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Car Forum / Dodge / Dodge Trucks / May 2007Best Mileage?
I have a '06 2500 Cummins. Overhead, there's a mileage indicator. This trip, on a downhill run, it got up to 43.3 mpg. Just how accurate are those overhead indicators? Steve >I have a '06 2500 Cummins. Overhead, there's a mileage indicator. This >trip, on a downhill run, it got up to 43.3 mpg. Just how accurate are >those overhead indicators? > > Steve They are deadly accurate. >They are deadly accurate. Deadly is not a term i would use. They are as accurate the calibration of the fuel metering system of vehicle and like anything there is production tolerance and some with be mostly on and some will be off some. Also since it is relative to speedo accuracy as well until they all use GPS for speed and distance verification (and it is indeed deadly accurate) it will never be right one unless your car is a fluke. (change your tire size and accuracy can go right out the window) ----------------- TheSnoMan.com >>They are deadly accurate. > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > ----------------- > TheSnoMan.com Idiot that was a goof! Everybody who owns a Dodge know's they are not at all accurate. But wait a sec, you don't own a Dodge. >I have a '06 2500 Cummins. Overhead, there's a mileage indicator. This >trip, on a downhill run, it got up to 43.3 mpg. Just how accurate are >those overhead indicators? > > Steve Actually they suck! inaccurate as hell. You should get around 17-21 mpg mt on the highway. Yours isn't broken in yet, after about 15K you should be at about peak. You can hasten it by working the hell out of it. Go find sombody with a trailer and a back hoe and run it up and down hills for a weekend. > >trip, on a downhill run, it got up to 43.3 mpg. Just how accurate are > >those overhead indicators? [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > about peak. You can hasten it by working the hell out of it. Go find sombody > with a trailer and a back hoe and run it up and down hills for a weekend. Actually, mine is accurate to within about .7 mpg. I only have 1600 miles on my truck but I've been hand calculating mpg and monitoring the overhead and so far my overhead mpg indicator is only .7 mpg overly optomistic. That seems OK to me. FWIW, my 2006 2500 Cummins 4x4 Reg cab SLT is averaging 16.3 hand calculated, 17.0 on the overhead for mixed city/highway driving. About 65% city/heavy traffic 35% open hiway. I only cruise at 70 mph when on the open hiway. This is my 5th Dodge truck, first Cummins. So far, absolutely no issues whatsoever and I love it! Cliff > Actually, mine is accurate to within about .7 mpg. I've never read anything about why the computer is inaccurate, but I would imagine that it is because it takes an average of an average, a mathematical no-no. So, the inaccuracy could go either direction depending what the driving style is since last Reset. Craig C. >I have a '06 2500 Cummins. Overhead, there's a mileage indicator. This >trip, on a downhill run, it got up to 43.3 mpg. Just how accurate are >those overhead indicators? That was either an instantaneous reading (some years have both average economy and instant economy displays), or you had just reset it. But - at that point in time, with you running downhill, you probably were getting 43MPG. If everything is left stock (tires, wheels, fuel system), I'd say the overhead is accurate to within 5% or so, as long as you've got over 100 miles since it's last reset (again, different model years use different algorithms to average fuel economy). My '99 Ram gas burner shows about 10% higher than actual MPG. That also means that the Distance To Empty (DTE) is off by about the same. I regularly check the odometer by comparing it to highway mileage marks, which is within 1%. >I have a '06 2500 Cummins. Overhead, there's a mileage indicator. This >trip, on a downhill run, it got up to 43.3 mpg. Just how accurate are >those overhead indicators? > > Steve |
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