If you are thinking of buying the new Ascent and y...

If you are thinking of buying the new Ascent and you care about MPG I would consider another car. On a tank of gas my car gets around 16-17 mpg which includes about equal time around town and freeway driving. We took a road trip across the desert and only got 21 mpg. I brought it up when I went in to pick up my license plates but was told it just needed to break in. After our first road trip (around 4000 mile on my car) I called twice to speak with someone about it and both times was sent to a different managers voicemail and never received a call back. At that point I made an appointment to have diagnostics ran. They told me everything looked fine, that they hadn t had an complaints and that it was probably the winter gas mix. I was also told that I could check back at 5000 miles and make a report with Subaru.
I took my car in for an oil change around 6000 miles and spoke with the same gentleman. I asked if I was being unrealistic and this time I was told that the cars aren t getting the stated gas mileage and that it would be nice if my average was over 20 mpg. Yes, I totally agree!
I m extremely disappointed. I regret buying this car. Our family downsized in hopes of having a more fuel efficient car but instead we ended up with a smaller car with about the same mpg.