2003 X-trail fuel consumption
Submitted: Tuesday, Oct 27, 2009 at 12:29
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Found an old but helpful thread on 2003 Xtrail fuel consumption here
http://www.exploroz.com/Forum/Topic/54021/NISSAN_X_TRAIL_2003.aspx
It's been archived and one comment suggested there was an xtrail
forum on this site. I followed the link and am posting this, but if it lands in the wrong place, please forgive me.
Okay - new to 4wd. New to caravans. Bought both recently - the car being a 2003 X-Trail Luxury.
Driving Syd to Melb, one full tank went through solely on the highway. It got 10.0L / 100km.
Next tank was partly highway, partly
Melbourne, partly without caravan, partly with. It got about 14L/100km.
Next 2 tanks (!!) on drive back got about 17L/100km towing the caravan on the highway.
Next tank - part caravan, part not, part highway, part city again was 13.6L/100km.
The highway driving was with about 150kg worth of people on board the car, plus a bit of luggage. The caravan is 850kg plus the annex and various bits of equipment were on board - so let's say about 950kg max.
Are these fuel figures sounding reasonable to you? Frankly I was surprised at how quickly the juice gets drunk in this car, especially driving around town. Prior to this trip I felt like during even short trips around
Sydney I could see the fuel guage moving down! I didn't start recording consumption until the Melb trip though.
Any help, pointers, suggestions for improving consumption greatly appreciated (esp. as we're planning a road trip soon...)
Chris.
Reply By: Sir Kev & Darkie - Tuesday, Oct 27, 2009 at 12:33
Tuesday, Oct 27, 2009 at 12:33
Higher fuel consumption on the return highway trip is due to the fact that it is uphill the majority of the way from
Melbourne to
Sydney along the Hume Highway.
I have an 04 X Trail Ti and when towing it is very very very thirsty.
Cheers Kev
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Follow Up By: mikehzz - Tuesday, Oct 27, 2009 at 12:42
Tuesday, Oct 27, 2009 at 12:42
I'll second the uphill point. My wifes Passat made it to
Melbourne on one tank, but we had to fill up near Bargo on the way back.
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Reply By: kingswoodwagon - Tuesday, Oct 27, 2009 at 13:01
Tuesday, Oct 27, 2009 at 13:01
I drove X-
Trails 40,000 - 60,000km each year for around 6 years. I usually got around 10l/100km all highway driving. The missus got around 9l/100km.
When towing, large or small economy goes out the window.
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Follow Up By: youcantry - Wednesday, Oct 28, 2009 at 22:41
Wednesday, Oct 28, 2009 at 22:41
Looks like I shouldn't do the driving on the upcoming trip - there's 10% fuel cost saved right there! :D
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Reply By: Member - steveinoz (NSW) - Tuesday, Oct 27, 2009 at 14:36
Tuesday, Oct 27, 2009 at 14:36
Youcantry.
Mine is a 2008 st. Towing my Tvan to
Cape York up the coast and then inland on the return trip. I did 8000ks. Used 585 lts. A mix of Premium and Reg/ULP. Very happy with the consumption 14.2/100 as I was averaging 100 on the highway and 80 off the bitumen. Traveling to
Melbourne though, I found the same, thirsty on the return trip.
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Reply By: TerraFirma - Tuesday, Oct 27, 2009 at 22:50
Tuesday, Oct 27, 2009 at 22:50
The Xtrail has a smallish engine and does not make records of torque so when you start towing and uphill at that with weight you really start to work the engine and thus your figures will go out the door.
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Reply By: Kylie in the exy - Wednesday, Oct 28, 2009 at 21:55
Wednesday, Oct 28, 2009 at 21:55
I have a 04 X-Trail, had it since new. Been a great car.
Mine is manual, I reset the odometer each time I refuel. I get 450km out of a tank. That is the general running to school, shopping etc. No peak hour stuff nor any highway.
My experience with towing anything is like the others said, fuel economy is out the window. The X-Trail hates it, even though they are rated for 2,000 kg braked.
I think the car was rated at 12.1 L/100km combined.
The answer - yes, those figures do seem to be about right.
Good luck for your trip!
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Reply By: youcantry - Wednesday, Oct 28, 2009 at 22:38
Wednesday, Oct 28, 2009 at 22:38
Thank you all for the feedback. It seems fuel consumption is about right. We're refueling around town after about 380km, but we've probably still got enough in the
tank to take us to the 450km suggested earlier. Compared to the 480 - 490km I was getting out of a Hyundai Excel you can see why I was starting to wonder!
I don't mind so much if fuel consumption goes higher, as long as I know it's not above average for the car.
One thing I don't understand though - how can it be more uphill traveling from
Melbourne to
Sydney rather than the other way around? They're both at sea level! Are you suggesting you spend more time going uphill from Melb to Syd? If so, then that means you're saying fuel consumption is higher for a long gentle climb (plus short steep descent) than for a short steep climb (with long gentle descent). That seems backwards to me - otherwise the gentler it gets, the higher the fuel consumption, and you should be burning most fuel on the flats!
Another question: would you get similar mileage out of a 4.5L engine? For example, if it was a Landcruiser (not even sure if they come in that size)? Reason I ask - we looked at Camry fuel stats and I was surprised to see the 6cyl 3.0L get better economy on the highway than the 4cly 2.5L. The Landcruiser might not be a fair comparison because it has significantly more body weight, but imagine you dumped a 4.5L engine in an X-Trail - even with the extra engine weight would you get better economy because the larger engine works less? How would you calculate it?
(This is all very theoretical by the way ... I'm happy with the answers for the X-trail fuel consumption, thank you all!)
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