I get about 16-17 MPG in my A6 2.8 mostly because I usually drive very short trips (5 mins.) This is with normal driving everytime I try to get on the power the only thing that happens is my fuel gauge drops
I drove it for around 2 hours and where it usually shows the MPG your using at the time on the dashboard it disappears around 2 hours of driving, This happened to me when i took it out for a road trip last week :(. I parked the car and went shopping and once i got back in and started it back up it was fine. Any clues on how to fix this?
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Yes, your information display is fading/ missing pixels... very common issue with Audis. As the instrument cluster warms up, the fading gets worse. No cure, except to replace the whoe cluster, lots of $$$$. I replaced my cluster last year with a used one from a yard, old cluster was completely dark/ faded. Now the replacement is starting to lose pixels (lines of display).
When I do more highway miles w/o driving too fast I can get up to 22-23mpg. In the city while romping on it its as low as 16-17, but usually 18 or 19. Averages about 20-21 if I'm easy on the accelerator.
Driving like I'm broke: 18/24mpg Driving like I'm ballin: >15mpg
2001 A6 2.7t Tip/APR/93
I noticed that using BP and Shell premium are a little better. 1mpg helps
Oh yea...I've been wanting to buy another A6 2002+ facelift. Anybody know if the newer versions don't have the fading problem? Since the cluster is different I figured it shouldn't. If you cover the box while you're parked and keep it out of the sunlight helps.
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I drive about 60/40 highway/city and I get 17-18. This is a calculated average miles/gallons used not from the computer. Computer says i'm averaging 19.6. Which is down from 20.7 when I bought it a month ago. I also have the P0441 Evap code coming up and I don't know if that is affecting it but mine seems to be low. I have never done better than 18 even with the easiest driving and the most coasting.
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Yes, your information display is fading/ missing pixels... very common issue with Audis. As the instrument cluster warms up, the fading gets worse. No cure, except to replace the whoe cluster, lots of $$$$. I replaced my cluster last year with a used one from a yard, old cluster was completely dark/ faded. Now the replacement is starting to lose pixels (lines of display).
Very possible.. but we may want to confirm with him that he doesn't have a blinking "2:00" where his mileage usually is before we send him to the shop.
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I get about 16-17mpg in the city with my 4.2
so how exactly do you drive, because even when i drive easier than a grandma, i still can never get over 13.5mpg, ever. and that's measuring it by filling up an entire tank and dividing the miles that i drove on the previous filled tank by the amount of gallons that it took, so it's not my computer screwing up and being off.
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Yes, your information display is fading/ missing pixels... very common issue with Audis. As the instrument cluster warms up, the fading gets worse. No cure, except to replace the whoe cluster, lots of $$$$. I replaced my cluster last year with a used one from a yard, old cluster was completely dark/ faded. Now the replacement is starting to lose pixels (lines of display).
Very possible.. but we may want to confirm with him that he doesn't have a blinking "2:00" where his mileage usually is before we send him to the shop.
i believe i do get the 2:00 i cant remember exactly but i think that was what it was! Anyway to fix this?
Yes, your information display is fading/ missing pixels... very common issue with Audis. As the instrument cluster warms up, the fading gets worse. No cure, except to replace the whoe cluster, lots of $$$$. I replaced my cluster last year with a used one from a yard, old cluster was completely dark/ faded. Now the replacement is starting to lose pixels (lines of display).
Very possible.. but we may want to confirm with him that he doesn't have a blinking "2:00" where his mileage usually is before we send him to the shop.
i believe i do get the 2:00 i cant remember exactly but i think that was what it was! Anyway to fix this?
Just push the button on the end of your winshield washer stalk and it will go away. That's just a little timer that says you've been driving 2 hours. You can turn it off or change the intervals it goes off at. (2 hrs is the default)
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