Toy4ever Posted April 4, 2012 Report Share Posted April 4, 2012 (edited) I´m Robert from Germany and also a Fiat Freemont owner. I saw, there are already some Freemont-Owners here in the forum. I know, this is originally a Dodge Journey forum and would like to ask, if the Fiat drivers are welcome here. This would give me the chance to get in contact international people. Greets to all out there, Robert My car: 2012 Freemont Urban, 170hp Multijet Diesel Engine, 5 Seats, Black Edited April 4, 2012 by Toy4ever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigtsr Posted April 4, 2012 Report Share Posted April 4, 2012 Your more than welcome Robert everyone here has an opinion or experience to be shared. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubleO7 Posted April 6, 2012 Report Share Posted April 6, 2012 I agree with bgstr, an opinion from overseas is most welcome. I would be interested in knowing what kind of mileage you get with the diesel. I am a big fan of diesel powered vehicles and wished that we had the option of purchasing a DJ with such a powerplant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2late4u Posted April 6, 2012 Report Share Posted April 6, 2012 I agree with bgstr, an opinion from overseas is most welcome. I would be interested in knowing what kind of mileage you get with the diesel. I am a big fan of diesel powered vehicles and wished that we had the option of purchasing a DJ with such a powerplant. me too please let us know about the miliage and the power and performance of you freemont Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lebowski Posted April 6, 2012 Report Share Posted April 6, 2012 The average in 7051km has been 8.3l/100km (28.3mpg). Mostly short trips (home-work and vice-versa), on longer trips the mileage is better. Note that this is the real mileage, the EVIC is too optimistic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toy4ever Posted April 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2012 Hello, i drove my Freemont almost 6000km now and got an average mileage of 7 Liters per 100km (33 MPG). The mileage of the modern Diesel engines varies in a wide range, depending what kind of trips you make with the car. The reason for this is the filter in the exhaust system. If you go mostly on short trips, the car needs to start the filter regeneration cycle many times more as on longer highway trips. When the regenaration cycle is active, the car burns Diesel fuel like a hog! I think, the performance of the Multijet-Diesel engine fits perfect to the Freemont. My car has a 6 speed manual transmission, which gives it a little less pick up in 1st and 2nd gear. From 3rd to 6th gear the pick up is really good. I also had the chance to make a test-drive with the automatic AWD transmission, which would be my favorit now. Bad thing, that this type was not avaiable when I bought my Freemont. I hope, i could give You a few impressions from our Diesel brother of the DJ. If You have any further questions, just let me know. Greets, Robert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubleO7 Posted April 7, 2012 Report Share Posted April 7, 2012 Thanks Lebowski and Toy4Ever for the info on your mileages. Makes me wish that we had the diesel option in Canada. Having said that, I was aware that the Journey I'm buying isn't the most fuel efficient vehicle but neither is the one I am driving while awaiting delivery. Intersesting about the short trip mileage, So is the 7litres/100 km strictly highway driving, or a combo of city/hwy? If it is, do you know the hwy average? Still considering the weight of the vehicle that is pretty good mileage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toy4ever Posted April 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2012 My mileage 7l per 100km is a combo of about 60% country roads, 20% city and 20% highway. I did not make a real highway trip with this car yet. Other Freemont owners report in a german forum, that they brought the mileage down to 5.8l per 100km. This was on highways in Austria with speedlimit 130 km/h. You may think now, that the diesel engines are a "holy cow", but they are not. There are a few things to know about this engines, like this stupid EGR system. If you drive always economic at low rpm, the engine runs most time in EGR-Mode. This means, a part of the exhaust gas comes back and brings soot into the air intake system. So the EGR valve plus air mass sensor will die pretty soon. Whe i had my first diesel car with EGR, i didn´t notice that an had to replace the EGR valve every year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubleO7 Posted April 9, 2012 Report Share Posted April 9, 2012 Thanks for the heads up on the downside of owning a diesel. I thought with more modern Diesel enginses and technology that these types of problems wouldn't extist. I would think the savings on fuel usage though, should more then cover the cost of a yearly replacement of the EGR valve. I'm sure that diesel is still cheaper then gas at the pumps; So what are the prices over in Europe for diesel and gas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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