Poor Gas Mileage?

[koolzero]

I have a 2000 Toyota Camry XLE V6 and I only get close to 300 miles to a full tank. This is a combination of highway and city driving. Does this seem like pretty low mileage? I have close to 65,000 miles.

I've talked to a Toyota Tech about checking my O2 sensors and he said that it wouldn't be them unless I'm getting a check engine light. He says it's just the way that I'm driving that I'm getting poor mileage now.

I'm also getting a pull to the right, I've had my car realigned but it's still pulling, are there any TSBs about this?

Thank you

[tightcamry129]

maybe 300 miles is alright for a V6? I get about 480 miles from the entire tank on average. I have a 4cyl engine, tho... maybe the difference shouldn't be that big. Well i also have a manual tranny so maybe i get couple of more miles from that too... i'm guess it's your driving that gets you poor gas mileage.

[ubongen]

wow!!! 480 on a full tank!
man I wish. my 89 Camry DX 5 speed gets me about 320 onna full tank? maybe something ain't right with mines also.

[Nick]

300 miles sounds about right for a v6 automatic camry, maybe 400 at 70 on cruise control the whole time

[koolzero]

I seem to remember that when I first got the car I was getting well over 450 a tank... but maybe my memory is fuzzy

oh well if you seem to think that is about right then i'm ok with it.

[a94autoCamry]

lol i get about 270-280 miles on a full tank, but i never drove the car until the gas light comes on, that is gonna scare me if it does
but maybe i can get 300 miles, but i drive pretty hard and i floor it too much which is bad for the engine ...
and btw , its 1994 automatic camry /w intake/exhaust

[S-FL camry]

my light turns on at 270 miles.... i usually let it shift gears before 3... and somtimes let it go till 4- 4.5 i have a 4 cyclinder 5sfe 93... with intake... automatic

[89SV21]

I get around 350-400 miles on a tank so long as i'm not stuck in majestic SD traffic, then it drops to around 300 a tank. Anyone else with an 89 gen2 auto notice this much variation? Also my gas light is horribly inaccurate, sometimes i've got 4 gallons left when it goes on and other times i've got less than a gallon. The gas gauge is at the same place too. Oh well it's just part of the gen 2 mystique.

[z168]

its more accurate to measure on a per Gallon/Liter basis.

ive a Gen4 99 4-cyl LE; i drive more than 70miles/day on the freeway and i only get 22miles/gal.

How much do you guys get?

[white90dx]

Yeah, you guys really should start paying attention to the actual gallons on your fill up if you want to compare mileage...

I used to be able to get 37-38mpg on my gen2 4-cyl 5-speed on the highway, and I averaged just under 30 in more mixed driving. My 'new' Camry is turbocharged and still gets mid-high 20s... Then again, my WRX gets low 20's almost all the time, and low teens (like 13mpg or less) on the track...

Mileage depends on a lot of things - gas quality, air temp and humidity, driving style, engine size, engine age, transmission, etc...

You should only start to worry if there is a drastic change in the mpg you are getting (compare your car to itself in the past).

-Charlie