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According to the specs, my Sebring is supposed to be getting approx 17MPG city and 24MPG highway. Now my wife drives the car to work 5 days a week which is a 4 mile round trip plus a few trips to the store, visiting friends locally...etc. Perhaps 40 miles a week are put on the car with hardly ever going over 45MPH.
My first fill up showed we got 14MPG and the second (yesterday) showed 11MPG. Yikes!! The car runs beautifully, smooth as silk with no exhaust smoke. I understand this question is sort of lame since it could be caused by a number of issues but I was wondering if anyone could give me there best guess as to why such poor gas mileage.
Of course the car is 10 years old with 87,000 miles. New timing chain, water pump, valves, intake/exhaust gaskets etc two months ago.
Thanks
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Does it have a mini computer on the dash that shows mileage? There's an instantaneous page and a long-term average page if you have it. Might want to check the readings there.
Could be a lot of things causing bad mileage. My minivan had a dragging front brake caliper as a result of a bad brake hose that caused very bad mileage.
Mileage will improve after an oil change. Trans fluid could be a similar issue.
Also 4 miles does not even allow for the engine to go into closed loop for more then a few min. U will also need to do the math yourself not rely on the trip computers.
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Yeah, the short trips are murder on gas mileage. A 4 mile round trip is a 2 mile trip taken twice a day. Change your oil more frequently. The car probably never gets really warmed up, so you'll wind up never really driving the moisture from condensation out of the crankcase or the exhaust system, and maybe never really bringing the battery up to full charge.
Yeah, the short trips are murder on gas mileage. A 4 mile round trip is a 2 mile trip taken twice a day. Change your oil more frequently. The car probably never gets really warmed up, so you'll wind up never really driving the moisture from condensation out of the crankcase or the exhaust system, and maybe never really bringing the battery up to full charge.
I agree. I need to take the Sebring out at least once a week on the freeway and "put the spurs to her". I do warm the car up 5-10 minutes every morning just to warm it up and insure the battery gets an adequate daily charging. This also accounts for the crappy gas mileage.
2002 Sebring 2.7 Gas mileage
