Anyone who gets a Wrangler (or Benz G-Wagon, or any other square box on wheels) for the fuel economy is barking up the wrong tree. With that being said 60-65mph seems to be the sweet spot for a Wrangler in regards to speed/mpg tradeoffs.
If mpg is more important than other factors perhaps a different vehicle in for you, nothing personal or insulting. There are loads of 5 seater SUVs engineered for much better fuel economy. For the really serious about mpg there are the electrics like the new Jag iPace (about 75mpg-e) or the upcoming 5 seater Tesla Model Y (guess about 90-100mpg-e) although the Jag is more money and the Tesla hasn’t released pricing or availability yet.
There are far too many variables when it comes to fuel economy to determine a "normal". We have never seen better than 19mpg even in the year the jeep was stock. The wife's daily commute is 17 miles each way of country highway. It's flat, but there's probably a dozen stop signs and 5 traffic lights along the way. That is a whole lot of 0-65-0 over and over. Very little steady speed cruising. I think the worst we've seen was in the 14mpg range, but that was with a lot of time wheeling up steep terrain. The op has a brand new rig that isn't even broken in yet. I'd hardly say his fuel economy is so bad that his Jeep must be broken. I don't think it's a case of "you bought a Jeep, don't worry about fuel economy", but more a case of get past the 1st oil change, or at least more than 4 tanks of fuel before you get overly concerned about it.This is not a helpful response, I wish people would stop saying something along these lines. This person has owned a Jeep before, I am sure they knew they weren't buying it for the fuel mileage.
Let's be real though, 13.4 MPG is WAY below what it should be.
No, that's not normal.
Agreed. Every Jeep I've owned averaged at least 17, even with 35s.Let's be real though, 13.4 MPG is WAY below what it should be.
No, that's not normal.
Semantics, normal, average, whatever.There are far too many variables when it comes to fuel economy to determine a "normal". We have never seen better than 19mpg even in the year the jeep was stock. The wife's daily commute is 17 miles each way of country highway. It's flat, but there's probably a dozen stop signs and 5 traffic lights along the way. That is a whole lot of 0-65-0 over and over. Very little steady speed cruising. I think the worst we've seen was in the 14mpg range, but that was with a lot of time wheeling up steep terrain. The op has a brand new rig that isn't even broken in yet. I'd hardly say his fuel economy is so bad that his Jeep must be broken. I don't think it's a case of "you bought a Jeep, don't worry about fuel economy", but more a case of get past the 1st oil change, or at least more than 4 tanks of fuel before you get overly concerned about it.
Agreed, but everyone's experience, driving style, etc varies. I've seen similar mpg numbers to the OP's, 30k miles ago. Has my rig been broken this entire time? Is it driving style? Extra weight? Driving conditions? It's not 5 mpg and clearly something wrong, it's 13-14 and only 2-3 bellow what many of us average all the time.Semantics, normal, average, whatever.
I have a brand new rig, hasn't had an oil change yet and I have never had gas mileage that bad. The guy came here for an opinion, I'm giving my opinion based on having the same rig with the same engine.
Your computer mpg average will definitely go up if you reset and take a long highway trip. I would do a hand calculation after recording how much gas you actually fill up.Maybe I should take a trip and get some consistent highway miles on her?
Do yall ever reset the MPG gauge? I'm just trying to gather why I'm so low and where an additional 30ish% is going to come from. I sincerely do not think my bonestock Rubicon would get 20+mpg, even hwy. I bought the car about an 1-1.5 hour away and was not pulling anything near that on the ride home.
And if it is just a new vehicle thing, and it'll improve, cool. But I see others with half my miles and pulling near 20mpg.
20 mpg is still pretty good. That's about a stock Rubi 2.0. I suspect its because stock Rubicon with its gears and extra height will get less than a stock Sahara. On average apples to apples.There’s better mpg vehicles but I’d rather have the mileage and the range that comes with it than not…even with my mpg harming mods. I was at 26 hwy with the 2.0 auto. Now I’m at 20 after mods. I’ll be carrying Rotopax fuel containers to help offset that loss.
That 20 mpg average hwy is STILL better than my wife’s bone stock ‘21 Rubicon 3.6 auto on the hwy sadly. She’s at 19.
The Sahara is taller as it sits with the Rubicon suspension& 3/4” spacer up front, Synergy 1” springs out back, and on 35’s. It has 4.56’s too. That vs a bone stock Rubicon with 3.6 looks pretty good against it. lol20 mpg is still pretty good. That's about a stock Rubi 2.0. I suspect its because stock Rubicon with its gears and extra height will get less than a stock Sahara. On average apples to apples.