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Yeah, that's a good point Erick. A mechanic told me many years ago that a car uses 25% more fuel at 110 km/h compared to 90 km/h. I've found it noticeable how much more fuel a 4 cyl turbo diesel uses at 110 and 2500 rpm compared to my Clubby which rolls along gently at about 1700 rpm.

I've had similar problems on 2 different cars over the years. 1st time was a 1998 Terrano II which developed a significant lack of power and fuel economy dropped away. That turned out to be a failed air flow meter. It had only done a tad over 30000 kms and was just out of NCW but Nissan...

Thanks for the reply. Tyres & wheels aren't factory but similar (slightly bigger) diameter & circumference to within 1% Yes, there's an alloy bull bar and an OCAM rear bar, canopy, 270 awning which is sizeable and will add wind resistance, so I expected to be slightly higher than the figures...

Thanks Felix, this should be helpful.

Hi Amber, did re-installing the shunt resolve your fuel consumption problem? We're having similar consumption issues on a 2017 Nav we just bought and as it has a dual battery installed I'm wondering if the shunt has been removed, hence our 11 to 11.5 l/100 kms on an easy trip. As the car is new...

Hi all, We've recently purchased a manual 2017 STX Navara (70000 kms) which we were really happy with until we drove it from Perth to Exmouth and returned fuel consumption of around 11 to 11.5 litres/100 km, mostly cruising along at 105 kmh with the occasional passing of the odd road train. 2...