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I have had my March 2012 Freelander XS SD4 for just over a month and drive it pretty tamely (no off road yet) My first tank of fuel I got 29.86 MPG and my second tank of fuel I got 27.68 MPG this is horrendous for normal on-road driving.The current mileage is 8156. By comparison my 2005 E320 CDI Mercedes Auto estate was averaging 37-40MPG. All the official figures say the Freelander should be equal or better than the Merc. I seriously need to do something and would welcome all comments and suggestions. I have looked at the other posts and people seem to be getting mid 30's to 40's but cannot see any solutions or why lower figures might be happening. Thanks Nigel

Its a Land Rover, you don't buy them for their mpg !

toeknee wrote:

Its a Land Rover, you don't buy them for their mpg !

I certainly didn't buy mine for its crap MPG, its other qualities are what interested me.

toeknee wrote:

Its a Land Rover, you don't buy them for their mpg !

I see you have the SD4 engine the same as me, I have averaged 40.5 mpg with cruise control at night at 60 mph on the motorway. Besides that being boring and not real world during the daytime I find any deviation above 60 mph and there is a dramatic downturn, not a gradual drop off but a steep decline in MPG.

That said, my MPG does average out at 33/34 with mixed driving so maybe you have inaccuracies in your indication and perhaps ought to try it by tank fill and odometer.

33/34 is quite acceptable to me and not near the figures that LR give out, but personally I didn't buy it with MPG in mind although yours are not quite right for some reason.

The only time mine dips below 30 is when towing.

As for someones perceived unhelpful post, sometimes we word it wrong or its read wrong or we got out of bed the wrong side, I'm guilty of this on more than a few occasions but there's now't meant by it, the internet is emotionless.

Fortunately we all don,t believe the marketing blurb from Land Rover, saying that I would have another one in a heartbeat. But it's built like a brick outhouse, has a fuel sapping 4x4 transmission and to be honest a diesel engine design that's not that modern. And cuts through the air like a brick

All factors that will reduce your mpg Land Rover has never really been a brand that people buy because of its good fuel consumption !!

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Your missing the point. He is not expecting his FL do be more economical than a 2L diesel Ford Focus. But I am sure he does expect it to be broadly in line with consumption achieved by others on this forum which it is not. Hence his question. (Coming) 2016 RR Evoque td4 180 HSE Dynamc
(Going) 2013 TD4 GS Auto - Santorini Black with black leather. Cold Climate, UK Lighting & Armrest Packs. Privacy Glass. LR Rubber Mats. Full size spare.
60 000 miles averaging 35mpg

(Gone) 2010 TD4 Manual GS - Stornoway Grey. Sold at 3yrs old & 64k miles. Final average consumption 39.2mpg.

EYorkshire wrote:

I see you have the SD4 engine the same as me, I have averaged 40.5 mpg with cruise control at night at 60 mph on the motorway. Besides that being boring and not real world during the daytime I find any deviation above 60 mph and there is a dramatic downturn, not a gradual drop off but a steep decline in MPG.

That said, my MPG does average out at 33/34 with mixed driving so maybe you have inaccuracies in your indication and perhaps ought to try it by tank fill and odometer.

33/34 is quite acceptable to me and not near the figures that LR give out, but personally I didn't buy it with MPG in mind although yours are not quite right for some reason.

The only time mine dips below 30 is when towing.

As for someones perceived unhelpful post, sometimes we word it wrong or its read wrong or we got out of bed the wrong side, I'm guilty of this on more than a few occasions but there's now't meant by it, the internet is emotionless.

What sort of roads are we talking, mine consistently averages 35+, I can get 38-40 on a long run which is most of my driving , during the times I am pottering locally, including "playing" on snow covered lanes a few weeks back I didn't see anything below 30.
Have you checked things like the handbrake shoes, make sure there not binding.
Have a run up the motorway, reset the trip as soon as you reach 60, keep that speed for a few miles you should see 40+ figures, anything much less would suggest something not right.

You will have to do it the old fashioned way to get an accurate figure, as you can read here the signal is taken from the ABS module for distance travelled.
Is your average speed open to query as well as it may be this module that is giving the wrong reading, also my range on a full tank has shown a whisker over 500 miles on occasions if I've been a good boy. If the ABS module is giving a much lower range then perhaps its suspect.

Pure speculation on my part but just possible that you are getting more MPG than indicated.

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EY - those figures Nigel has quoted are calculated figures - not indicated (I checked them). He is ACTUALLY getting 29.86 & 27.68 mpg  10MY (Sept 09) TD4 HSE Auto in Stornoway Grey (Now Gone)

08 FL2 TD4 SE Manual in Rimini Red (Now Gone)

If those figures are by the old way of doing it then there is definitely a problem Houston.

On board system only goes to one decimal point. 10MY (Sept 09) TD4 HSE Auto in Stornoway Grey (Now Gone)

08 FL2 TD4 SE Manual in Rimini Red (Now Gone)

Hi,
Well early days, but on her first decent run Lincs to Bucks, 135miles with a mix of all types of road, she's reported an indicated 41.2 mpg, very happy with that!!! In case your thinking 'girly driving', she is no slouch, staying more or less on the speed limit for each type of road whenever possible, in other words best part of 85miles of dual carrigway and motorway driving at 70mph (ish;-)) Car has 20,600 miles on the clock, so nicely run in, just about the milage the engine is properly losend up I think Kola is the big solid black German Shepherd, Dobbie is.......a breed you've never heard of......yet;)