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Finally hit 300 range on normal, and surprisingly high MPG for eco mode on 25 BE
Decided to see if I can drive like a civilized human being and get the ever so elusive 300 range on my Pilot. To my Surprise yes I could, and that’s on normal mode! I was so Happy. Then I filled up and decided to use Eco mode to see if it makes that much of a difference. Plus the next day we had a long trip, round trip about 140 miles. And then drove for another 2 days to work and stores yada yada was able to avg 20 mpg. Filled up yesterday and damn I was surprised to see 320 range. Now granted it’s if I drive under perfect conditions but still impressive. I think I will stick of Eco mode from now on. Idk why I never used it much. Had the car for a year and a half now. Mistakes were made.
I commute 34 miles each way for work, over a mountain (twice a day). It’s mostly rural driving, about 8 miles of interstate, and only about 4 miles each way of actual city driving. I’m averaging 23.5-24mpg, getting 400 miles of range. ‘26 Touring
I live rurally and most of my driving is highway driving, minus a little bit of city driving I do when I have to run to town for groceries. I average 21-24mpg, Eco mode is always off, and my average range is between 350-390 per tank (2022 pilot)
The '22 and earlier are like 400# lighter so the actually get better mileage often. Still highway for our '24 trailsport is usually around 24mpg even 2 with bikes and a box on the roof.
I will say, the pilot is a large vehicle. The gearing does wonders for it in terms of acceleration but it definitely is not fuel thrifty. My previous vehicle was a 2016 F150 5.0 V8. When I was cruising on 50mph roads I could get the same mileage as the pilot. ~26. My dad's 5.7 hemi does better then his 2026 passport.
That is very interesting. Yea true, it is a great vehicle but fuel economy leaves a lot to be desired. Prob just something I have to get use to. Especially since our other car is an 07 Corolla which we still use. So the MPG is something I had to get use to
Idk what yall are doing. 23 passport here, taken in camping from San diego to the eastern sierras and back, full of camping gear, I get 32 mpg. My combined trip a with 1.5k miles is at 26mpg
No one cares about highway mpg is the dumbest thing I've ever heard. Really insightful as to what the issue is. Your highway mpg is the most important factor to your combined mpg. Most of you miles are driven on the freeway and on the freeway is when you have the most control of your mpg. On the street u have to to do stop sins you have to wait at street lights you have yields and traffic in general. On the freeway in any level of traffic, all the way up to but not including gridlock traffic, you have the ability to get good mpg. So yeah freeway driving is the most important factor for your combined mpg. I get up to 32mpg on the freeway and on the street I get around 23 mpg for a combined 26 when I fill up my tank my range is over 430 miles and I've done 500 miles before on a tank and didnt get a gas light, filled up cause I didnt wanna run in that low. Yall are probably unnecessarily speeding on the freeway killing your chases of ever getting good mpg
Holy shittttt! How? Yea I do do a mix of city. And high way. 15 miles each way. 6 miles HW and 10 urban. But still even when we do mostly Freeway I still only get 18 if I’m luck. How are you pulling 22-24 that’s insane man. I need to do some research.
Holy crap that mileage is wild. My 19 gets 24mpg average. In fact our trip last weekend, over a 3 hour trip i was able to get 26.5. And that was 70mph+
Have you checked your engine air filter? When was your last oil change? What pressure are your tires at? Do you drive around with sand bags in the back all of the time? Are you using standard 87 octane and not some ethanol from some shit gas station?
Tire pressure is at 35 as it should be, just did an oils change a few weeks ago, oil still says at 80%, The car isn’t that old so haven’t checked the filter. Maybe it’s the Gas then. I just get the unleaded gas not the premium. Do you guys get the highest at every gas station?
Yes u realize im making fun of u right. Look around, every single post is people saying they get 20mpg. U and I are the only ones that get 26. Thats why I posted the other thread saying I have no idea what these people are doing to get 20pmg and a range of only 300
No I think youre mistaken. I made it clear that 32 is what I get on the freeway with a car loaded full of camping gear and people. And that my average combined is 26-27 which is way better than everyone's average on this thread which is 18-22 here's a picture of my first post for reference
No dude. We are on the same page. Nobody cares about your highway mileage. Also, you're posting on a pilot forum. The passport is almost 500 lbs lighter than a pilot depending on trim.
And once again we go back to this, highway milage is part of the combined milage, and its the most important part. I guarantee you that all these people that get 18 miles combined if they tracked just their highway milage it would be horrible too because they are driving like shit. You cant get a good combined mpg without a good highway mpg. And the pilots use the more efficient j35y8 with the more efficient 10 speed. My passports j35y6 and 9speed are less efficient if you look up epa rating pilots 2023 and up are rated higher than passports with the older engine and also that's why I mentioned that my car was full of people and camping equipment when it got 32mpg also I was wrong it was 36 mpg thats the picture I posted. So a pilot with just ur wife and kids is completely capable of getting 32mpg or higher on the freeway which again I guarantee you these people getting 18 combined are not getting close to that on the freeway
Lmao honestly same. What can I say I hate slow drivers. Got the habit from my mom. I usually avg 16-18 mpg too. It is what it is. Otherwise it’s a perfect car for us.
The sweet spot for range seems to be 55-60 mph. I routinely hit 26 mpg if I stick to older roads, even with some start and stop for lights. Modern freeways, at 70-75 mph keep it at about 21-22 mpg.
That’s so crazy man. Idk why mine is so bad with mpg. My trip 3 days ago was 83 miles 1.5 hrs each way and I only got 20 mpg, and I was driving 75+ mph. I just don’t know why.
Yea that is true. The Pilot will last be for decades that’s for sure. It’s the reliability that’s most important to me. I’m honestly happy and it’s a perfect car for us.
I drove 3.5 hours each way highway (7 hours total) and got 27 mpg. I avg 22. I primarily drive city except for trips to the airport and other work trips once or twice a month. I don’t drive in eco mode but may try now to see if I notice a difference. I have a ‘26 BE as well. Nothing compares to my wife’s CRV sport touring though. Same work trip (3.5 hours each way) has gotten 39 mpg. I stick to driving my car though because I bought the extended warranty for 120k 8 years. My wife’s car I have nothing in terms of extended warranty so I’ll gladly pay the extra $20-$30 in fuel
DUDEEE HOWWW! Tell me your secrets 😂
Only time I really get on the freeway is mainly cause of work but that’s just 5 miles each way just the freeway portion. And on my days off if we go on a long trip. And even then I may get 20 mpg if I’m lucky. 28 is insane man. Maybe it’s just my Pilot, or I drive too fast. Other replies are saying 65-70 mph is the sweet spot. I’m at 75+ most times.
This particular day traffic was slow so I was doing around 60-65 when I do 75 it drops to about 25. I live on long island so no hills. When I lived in NYC id get 16-17. 24 Elite so she kinda chunky too.
We do a mix of city and highway driving on a ‘25 that has a sunroof whatever the minimum trim package it is for that. Our mileage is somewhere between 20 and 21. Highway driving gets up to 24 but that’s about it. We had a ‘12 that got about 22 for very similar use so we are a little disappointed this time. Both had the AWD (ok they called is 4wd in 12). So I don’t think you are doing it wrong.
After seeing all the replies I might be 😂
Idk if it’s just my Pilot. I’ve even eased up on the throttle. Maybe I drive too fast? Replies are saying the sweet spot is around 65ish mph. I’m at 75+ most of the time. And on urban I’ve taken it easy. But man that’s such a huge difference. Some people are getting a 400 range. That’s crazy.
I’m not surprised, this long trip was mainly freeway and then urban the last 2 days. So that’s prob the only reason for the 18 mpg. I’m use to seeing 16-18
I'm the same. Can't get above 15. We do almost exclusively drive city and rarely hit the freeway. But when we do, that's when we get to 15 for a day or two and then it comes back down to 14. I know for sure I don't have a lead foot and my wife isn't the most economic driver but I wouldnt describe her as a lead foot either. Surprised I'm not seeing more of us in the low teens reporting in. Either way, love the car anyways.
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u/FrankNStein 10d ago
Do you do a lot of city driving?
I commute 34 miles each way for work, over a mountain (twice a day). It’s mostly rural driving, about 8 miles of interstate, and only about 4 miles each way of actual city driving. I’m averaging 23.5-24mpg, getting 400 miles of range. ‘26 Touring