunctious' it drops to 19mpg. With summer blend fuel that's usually 20-22mpg.

The last extended trip we took resulted in 24mpg with 70mph on the freeway and 60mph on the country roads.

I'm only at 5k miles and I'll be switching to full synthetic oil in a 1000 miles or so. So by next summer I anticipate an easy 25mpg on the extended trips.

I'm happy!
 
#14 ·
I get terrible gas mileage in my V8 - so bad that I may need to trade in the SUV if gas gets any more expensive. I get around 10MPG on my bumper-to-bumper commute and about 20MPG on the highway.
 
#19 · (Edited)
In the warmer months I was getting 18 - 19 mpg with my hemi. Now I'm getting 16.5 - 17 mpg in the colder temps / winter blend fuels. My driving is 50/50 city/highway.

My old 3.7 liter v6 liberty only got 15 mpg winter 16 mpg summer under the same conditions. Considering the hemi WK2 is much larger, much heavier and much faster I'm ecstatic with the fuel economy!
 
#22 ·
Since you asked in metric:
Over the lifetime of my 2011 V6 (about 79,000 kms), I have an overall average of 12.6 L/100km from date of purchase, which is of course a mix of everything from city to highway to idling in the winter to warm up, but I do a lot of highway.
On the better tanks of pure highway driving I can get it down to about 11.4 L/100km.
All with 10% ethanol gas.
 
#23 ·
Just curious how you guys are tracking mileage? I recently started using an iPhone app - road trip lite (the free version). It's worked well so far, so I'll probably buy the full version. Big investment - $.99- so I really need to think that one through.. I'm never without my phone so this one works well for me, but I'm sure there are also a million others..
 
#26 · (Edited)
My last 6 tanks have been (starting with most recent, calculated by dividing trip mileage by gallons during refill):

19.35
19.35
20.11
19.20
19.38
18.23


I have almost 5k miles so far. I live in Denver so the altitude makes my mpg worse than someone at sea level. Most of my driving is 9 miles to and from work each day, with I'd guess an average speed of about 20mph (not quite bumper to bumper traffic, but not moving smoothly either). Just about every weekend I drive up into the mountains which is bad for MPG on the way up, but good on the way back. I also do a lot of short trips running around, which is probably not good for the Jeep as they are all less than 1 mile trips (grocery store, restaurants, etc.), but my gf's 2008 car feels like it was built by the original Henry Ford compared to all of the features and comfort of my WK2, so we always drive mine.
 
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