Real-Life MPG Thread - Share Your 2024+ Tacoma 4th Gen's Gas Mileage! ⛽

[TacoFreak]

Your dealer might think a break in period is old school, but Toyota does not agree and clearly states a process. It is pretty easy compared to the strict regimes some people follow and is only common sense.

The manual says:

• For the first 200 miles avoid sudden stops.
• For the first 500 miles do not tow a trailer.
• For the first 1,000 miles
  • Do not drive at extremely high speeds
  • Avoid sudden acceleration
  • Do not drive continuously in low gears
  • Do not drive at constant speeds for extended periods.

In case you haven't already figured it out, your dealer is clueless.

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[turbosix]

Your dealer might think a break in period is old school, but Toyota does not agree and clearly states a process. It is pretty easy compared to the strict regimes some people follow and is only common sense.

The manual says:

• For the first 200 miles avoid sudden stops.
• For the first 500 miles do not tow a trailer.
• For the first 1,000 miles
  • Do not drive at extremely high speeds
  • Avoid sudden acceleration
  • Do not drive continuously in low gears
  • Do not drive at constant speeds for extended periods.

In case you haven't already figured it out, your dealer is clueless.

this is still far too vague

200 mi - sudden stops? what does an emergency braking situation have to do with the engine?
500 mi - trailer - self explanatory
1000mi - what is an "extremely" high speed? what is "sudden acceleration"? continuously in low gears? unavoidable if you're driving around town
constant speeds for extended periods? what is an extended period?

 

[TacoFreak]

Brakes "bed in" with some miles, say 200, lol. Before that happens hard applications can damage the pads and lead to excessive pad wear and rotor damage. It is a break in suggestion for your brakes and has nothing to do with the engine, which is not the only thing that needs breaking in.

I think extremely high speed is obvious, lets just say driving very much over the speed limit. Sudden acceleration is mashing the throttle rather than driving sanely. Your truck will not remain in low gear even in around town driving unless you command it to,.

Extended periods is subjective, I agree. But most people should be able to come up with a reasonable estimate, say an hour or two.

 

[turbosix]

Brakes "bed in" with some miles, say 200, lol. Before that happens hard applications can damage the pads and lead to excessive pad wear and rotor damage. It is a break in suggestion for your brakes and has nothing to do with the engine, which is not the only thing that needs breaking in.

I think extremely high speed is obvious, lets just say driving very much over the speed limit. Sudden acceleration is mashing the throttle rather than driving sanely. Your truck will not remain in low gear even in around town driving unless you command it to,.

Extended periods is subjective, I agree. But most people should be able to come up with a reasonable estimate, say an hour or two.

Bed in instructions are the opposite of that.

Obvious is not obvious.

Outside of just bouncing off the Rev limiter 99.9% of this doesn't matter.

 

[CrispyTacoLover]

Friendly reminder. Download the Fuelly app and plug in your numbers each fill up.

Then we’ll have more data in this view…

https://www.fuelly.com/car/toyota/tacoma/2024

 

[TacoSport24NIL]

I got my '24 Sport Dec 7, 2024, bone stock except for the Toyota tri-fold hard tonneau cover that I had installed at the dealer two or three weeks later due to back-order. Total mileage at the moment is about 2,300 miles.

With the cold northern Illinois temps and winter gas, I've been averaging mid 16s to mid 18s MPG with mostly in-town driving. I do occasionally hit the highway but don't usually look at my trip mileage/economy, instead calculating every time I fill up. With that said, after reading this thread, I have been looking at my trip info and it has been generally pretty similar to my tank averages.

I started on ECO mode but have switched to Normal mode for the past thee tanks. I like that it is more responsive in normal and haven't seen a drop in MPG. I generally drive fairly sedate and got my Total Average (I reset each time I fill up) up to 20.3 with mostly city driving and felt pretty good about that. Again, colder weather and winter gas are probably keeping MPG down a bit.

I love my Tacoma and am enjoying the driving experience. No immediate plans for upgrades/changes.

 

[TacoBlanca]

Friendly reminder. Download the Fuelly app and plug in your numbers each fill up.

Then we’ll have more data in this view…

https://www.fuelly.com/car/toyota/tacoma/2024

Sharing my info as of the last fuel stop.

 

[TacoBlanca]

I should have stated - I have been running 93 octane and driving mostly in Normal mode. Ran Eco mode for the initial 1K miles then switched to Normal.

 

[soupy1234]

Last road trip (735 mi) I got 19.7 which is way down for me, but I just added a rack to my shell. Had one 45 mile stretch that was 14 due to headwinds.

 

[mattski2112]

Sharing my info as of the last fuel stop.

Looks so very familiar. I also use 93 octane.

 

[CATOY]

My mileage for first 14527 miles of mostly commuting in California. (56 fill ups)
Dash MPG: 19.2 (Calculated 19.41)
Average Speed: 31.88MPH (Mostly stop and go 32 miles each way commute)
Average miles per tank: 264 Miles
Average Miles Remaining: 36 Miles
Average hours driven per tank: 8.30 (Total 464.697 hours)
Average gallons per fill up: 13.60 (Most 15.769 with -1 Miles remaining)
Deepest into miles remaining: -3 miles
Average California price for regular unleaded: $60.63 to fill tank
Average price paid per gallon: 4.539 (Mostly Costco and Speedway)
Total gallons used: 748.090

 

[goin2drt]

Thought I would add it here. During the winter I added 4-60 lb sand bags to the bed for better traction. That decreased my mileage down to 15 mpg during the winter. It was worth it as the truck handled the snow, rain and ice much better.

Now that they are removed I am back up to 18.

 

[CrispyTacoLover]

Looks so very familiar. I also use 93 octane.

You don’t like to get near empty.

 

[mattski2112]

You don’t like to get near empty.

Does appear that way, but it’s really just more my habit of filling up over the weekend so it’s one thing less to deal with during the commute week. Not quite enough fuel capacity for me to go two weeks between fills.

 

[NoNo]

I'm back to 28-30mpg! Going through this winter was interesting. Why does this engine drop fuel economy so much in the cold?

I was getting anywhere from 25-30mpg last summer and well into the winter. When it got down just in the 30's here for some time, I had a hard time getting 21mpg. I started thinking maybe I just got more aggressive with my driving after several months with the truck, but I tried to adjust my driving and still couldn't get significantly better. As soon as we hit a few days in the 70's this last week, I was back to 28-30mpg, actually better than I was getting last fall. I only attribute that to the fact that I probably started driving a bit more conservatively when I was only getting 21mpg. Some people say it's the winter gas but that is definitely not it. Our temperature changes so fast here and I can see this variation with the same tank of gas when there's a big temperature swing. Very happy overall with the fuel economy but I've never driven a vehicle that showed this much variation in fuel economy with temperature.

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