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Hi there, I bought a brand new Jeep Wrangler unlimited edition a month ago. Fuel comsuption was stipulated: 9 lts/100kms not urban driving, and 12 lts/100 kms urban. So far I have driven 2000 kms, 50/50 urban/no urban and my fuel comsuption is 14.5 lts/100kms. I use premium fuel only, and have 40 years driving experience. My last vehicle was a VW new beetle and it made 6.8 lts/100 kms. I was told once my Jeep gets around 15000 kms the engine will perform according to specifications. Is this true?, otherwise i will change it for a Hummer.
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Yes... fuel consumption will get better the longer you drive it, it seems to adapt to your driving... I have 22000km on the clock and get between 9/10L out on the highway and 12/13L around town.... mine is a petrol..
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yes the engine needs to bed in and things will improve.
When mine was stock i averaged 13l/100km around town on normal unleaded.
Again many factors will influence your fuel consumption so these figures are only a guide.
Normally they quote l/100km based on 80km per hour run ie conservative figures quoted
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Hi there, I bought a brand new Jeep Wrangler unlimited edition a month ago. Fuel comsuption was stipulated: 9 lts/100kms not urban driving, and 12 lts/100 kms urban. So far I have driven 2000 kms, 50/50 urban/no urban and my fuel comsuption is 14.5 lts/100kms. I use premium fuel only, and have 40 years driving experience. My last vehicle was a VW new beetle and it made 6.8 lts/100 kms. I was told once my Jeep gets around 15000 kms the engine will perform according to specifications. Is this true?, otherwise i will change it for a Hummer.
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Yes... fuel consumption will get better the longer you drive it...........
I have a 1984 petrol jeep and its now got over 400,000km's on it.
Its been driven a long time.
I regularly get around 40 litres per 100km....... Its not getting better :P
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I was told once my Jeep gets around 15000 kms the engine will perform according to specifications.
You won't have to wait that long. Many of us have found that somewhere between 3500-5000km the engine suddenly produces more power & torque and uses less fuel; something to do with the computer "learning" all the different variables and letting go of the run-in programming (do a search, as it's been better explained in other threads here than I have done).

Around 15000 km the entire drivetrain will have settled in & loosened up some, giving further improvements in performance & economy; the JKs do tend to be fairly "tight" when straight off the showroom floor. My 6-speed (according to the tripmeter) is averaging 11.8L\100km Urban now with 20k on the clock; wouldn't get under 14.5 for the first 3000km or so.
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The Hummer H3 has a combined average fuel consumption of 14.5l/100
So I don't understand your thinking there.......
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