[vincentchan165]

I got my 2022 Accord Sport last month. I don't drive very often. So far the milage is about 300 miles. The average mile per gallon(MPG) is 22.6, which is much lower than what it is supposed to be 29/city, 35/highway, 30/combined. Driving in the city/highway is about 6:4. Is this normal?

 

[KW2004Accord]

I got my 2022 Accord Sport last month. I don't drive very often. So far the milage is about 300 miles. The average mile per gallon(MPG) is 22.6, which is much lower than what it is supposed to be 29/city, 35/highway, 30/combined. Driving in the city/highway is about 6:4. Is this normal?

The engine needs time to "break in", the mpg's will start to improve in a couple thousand miles.

 

[RCarlL]

You've barely used up the gas that came with the car when new. That first tank generally isn't very good. The engine needs to be broken in.

Efficiency should improve over the next few tanks of gas.

Some other things to keep in mind:
1) Check the tire pressures. The dealer is supposed to do this- but often they don't. Just because the TPMS light isn't on doesn't mean that the pressures are set correctly.
2) MPG will vary by a lot of different factors- including use of the HVAC system. If the A/C has to work hard to keep the cabin cool- that will lower your MPG by a significant amount. Same thing in winter when it's cold.
3) Sport mode is fun and provides better acceleration- but will lower MPG.
4) Lots of short trips will lower MPG.

Enjoy your new Accord!

 

[vincentchan165]

You've barely used up the gas that came with the car when new. That first tank generally isn't very good. The engine needs to be broken in.

Efficiency should improve over the next few tanks of gas.

Some other things to keep in mind:
1) Check the tire pressures. The dealer is supposed to do this- but often they don't. Just because the TPMS light isn't on doesn't mean that the pressures are set correctly.
2) MPG will vary by a lot of different factors- including use of the HVAC system. If the A/C has to work hard to keep the cabin cool- that will lower your MPG by a significant amount. Same thing in winter when it's cold.
3) Sport mode is fun and provides better acceleration- but will lower MPG.
4) Lots of short trips will lower MPG.

Enjoy your new Accord!

Thanks! Just put the second tank few days ago. I'm kind of newb. Can we check the tire pressure ourselves? You're right, short trips do lower the average MPG. Sometime a single trip MPG could be as low as 13. I will have to drive on the highway to increase the overall average MPG.

 

[Vegashybrid]

Yet another mpg post. All of this depends on a variety of factors your driving style, the roads and route you travel, air temp, and more. If your driving under 10-11 miles a trip is another big factor. The mpg rating is not a guarantee as to what you will see, it's the best case scenario for that model.

 

[RCarlL]

Thanks! Just put the second tank few days ago. I'm kind of newb. Can we check the tire pressure ourselves? You're right, short trips do lower the average MPG. Sometime a single trip MPG could be as low as 13. I will have to drive on the highway to increase the overall average MPG.

Anyone can check the tire pressure on any vehicle themselves- just get a tire pressure gauge and check at each wheel.

The Accord doesn't have a dash display that shows you the readings at each wheel... and even if it did- it's always better to check it yourself with a quality tire pressure gauge at least once a month to make sure that each wheel is correct.

13 mpg is really low- but not abnormal if you are doing lots of short trips- especially if you blast the A/C or heat. Honda's 1.5t engine is extremely efficient- but no gas engine is going to be very efficient when it's driven for short distances where the engine doesn't have a chance to warm up to normal operating temperature.

The advertised mileage on the window sticker is calculated in a very carefully controlled environment and under very specific conditions... and it's not always the best indicator of how a car will perform in the real world. There are just too many variables in the real world that can mess with actual the actual mpg that a car achieves.

Try to minimize the number of short trips you take and allow the engine to be broken in- and hopefully by the 3rd or 4th tank you'll start to see better mileage.

I had a both a 2019 and 2021 Accord- both with the 2.0t engine... and both cars had lousy mpg averages on the first few tanks... then after a while it got a little bit better.

 

[Ridered4583]

Try resetting the mpg counter so you are only calculating what you are driving not the average since the car was new. For some reason my car had 136 miles on it when I purchased it (from a dealer 134 miles away) but 40 hours of run time! That would obviously have a huge effect on overall MPG

 

[datechbpss101]

We had one of the old timers over at the MDX forums bring this up. Most cars will typically see roughly 85%-90% of what the EPA numbers are, unless you live in Florida where the conditions are ideal to surpass those numbers. I don’t want to repeat what others have said here, but they are driving the point of the engine needs to be fully broken in and needs to go through a couple gas fill up cycles to see an increase in MPGs.

One thing to note: Do NOT base your MPGs from what the car tells you. Its always off by 2 MPGs or so; better to hand calculate the numbers.

What I can suggest you to do if you want to see great MPGs is to drive cautiously. Don’t floor the gas all the time. Also when you do drive cautiously, don’t hog up the passing lane (i.e.: Lane 1 or left lane here in the US and Canada).


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[NYC Honda]

At 8100 miles I'm getting 37MPG mixed driving with a 2021 Sport SE. I did the same 24-mile route twice this month and got 39.8 and then 39.3 without trying and without Eco mode.

Going all the way back to March 2021 it's getting ~33.5 according to the trip odo that's never been reset. I live in Manhattan but still do only about a third of my driving in the city. So mileage gets better.

 

[Taz69]

While the car is stopped and idling the counter goes backwards as the car is seeing that as o mpg. No way to get a close mpg looking at the digital mpg gauge.

 

[NYC Honda]

It goes backwards because the engine is idling and using gas but you're not moving. I always turn auto-idle off but auto-idle should address that most of the time.

 

[REBELhybrid]

I got my 2022 Accord Sport last month. I don't drive very often. So far the milage is about 300 miles. The average mile per gallon(MPG) is 22.6, which is much lower than what it is supposed to be 29/city, 35/highway, 30/combined. Driving in the city/highway is about 6:4. Is this normal?

Short trips are terrible for MPG. See what your average is after a few tanks. I'm sure the car is fine. Hopefully your driving style is a fuel efficient one.

 

[UKCATS]

My daily commute is 80 miles round trip. I leave the car in “normal“ drive mode and get between 27-30mpg. I am very pleased with that.

 

[REBELhybrid]

My daily commute is 80 miles round trip. I leave the car in “normal“ drive mode and get between 27-30mpg. I am very pleased with that.

My daily commute is about 100 miles round trip. Luckily, I'm getting 50-60 mpg

 

[hikercoast]

I got my 2022 Accord Sport last month. I don't drive very often. So far the milage is about 300 miles. The average mile per gallon(MPG) is 22.6, which is much lower than what it is supposed to be 29/city, 35/highway, 30/combined. Driving in the city/highway is about 6:4. Is this normal?

I have a 2020 Accord and it is excellent. I get about 32.5 mpg in town, and about 35 mpg on the road.

Early next year, the next generation Accord will be introduced. I will get one later in the year. 😊

 

[Gfn8r]

My 2019 Accord Touring 2.0T is finally starting to put up some halfway decent gas mileage at 20k miles! Still, my overall mileage on Fuelly is right around 23.5mpgs.

Unless you drive like a grandma, you won’t pull down better than 28 or so in mixed driving, and at a constant 80mph in 10th, even in ECON, you’ll be lucky to crack 30 with the A/C blowing ice cubes, and sadly maybe 31 at best without it.

For contrast, my 2013 Accord Touring V6 would routinely hit mid-30s at 80mph with the A/C blasting (and verified by calculating the mileage on Fuelly at the next fillup), and on one road trip where I was pacing traffic in the slow lane at about 70mph while waiting for another member of the group I was in to catch up, no A/C, I saw an indicated 42mpg!

 

[coolguy443]

Honestly, I'd say don't sweat it. I got my 2021 and found the mileage widely swung up and down (8.2l/100km - 11l/100km) in the first 5000km (3200mi). Its gradually been levelling out to 29mpg and even better with more highway.

 

[REBELhybrid]

I have a 2020 Accord and it is excellent. I get about 32.5 mpg in town, and about 35 mpg on the road.

Early next year, the next generation Accord will be introduced. I will get one later in the year. 😊

Any reason you're moving on so soon?

 

[meowcat]

How to get the best mileage possible from your Accord:
1. Drive like you have the Pope in your front seat driving him to Sunday mass.
2. Drive like there is a raw egg between your foot and gas pedal.
3. Drive like there is a five gallon bucket full of bleach in the trunk with no lid on it.
4. Pretend you're 90 years old.
5. Use cruise control as much as possible.
.

 

[podvyg]

Try driving in economy mode in city