I’ve Had My 2025 Toyota Tundra SR5 Off Road Package For About 2 Months, and I’m NOT Loving the 230 Mile Range On a Full Tank

I sold Toyotas and was also a sales mgr for 16 years. No one had to convince me about Toyotas quality & dependability. I drank the Kool-aid and enjoyed every drop. I special ordered my dream truck. A beautiful 2025 SR5 Crew-Max with every available option I could get. I was in love and loved showing it off. Unfortunately the Max max milage I could get was 11.9. I tried every single option listed above. I didn’t want to rely soley on the vehicles computer and did my own consumption calculations. Turns out the trucks computer was accurate. I gave it 5 1/2 months and realized I was spending slightly less in gas than the truck payment itself. Unfortunately I had to stop the blood letting. I traded it for a 2025 Silverado Z71 with a 3.0L Duramax diesel. My max mpg has been 32.9. Yep, 32.9 that’s not a typo. My average is 19-23. Admittedly I love everything else about the Tundra more, but I couldn’t ignore the milage disparity and the Silverado is still a very nice truck. I would recommend at least taking a look.

Id love to see his rob data to see his driving habits

2024 Toyota tundra 32 gallon tank 430 miles around town. Don’t cut it any slack. 7000 miles now . And I wasn’t on empty when I filled up. Love fuel economy/ Chevy had to fill at 300 miles and cost the same or more. And I didn’t run the crap out of it . And mine is the 4/4 xp edition. Noticeable improvement in fuel economy. Getting away from Chevy and useable power. Chevy all i have ever owned until now. 40 years finally tired of fuel mileage

I'm surprised by that. I have a 24 limited hybrid and I'm getting 560 miles per tank.

If you had to drop your spare to find out how big your fuel tank is you need to turn in your man card. And if you are not intelligent enough to figure out how many mpg your getting you shouldn't have a drivers license. It drives me crazy when people want to talk about how many miles per tank! If your tank is big or small you are getting the same mug! 🙄

Well I am getting avg. 17-21mpg in the hills of WV in my 2025 sr5 tundra. Gas mileage was around 12-14 until I put over 6000 miles on it then started going up a lot. Currently have 8900 miles and seems to be settling in 17-21.

It is a shame to hear that Toyota hasn't improved the mileage in a decade. I was looking forward to upgrading my 2015, but if the current is no better, then what's the point?

I have a 2022 Tundra Limited with a 7" superlift as well as 35" Toyo open country tires and i average around 14 mpgs. I do use a Banks pedal monster which doesn't improve fuel economy but makes acceleration better. Love the truck!!!

10 mpg? The problem is not the tank size.

I owned a 2024 Tundra Platinum edition and was very very disappointed in the fuel economy. Why have all that power and drive in Eco mode? Around town, eco mode got me close to 15 miles per gallon. On the highway closer to 17 in Eco mode in normal and/or sport modes, average around town was 13 and 14 on the highway. Horrible based on what other full size trucks are offering! And not much of an improvement over the V8 Tundra. If it wasn't for the 32 gallon tank, I would have been filling up every second to third day. And don't get me started on the lack of range with remote start. You have to stand right next to the vehicle to start it and when you open the door it shuts it off. Why? Unlike every other major manufacturer. And last, the seatbelt tone is obnoxious, incessant, so I had to buy a seat belt tone canceler (see Tikit) to go in the buckle for the times I had the vehicle off-road and did not need my seat belt on.

The title should read: “Poser buys pickup truck with off-road package and no plans to tow or throw anything in the bed—complains about fuel economy despite buying a vehicle that shouldn’t get very good fuel economy in the first place”

Hi, I have a 2024 Tundra sr5 double cab with 8ft bed. I have the 22 gallon tank. At 55k miles I'm getting 370ish miles per tank. And I haul a lot if heavy stuff bc it's a work truck. And I crush it accelerating couple times a day bc how fun the twin turbos are. Brand new I was getting 360ish miles per tank.

Its Sad Toyota doesn't offer a basic 2.3l 4 with Turbo for fuel economy, I have an 83 with a 22R that I rebuilt with a Low Range Camshaft, That's Power in the 2400 rpm then 2800 then 3200 not the Nothing untill 3400 like the regular cam. I get a Nice Jump off the line and higher gear quicker too with 26 mpg.
Reminder, this is a 22R with Later model EFI and OBE2 plug, so this Later computer manages the fuel to sipping. And a Six Speed manual too, Sometimes Toyota makes people BUILD it Themselves!

First off. If you buy a full sized truck gas mileage is not usually a primary concern. Especially when you opt for the the off road. You want economy get a hybrid suv. Tundras are shit, built like shit, drive like shit.

There clearly is something wrong with the system in their trucks. I've had two different years about 6 years apart of different brand/model vehicles both with towing packages and whatnot. They were both same exact models. They had exact same tank sizes, and a number of other similarities. I basically drive the same way on similar roads, so there should be little to no difference between the two. The earlier one I peaked at about 23.4 mpg at times (which had a manufacturer estimate of 17 to 19 mpg). The newer one (which had a manufacturer estimate of 18 to 20 mpg) I struggled to get to 19 mpg a lot of the time, and many times was between 18 & 19 and on occasion between 17 & 18. Managed to get it to 20 mpg a couple of brief times, but they were likely unusual times. I was exceptionally disappointed with its performance. Turns out there's been loads of sensor glitches on a wide variety of things over the years that progressively got worse. Essentially showing the manufacturer likely had cheaper parts issues, bad wiring - bad grounding - poor insulation issues, etc. Basically need to continuously complain to the manufacturer again and again and again... Keeping track of every tiny little glitch and any other issue you can note, and getting multiple checks from different places (not just a dealership).

Their problem should be resolved through checking numerous parts and how cheap or poorly they were made and/or poorly installed, as well as how poorly they were tuned into everything else.

If that’s all you have to bitch about, go trade that mother in for a Ford, Chevrolet, or Dodge. Then you can complain about all the time it is in the shop with an assortment of problems.

You also need to realize that the system has a 5-6 gallon reserve when the dte shows 0. The reasoning is to cool the fuel pump. I have 23 limited and usually avg 16-17 in all around driving and can push 20 mpg on interstate driving.

...I bought a big jacked-up pickup truck with the largest tires available l, and I can't figure out why my gas mileage sucks. Please help!...

Tell me you are clueless without telling me you are clueless.

Next week's article: "I've had my 2025 Toyota Prius for Two Months, and am NOT loving the Off-Road Capabilities..."

I have a 2025 Toyota Tundra SR base model with 4x4 extended cab. Only have it for 4 months with 3800 miles on it and I’m regularly getting 21 miles per gallon. Also have the small tank. Would have preferred the larger tank but didn’t even think of that at the time.

I have a 2025 Toyota Tundra SR base model with 4x4 extended cab. Only have it for 4 months with 3800 miles on it and I’m regularly getting 21 miles per gallon. Also have the small tank. Would have preferred the larger tank but didn’t even think of that at the time.