So I owned an FJ Cruiser for a while and decided to downsize in an attempt to save on gas. The FJ was great and served it’s purpose, but I bought a 2010 Mazda 3 Sport 5-Door last year for various reasons. From the day I started driving the car the average MPG on the dashboard meter seemed low. I th…

Your car is getting the fuel economy that it was designed to get. Those stickers are for the base model which does get the fuel economy listed. The speed sport is rated at 26 MPG overall, so there is hope. The new cars I have driven took 3,000 miles before the fuel economy became OK. Still there is …

How are you DRIVING the car?? How you drive is going to be the BIGGEST factor in gas mileage. Do you do quick fast starts or more of a steady increase??? Drive 20-30mph over the speed limit??? Wait till the last minute to brake…then brake hard??? One of these magazine shows did a test…took two ide…

That is pretty crappy mileage for a Mazda3. Are the tires correctly inflated? You don’t have the OD turned off, do you?

The Driver Has Already Stated, “I won’t lie to you and say I’m easy on the pedal, but I don’t drive like a bat out of hell either. I go 5-10 MPH over the posted speed limit anywhere I’m at.” If I’m not mistaken this is the sportier version of the car and it is made to dart around in. My Bonneville …

Check the wheel alignment. Does the temp gauge come up to normal promptly? (in a couple of miles in the summer)

Here’s the real question: Exactly how FAST are you driving the car on the highway? If you are only getting 22 mph while at 55 mph, then something is wrong with the car. If you are getting 22 mpg at 85 mph, with a bike rack on the car, then that probably is normal. The gear ratio for the final dr…

The other question is if these are truly highway miles or simply congested freeway miles? I know too many people who complain about highway mpg when they sit in bumper-to-bumper rush hour traffic going at a crawl for their whole commute… somehow they think there’s something magical about the road s…

To answer your questions: I do NOT HAVE the Speed Sport. If so I’d be tickled pink to get this mileage. I have the Sport version of the Mazda 3 which basically just adds bluetooth, a spoiler and different interior. the roof rack does not hurt the mileage as much as some are stating. I was gett…

I do feel the transmission through all gears too. Overdrive is working, I don’t think I can shut it off if I wanted to. On the HWY, I drive it 75mph, speed limit is 70. From my checks on the mileage the roof rack did not hurt the mileage by any noticeable amount. Maybe 1mpg difference. The wheel a…

2010 Mazda 3S 5-Door getting crappy gas mileage...and I'm not just saying this because of gas prices

Power/Fuel

bscar July 11, 2011, 11:35pm 9

How are you measuring your fuel mileage? Are you going solely on the computer, or are you filling your tank(make sure you don’t fill it anymore after the pump clicks off), then taking miles driven divided by gallons used?

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2010 Mazda 3S 5-Door getting crappy gas mileage...and I'm not just saying this because of gas prices

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