Fuel Efficiency in the Honda Fit
If you drive the Fit for maximum fuel efficiency with very light throttle applications and you shift into the next highest gear as quickly as possible, the Honda Fit gets amazing gas mileage. On our best tankful using this method, the Fit averaged 37.3 mpg—and that was combined city and highway driving. Hey, who needs a hybrid? But if you keep up with the rest of the lead-foot drivers in Los Angeles, the fuel economy does drop. And so the average for the past nine tankfuls works out to 33 mpg—still quite good.
As the odometer rolled past the 3,000-mile mark, it got me thinking about the first scheduled maintenance. Call me old-fashioned, but shouldn’t there be some type of schedule printed in the owner’s manual? Instead, our Honda Fit has a “Maintenance Minder” computer, which tells us at 3,361 miles that we have 50 percent of our engine oil life remaining. I’d like to know when Honda’s engineers recommend I should change the oil—especially under severe-duty useage. More importantly, if you don’t get your car serviced at a Honda dealer, you’re forced to reset the Maintenance Minder yourself—and remember to do it. How many owners are going to be up for that?
13 Comments to Fuel Efficiency in the Honda Fit
It says in the manual. I have an 09 Honda Fit.
Matt aka RagingRev.comNovember 28, 2009
My 07 Fit got about 35 MPG
My 09 Fit gets about 41 MPG
I drive gently and I coast as much as I can, 80% highway 20% city driving…I wonder why your mileage is so low?
WhytieDecember 16, 2009
I’ve achieved a little over 50mpg with my 2009 Honda fit. I have photos if people need proof.
i very to your results, how i can improve them?
RaynorApril 5, 2010
Yea, my fuel economy ends up about the same. As far as the oil life goes.. if you are already at 50% with only 3100 miles on it, then i’m going to guess it’s taking care of all that calculation for you. I mention this as mine hit 30% at 9400 miles…. If you do some Google searching there are a lot of good articles out there that will explain this in more detail.
my annual Fuel Costs and Greenhouse Gas Estimates are based on 45% highway driving, 55% city driving, and 15000 annual miles.
The lightening bolt belt line will have to grow on me. Overall, it looks nice but I am a little disappointed that they do not have the interior worked out. One of the biggest gripes I have with the current model is the center stack.
The Sienna is going to give the Ody some serious competition. Seems Toyota has taken a page out of Hondas playbook and is more car like than ever before.
MikeyMay 18, 2010
the only way you get up to 50mpg and over is in the auto and drive like a grandma. i have driven both auto and manual and average 33 mpg auto and 37 mpg manual. also i worked for the honda dealership in costa mesa, ca. they recommend getting the oil changed at 15 percent life left. under heavy use or high mileage trips it should be done any where from, 30-50 percent. my grandpa drive his fit and gets about 10k miles before 15 percent. that si not recommended. he may drive easier than most but the amount of mileage and area you drive affects cleanliness of the oil. he uses a high mileage filter and full synthetic oil so i told him no matter what percentage change oil before every 7k miles. he also lives in the desert which taxes oil and everything worse.
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I could use a 30+ mpg vehicle. My truck is getting around 16 mpg and it is killing me. Definitely need to look into getting a honda
My 09 Fit is getting about 41MPG, but driven hard that drops considerably
My new 2010 Fit gets about 42 MPG
September 14, 2009