2026 4Runner Non Hybrid - MPG

[BertRunnerORP]

I’m sure other folks have exhausted this question but, so sorry in advance.

I purchased my 26 TRD ORP with 3 miles and I currently have 300 miles. The average fuel economy is 16-17 mpg (60% city and 40% highway 70mph).

Will it stay this low or is there a break in period before the 4Runner will have noticeably better MPG?? I always drive in normal and do not drive sporty or aggressively. I came from F150 with eco boost so I know how to drive turbo engines to get decent mpg (not using turbo too much).

Side note- I do have the cross bars installed and I hear quite a bit of wind noise. Not sure if this is causing the bad mpg? I have also noticed if I reset MPG gauge and only drive in the city I average around 20 mpg. But as soon as I get in the highway, the mpg immediately drops to 17 mpg.

Another side not - I don’t really care what the MPG because I love the 4Runner. My previous vehicle was full size pickup truck so fuel consumption isn’t a big deal to me.

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[Nodak]

you benefit more in the city than the highway. city you can get into a higher gear and lug around town in such a low rpm gear you make mpg

highway, you just cant beat physics of moving a brick thru wind. plus the way the vehicle is geared you run around 2100 rpm at around 75 mph compared to running around 1600 rpm at 65-70.

also you need to reset the avg mph meter after every fill up, otherwise it keeps calculating your mpg since last reset.

kinda a pet peeve since they changed the way the 5th gen avg reading was per tank and would auto reset after a complete fill up, whereas the 6th gen is avg tank since last manual reset.

but its a meh for me since i hand calc the mpg anyway (actually i have the fuelly app do it for me)

 

[4running]

I’m sure other folks have exhausted this question but, so sorry in advance.

I purchased my 26 TRD ORP with 3 miles and I currently have 300 miles. The average fuel economy is 16-17 mpg (60% city and 40% highway 70mph).

Will it stay this low or is there a break in period before the 4Runner will have noticeably better MPG?? I always drive in normal and do not drive sporty or aggressively. I came from F150 with eco boost so I know how to drive turbo engines to get decent mpg (not using turbo too much).

Side note- I do have the cross bars installed and I hear quite a bit of wind noise. Not sure if this is causing the bad mpg? I have also noticed if I reset MPG gauge and only drive in the city I average around 20 mpg. But as soon as I get in the highway, the mpg immediately drops to 17 mpg.

Another side not - I don’t really care what the MPG because I love the 4Runner. My previous vehicle was full size pickup truck so fuel consumption isn’t a big deal to me.

Have you gone through this thread with real world MPG stats from a lot of other gas 4Runner owners?

https://www.4runner6g.com/forum/thr...rs-gas-non-hybrid-4runner-post-yours-⛽️.2472/

You should be able to glean trends/patterns to help answer your question from that thread.

 

[nate456789]

I have 2025 and noticed a gain in mpg around 10,000 miles. Engine seemed to be more responsive.
I was on my third oil and filter change by then too.
Mainly highway miles. Running full tanks across country.

 

[SouthCoast]

interesting you're seeing such a drop in mpg on the highway. I know this is a "non" hybrid question, by my orp hybrid regularly gets 23+ on the highway at ~70 with the motor always on. I have the roof rack as well but hear zero wind noise. I'm in eco most of the time, but really haven't noticed much difference to normal mode.

 

[ToYoDaMan]

I'm driving fairly conservatively but I can't get any better than 18.1 MPG with my Non-Hybrid ORP.

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