Low fuel average in the city
- Symptoms
- About 11–12 km/l in the city with A/C, where owners expect 13.5–14.5
- Likely cause
- Low tyre pressure and thick oil were the usual causes named by owners.
- Fix
- Keep the tyres at the pressure on the door label (2.3 kg/cm² on 145 tyres, about 33 psi). Use thin oil such as 0W-20 or 5W-30.
- Applies to
- 5-speed manual
- Confidence
- low
Sources
Related problems on this car
- Reverse gear hard to engage on the first try
- Vibration at idle or with the A/C on
- Tapping noise on a cold start
- Front wheel bearings wearing out again and again
Similar problems on other cars
- Ignition coil-on-plug failure / misfire · Toyota Corolla (9th gen, E120)
- Upstream O2 sensor ageing · Toyota Corolla (9th gen, E120)
- Poor fuel average after a bad tune-up · Toyota Corolla (9th gen, E120)
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