Poll - New 2022 Tundra Owners Please Post Comments on Real World Mileage

Just hit 600 miles. The temperatures in my area have been around 58F during the day and around 20-30F at night and during the early morning. Hoping that after the “break-in” period I see better fuel economy.

 

Interesting... and disappointing. On my 2009 Tacoma I found just the opposite for the highway rating. The EPA ratings on the sticker were 16/19. The 16 city is fairly accurate (+ or - 1 MPG) but I routinely get 21 MPG on pure 70 MPH highway drives... even 22 if I take it a bit easier. This is not computer display but refilling the tank and doing the math. It didn't get that when brand new but I don't recall how long it took to improve. Same for my 2016 Corvette. It will push 28 to 30 MPG on pure highway driving... if I can manage to keep my foot out of it. Even a few speed bursts will hurt that a lot. I was hoping that better hwy MPG would be the case with the new Tundras but it seems not to be the case.

 

Thanks. Let us know when it improves.

 

It’s that calculated fuel economy or what the fuel economy meter is showing?

 

I believe you will. Break in, cold starts, and winter gas now are all negatives. Please keep us posted. Seems like a great test case for hwy MPG.

 

There’s nothing really to ‘break in’ in a modern vehicle. I am pushing 14k miles on my 21 Sequoia and the mileage didn’t change one bit since it had 10 miles on the odometer.

 

Many of us have a different experience.

 

Some of the observed mileage improvement might be purely psychological. At first you are all excited about your new toy and later you start treating it like an appliance and drive more conservatively.

 

No, the math doesn't lie. I agree you might be driving a little harder now and then early on around town but when you are on the road it is steady state. A highway trip is a highway trip.

 

I’ve seen and experienced the same and my commute is roughly the same. The mpg have been disappointing for sure. Of course you get those, what do you expect from a truck, guys. Well, I expected what what was advertised or at least within the range. I have 1800 miles so far and right now I’m sitting at 16.9
I’ve even tried a whole tank in eco mode and it was the same.

 

Eh. One other explanation I had in mind is how the transmission logic changes over time to maximize mileage (mostly by lugging the engine and shifting early).

 

By the time you put gas in the tank, some junk in the cab and bed, and a couple passengers, you are still approaching 3 tons in a brick shaped vehicle. This is just not a recipe for good MPG regardless of engine. Just my 0.02.

 

Not looking for good. Just looking for acceptable. That may vary individually for potential customers.

 

I get 21 mpg at 60 mph. And 18 at 70mph in temps in the 30’s. Stop and go and any uphill that involves turbos really tanks the mileage. On my old truck I can go pedal to the floor on stop and go and it wouldn’t really affect anything , not the case with this truck. My first tank was 17.6, second was 19.6..those are tank calculations at the pump. Today I will compare the dash mileage to the pump calculation after using only non ethanol to compare.
I have to think people getting below advertised mileage just have a particular drive not conductive to good mileage or they push the peddle down to much. I have been following Toyota’s recommended break in procedure. Idk if its necessary but why not.

 

That's not all that bad with cold starts/warmups (depending on where you are) and winter blend gas. It should improve a bit after the switchover to summer gas.

 

That’s not true. The shift points are fixed and don’t change over time. The learning the transmission does is for the wear and tear on the fluid. It adjusts the oil pressure needed for shifting as the oil ages.

One thing this Tundra may have that the Lexus LS and LC 10-speed units have are adaptive control logic which hold lower gears longer based on your driving. If you’re an aggressive driver, the 10-speed will hold lower gears and drop your fuel economy due to higher revs.

 

That is what the meter is showing. The meter in my 2020 seemed pretty accurate compared to the calculated fuel economy, so I’m just going off of that. I’ll try calculating my next tank and see if a variance exists.

 

My story is a lot different.

I had a brand new F-150 with a 2.7 Ecoboost. Nice truck but guzzled gas like you wouldn't believe. I was getting 9 to 11 mpg.

Took it to the Ford dealer. They said the 2.7 needs a few thousand miles to break in and they promised mpg would improve.

After about 4000 to 5000 miles the mpg started to climb dramatically. I got 19 to 23mpg average. Fantastic engine but oh my the first few thousand was awful.

 

That’s what I’m hoping for. My Silverado took about 5k miles before the mileage got up to a constant 20mpg (19 after leveling kit). The next tank I’m going to use ethanol free, just out of curiosity.

 

Your 2.7 is a lot closer to the new 3.5 in terms of technology. Hopefully the mpg improvement is common across the board.

 

So much discussion, too little MPG data.

Turd gen people- please keep reporting your MPG after calculating at the pump. Lots of us are curious.

 

Reset it next time you fill up. You can also change it to show tank average mpg (reset at each refuel) and trip average (reset after each shutdown). I’m curious to see what others are seeing too.

 

I’m averaging 16.9 right now with about 100 miles until empty. That’s by meter so far. My last tank averaged 16.9 as well. I’ve been trying to drive as economically as possible. My drive to work is mainly rural with some city and idle time, which is approximately 80 miles round trip.

 

17.8 mpg mixed driving on my last tank. What kind of mixed driving? Who cares it doesn’t mean anything. I can empty a tank and get 14 mpg or I could empty a tank and get 23. Point is I CAN get 23. I think that’s the point of this thread. Do these trucks get the mileage as advertised? Yes. Can you drive in ways that get worse then advertised? Yes.

 

Drive mine home 90 miles from the dealership and it was 21-22 MPGs the whole way (mostly highway). I’m sure I can keep it close to there or get 8 MPGs on a whole tank by driving the shit out of it.

 

The point of the thread is to help people understand what kind of mileage it is getting when you use it as a commuter daily driver vehicle, and as the truck was intended; loaded and or towing something. I mean, the later is what Toyota seems to be preaching in the new commercial I saw of the MGM color truck during the football game last night.
So Please specify.

1) Daily driving, commuter empty
2) loaded down - let us know how close to the payload rating
3) towing - how much weight you are towing.

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If one of the three categories is not listed I will assume you are using it as a daily driver, commuter truck and it is empty. I am interested in the mileage for all three categories and appreciate all input. thank you

 

I'm getting 18-20 mpg per tank with 1k miles driven. 295/60/20 Nitto Recon Grapplers on stock height. Mix of city but mostly highway going 65-70 mph. All in normal mode.

 

When?? You mean "If"

 

My cousins ecoboost improved a bit after a few thousand miles. If this truck gets better then I’m all ready getting I’m going to be pretty happy. All though I won’t know until next winter. Knowing it will improve into the summer.

 

So I filled up today with 90 octane ethanol free, so we’ll see if that’s any different. I ran it as low as I could before filling up. This last tank on normal mode I got 16.8 mpg based on truck, math showed 16.77 mpg so it’s a wash.