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2009 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Gas Mileage (MPG)

2009 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Gas Mileage (MPG):

Unlike other fuel economy surveys, TrueDelta's Real-World Gas Mileage Survey includes questions about how and where a car was driven. So you can get an idea of the Chevrolet Silverado 1500's real-world MPG based on how and where you drive a car.

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Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Gas Mileage

Year Body/Powertrain flat, hilly, or mountainousLand driving style: very light to "lead foot"Foot A/C use: none to heavyA/C constant stop and goTraf % many stops per mileCity % stop every mile or twoSub % fairly steady speedHwy % Hwy Spd MPG
2009 4dr Extended Cab 6.5ft bed 315-horsepower 5.3L V8
4-speed automatic 4WD w/low range		 flat light none 0 0 100 0 N/A 16.0
2009 4dr Extended Cab 6.5ft bed 315-horsepower 5.3L V8
4-speed automatic 4WD w/low range		 flat light none 0 0 100 0 16.0
  Averages flat light none 0 0 100 0 16.0
With the 315-horsepower 5.3L V8 engine, 4-speed automatic transmission, and four-wheel drive w/low range, 2009 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 fuel economy has been averaging 16.0 MPG (miles per gallon).

The 2009 Chevrolet Silverado 1500s in this analysis were driven mostly in the suburbs (about 100 percent of the miles driven). The rest of the miles were in heavy traffic (0 percent), in the city (0 percent), and on the highway at an average speed of miles per hour (0 percent).

In addition the average 2009 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 in this analysis was driven on flat terrain with a light foot and the AC not used at all.
 
Year Body/Powertrain flat, hilly, or mountainousLand driving style: very light to "lead foot"Foot A/C use: none to heavyA/C constant stop and goTraf % many stops per mileCity % stop every mile or twoSub % fairly steady speedHwy % Hwy Spd MPG
2009 4dr Extended Cab 6.5ft bed 295-horsepower 4.8L V8
4-speed automatic 4WD, part-time w/low range		 hills light light 5 5 5 85 55 20.9
hills light light 5 5 5 85 50 21.3
hills light hvy 5 5 5 85 50 19.8
hills light hvy 5 5 5 85 60 19.3
mtns light none 5 5 5 85 45 21.8
2009 4dr Extended Cab 6.5ft bed 295-horsepower 4.8L V8
4-speed automatic 4WD, part-time w/low range		 hills light light 5 5 5 85 52 20.6
  Averages hills light light 5 5 5 85 52 20.6
With the 295-horsepower 4.8L V8 engine, 4-speed automatic transmission, and four-wheel drive, part-time w/low range, the 2009 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 has been averaging 20.6 MPG (miles per gallon).

The 2009 Chevrolet Silverado 1500s in this analysis were driven mostly on the highway at an average speed of 52 miles per hour (about 85 percent of the miles driven). The rest of the miles were in heavy traffic (5 percent), in the suburbs (5 percent), and in the city (5 percent).

In addition the average 2009 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 in this analysis was driven on hilly terrain with a light foot and the AC on only some of the time.
 
Year Body/Powertrain flat, hilly, or mountainousLand driving style: very light to "lead foot"Foot A/C use: none to heavyA/C constant stop and goTraf % many stops per mileCity % stop every mile or twoSub % fairly steady speedHwy % Hwy Spd MPG
2009 4dr Crew Cab 5.5ft bed 403-horsepower 6.2L V8
6-speed shiftable automatic 4WD w/low range		 flat med none 0 10 0 90 70 15.5
2009 4dr Crew Cab 5.5ft bed 403-horsepower 6.2L V8
6-speed shiftable automatic 4WD w/low range		 flat med none 0 10 0 90 70 15.5
  Averages flat med none 0 10 0 90 70 15.5
With the 403-horsepower 6.2L V8 engine, 6-speed shiftable automatic transmission, and four-wheel drive w/low range, 2009 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 gas mileage has been averaging 15.5 MPG (miles per gallon).

The 2009 Chevrolet Silverado 1500s in this analysis were driven mostly on the highway at an average speed of 70 miles per hour (about 90 percent of the miles driven). The rest of the miles were in the city (10 percent), in heavy traffic (0 percent), and in the suburbs (0 percent).

In addition the average 2009 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 in this analysis was driven on flat terrain with a medium foot and the AC not used at all.
 
Year Body/Powertrain flat, hilly, or mountainousLand driving style: very light to "lead foot"Foot A/C use: none to heavyA/C constant stop and goTraf % many stops per mileCity % stop every mile or twoSub % fairly steady speedHwy % Hwy Spd MPG
2009 4dr Crew Cab 5.5ft bed 315-horsepower 5.3L V8
6-speed shiftable automatic 4WD w/low range		 flat light none 0 0 60 40 70 16.1
flat light none 0 8 0 92 60 15.0
flat light none 5 5 15 75 60 15.0
2009 4dr Crew Cab 5.5ft bed 315-horsepower 5.3L V8
6-speed shiftable automatic 4WD w/low range		 flat light none 2 4 25 69 63 15.4
  Averages flat light none 2 4 25 69 63 15.4
With the 315-horsepower 5.3L V8 engine, 6-speed shiftable automatic transmission, and four-wheel drive w/low range, 2009 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 fuel economy has been averaging 15.4 MPG (miles per gallon).

The 2009 Chevrolet Silverado 1500s in this analysis were driven mostly on the highway at an average speed of 63 miles per hour (about 69 percent of the miles driven). The rest of the miles were in the suburbs (25 percent), in the city (4 percent), and in heavy traffic (2 percent).

In addition the average 2009 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 in this analysis was driven on flat terrain with a light foot and the AC not used at all.

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