With a stated combined fuel efficiency of 31 to 35 miles per gallon, 2016 Honda Civic, specifically the direct fuel injected turbocharged, CVT shifted Touring, claims not only the highest power output in Civic’s history, but the highest fuel efficiency achieved in a Civic sedan since the exit of the small-body Civic hatchbacks of the mid 1990s.
Now, before a handful of my astute and well studied Honda-philes, throw my tattered body to the internet gods for omitting a later Civic offering from this analogy, I’ll kindly remind the gathering horde that model year fuel economy comparison is not the basis for the story here.
The bottom line: Some 2016 Civic owners are reporting far lower MPG
While tripping over my growing pile of junk mail Monday morning, I fell across an item of interest ; something most near and dear to most Civic owners -- and certainly a pre-purchase consideration when weighing the attributes of North America’s best selling retail sedan over Toyota and others.
There it sat on my monitor like a stinking halibut caught over the weekend and forgotten in the backseat to rot in the warming sun. Members of the CivicX.com online owners forum were pointing to far lower combined fuel economy, some as low as 21 mpg, while asking the community if this was normal?
Here’s this member’s answer: Your 2016 Civic's fuel economy will vary, here’s why
Weather: Cold weather, slip and slide road condition will lower your fuel economy - a lot! Your Civic is working harder, burning more fuel.
Fuel formulation: Seasonal changes in gasoline formulation at the refinery will impact your fuel efficiency
Increased tire to road friction: Studded tires, sand on the road: Hey, when your car works harder, it burns more fuel!
Rabbit Starts, hard braking: We tend to drive a bit more aggressively when first experiencing the joy of new car ownership.
Winter weather: Increased use of accessory fans, defrosters, seat heater, etc -- adding greater load strain on the engine resulting in lower MPG. The same is true for summer driving with the air conditioning blasting.
Initial engine and drivetrain break in: Dispite today’s low-friction engine and drive component technologies, it does pay to in future fuel efficiency dividend to consciously “break - in “ your new Civic.
The bottom line is this
2016 Civic owners, regardless of region, will most likely experience lower than stated MPG in the first month or two of new car ownership. Is this normal? Yes.
By allowing your 2016 Honda Civic, regardless of variant, some engine and component break-in time, after a couple of weeks, and assuming that you’re not one of our Canadian or East Coast readers driving around in sub-zero temperatures, your fuel efficiency will increase.
It’s not unusual for Torque News to receive reports from Honda owners that regularly exceed the manufacturer's published EPA, MPG -- we anticipate the same from Civic.
To our friends who have purchased 2016 Civic, give it a month or two, Spring is just around the corner.
Comments
My Civic only has 30k miles
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My Civic only has 30k miles and was getting down to 25 mpg. Then I discovered I put in a quart too much oil when doing oil change. Seems like car will be alright though. Took out the extra oil, replaced the plugs and air filter. It went up to 30 mpg. Next I will be replacing PCV valve, and am hoping for an incemental improvement...
Recently bought a 2013 civic
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Recently bought a 2013 civic because I heard it gets a good 28 mpg in the city, but I'm currently averaging 22.3-23.2mpg, is their a reason for this? It has 130,000 miles currently.
My 2018 Civic Touring has
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My 2018 Civic Touring has averaged 37.2 over its first 9000 miles. Most of those miles are stop and go commute of 6 miles each way.
I have gotten low 50s on the highway. It does seem as if fuel economy drops of a cliff at around 70mph.
I have 2019 Civic Ex-L, at
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I have 2019 Civic Ex-L, at the beginning, mileage range was around 375, but last 4/5 months I had noticed, whenever I fill up my gas tank it displays the total mileage range around 325. it doesn't go above that. I don't know whats going on. is there anything to do with filter or something?
My 2016 civic lx is giving me
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My 2016 civic lx is giving me combined is 36.4 with the 2.0l engine put only get about 600km to a tank but I think they put smaller tanks in them my holds 42 liter I got better fuel mileage out of my old pickup
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