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2003 Toyota 4Runner Gas Mileage (MPG)

2003 Toyota 4Runner 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 Toyota 4Runner's real-world MPG based on how and where you drive a car.

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Toyota 4Runner 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
2003 4dr SUV 245-horsepower 4.0L V6
4-speed automatic RWD		 hills light light 20 20 45 15 60 20.6
2003 4dr SUV 245-horsepower 4.0L V6
4-speed automatic RWD		 hills light light 20 20 45 15 60 20.6
  Averages hills light light 20 20 45 15 60 20.6
With the 245-horsepower 4.0L V6 engine, 4-speed automatic transmission, and rear-wheel drive, 2003 Toyota 4Runner fuel economy has been averaging 20.6 MPG (miles per gallon).

The 2003 Toyota 4Runners in this analysis were driven mostly in the suburbs (about 45 percent of the miles driven). The rest of the miles were in heavy traffic (20 percent), in the city (20 percent), and on the highway at an average speed of 60 miles per hour (15 percent).

In addition the average 2003 Toyota 4Runner 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
2003 4dr SUV 245-horsepower 4.0L V6
4-speed automatic 4WD w/low range		 flat med light 20 20 10 50 75 18.5
hills med none 5 30 20 45 70 20.4
flat med light 0 80 0 20 75 17.0
mtns med none 0 10 40 50 65 22.0
2003 4dr SUV 245-horsepower 4.0L V6
4-speed automatic 4WD w/low range		 hills med light 6 35 18 41 71 19.5
  Averages hills med light 6 35 18 41 71 19.5
With the 245-horsepower 4.0L V6 engine, 4-speed automatic transmission, and four-wheel drive w/low range, the 2003 Toyota 4Runner has been averaging 19.5 MPG (miles per gallon).

The 2003 Toyota 4Runners in this analysis were driven mostly on the highway at an average speed of 71 miles per hour (about 41 percent of the miles driven). The rest of the miles were in the city (35 percent), in the suburbs (18 percent), and in heavy traffic (6 percent).

In addition the average 2003 Toyota 4Runner in this analysis was driven on hilly terrain with a medium 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
2003 4dr SUV 235-horsepower 4.7L V8
5-speed automatic RWD		 flat med hvy 10 35 45 10 75 16.0
flat med hvy 10 35 45 10 75 18.5
hills med hvy 0 5 10 85 75 20.0
flat med hvy 5 10 55 30 75 18.0
flat med hvy 5 10 60 25 70 17.0
2003 4dr SUV 235-horsepower 4.7L V8
5-speed automatic RWD		 flat med hvy 6 19 43 32 74 17.9
  Averages flat med hvy 6 19 43 32 74 17.9
With the 235-horsepower 4.7L V8 engine, 5-speed automatic transmission, and rear-wheel drive, 2003 Toyota 4Runner gas mileage has been averaging 17.9 MPG (miles per gallon).

The 2003 Toyota 4Runners in this analysis were driven mostly in the suburbs (about 43 percent of the miles driven). The rest of the miles were on the highway at an average speed of 74 miles per hour (32 percent), in the city (19 percent), and in heavy traffic (6 percent).

In addition the average 2003 Toyota 4Runner in this analysis was driven on flat terrain with a medium foot and the AC on most or all 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
2003 4dr SUV 235-horsepower 4.7L V8
5-speed automatic AWD w/low range		 hills med light 10 5 10 75 85 18.0
flat med light 10 10 10 70 80 17.0
flat med hvy 0 10 0 90 65 17.0
mtns light none 15 0 5 80 75 19.5
flat light none 15 80 5 0 N/A 13.0
2003 4dr SUV 235-horsepower 4.7L V8
5-speed automatic AWD w/low range		 hills med light 10 21 6 63 76 16.9
  Averages hills med light 10 21 6 63 76 16.9
With the 235-horsepower 4.7L V8 engine, 5-speed automatic transmission, and all-wheel drive w/low range, 2003 Toyota 4Runner fuel economy has been averaging 16.9 MPG (miles per gallon).

The 2003 Toyota 4Runners in this analysis were driven mostly on the highway at an average speed of 76 miles per hour (about 63 percent of the miles driven). The rest of the miles were in the city (21 percent), in heavy traffic (10 percent), and in the suburbs (6 percent).

In addition the average 2003 Toyota 4Runner in this analysis was driven on hilly terrain with a medium foot and the AC on only some of the time.

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What Our Members Are Saying about the Real 2003 Toyota 4Runner MPG

2003 Toyota 4Runner Fuel Economy: Cons
YearBody/PowertrainComment
2003 4dr SUV 235-horsepower 4.7L V8
5-speed automatic RWD		 not great with the price of fuel 20 mpg
2003 4dr SUV 235-horsepower 4.7L V8
5-speed automatic AWD w/low range		 Trip gauge is incorrect. when it says 22mpg you are really getting 20 mpg, but not bad for a big V8 just annoying that the gauge is off by about 2 mpg.