NewStats: 3,264,063 , 8,182,471 topics. Date: Monday, 09 June 2025 at 01:53 PM 6b5l36

Please help me, my car mpg Is just 3.6mpg, I buy full tank of fuel every 4 day's Interval, and It's draining me financially. I have changed plugs, air filter, all 4 coils, catalyst converter, check for leaks and none was found, clean the throttle body, cleaned the maf sensor and 02 Sensor with choke cleaner. I have done literally almost everything that needs to be done but no changes yet, It's a 2012 camry '4 plugs'

I scanned the car and got some codes, I will post the codes on the comment section.

Please help

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The remaining two codes are not ing I don't know why, p2009 and p2017

Iceking1:
Please help me, my car mpg Is just 3.6mpg, I buy full tank of fuel every 6 day's Interval, and It's draining me financially. I have changed plugs, air filter, all 4 coils, catalyst converter, check for leaks and none was found, clean the throttle body, cleaned the maf sensor and 02 Sensor with choke cleaner. I have done literally almost everything that needs to be done but no changes yet, I scanned the car and got some codes, I will post the codes on the comment section.

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badaru911:

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It's a 2012 camry 4 plugs

Please help, I just got this car barely few day's ago.

Iceking1:
Please help, I just got this car barely few day's ago.

You still have a chance to return it. Please call the owner and discuss first! That maybe the reason they sold it to you and that's selling a lemon car; it's illegal especially if they sold at normal market rate

stanvesco:


You still have a chance to return it. Please call the owner and discuss first! That maybe the reason they sold it to you and that's selling a lemon car; it's illegal especially if they sold at normal market rate

I got it Nigerian used for 12m, It's been almost two weeks since I got It, Is it still in anyway possible that I would be able to get my money back? Even if it's 11, I would really be glad, I'm just so devastated.

Iceking1:



I got it Nigerian used for 12m, It's been almost two weeks since I got It, Is it still in anyway possible that I would be able to get my money back? Even if it's 11, I would really be glad, I'm just so devastated.

.That's alot of money to be having such issues!


However,speak to a legit mechanic and see if it's your temperature sensor that's causing you this issue however since it's Nigerian used it's expected that the first owner should have dealt with this problem.

Please reach out to your car dealer abeggg
12m naira car dey give wahala like dis? Haba

stanvesco:


.however since it's Nigerian used it's expected that the first owner should have dealt with this problem.

Lol....it is expected?? .he may still have a chance to return it?? ........this is funny.....be like na abroad u dey speak from.....

Engine dey work, gear dey work, electrical dey work, AC dey work, alternator dey ok...catalyst dey dia...
...in a Nigerian car dealers dictionary ...that's the definition of a 100% okay Nigerian used car.... If he see refund, make I bend

the dealer or company and discuss the issues, if they can refund or give you another one. Also, hope you haven't been buying your fuel from the same station?

Iceking1:
Please help

Don’t use Camry ,you guys won’t hear word. No matter what you change in the car,that’s how the car was designed to function except you want to alter its functionality.

Sell off and get a fuel efficient car.🚘

3mpg? Your tank is leaking

Iceking1

What is the average distance the car covers daily?

Quite sad, I know how you feel, I have seen some stranger cry at a car stand and begging for refund even if not full refund, this was a bad honda civic.
Two codes could give you this pocket draining issue, the MAF and manifold code, I am leaning towards the MAF code though. Check the connectors/pins of your MAF sensor, also have an electrician check the wiring, try with a known to be working MAF sensor from another vehicle.
If the above fails, move on to the intake manifold sensor, check the wiring too, if that is fine, then you may need to replace the intake manifold, as a bad intake manifold could give you the MAF code.
If all else is fine with this vehicle, then surely this can be fixed, easier if it's the MAF, a little expensive if it's the intake manifold, I don't think car dealers here do refunds, they're mostly crooks and often have the backing of local law enforcement, you know how it goes.
Next time, do not skip the proper inspection process, mpg is what you see on the dashboard, how did you miss that? Good luck and do update the thread so people learn a thing or more about such issues.

You bought it few days ago and yet you buy full tank every 4 days nice one ooo,you try…

Dzzzz:
You bought it few days ago and yet you buy full tank every 4 days nice one ooo,you try…

he said it is about 2weeks ago, i dont know why nairalanders cant read.

You bought a flooded vehicle.

the floods in Nigeria last year and the damage they did to vehicles?

Well, most of those cars have been "worked on" and are now in the market as beautiful brides.

Always use a "powerful scanner" before buying any car, much more 9ja used.

A powerful scanner will also bring up the cars history of deleted codes and actions.

Sorry for your travails.

At best, that car you bought 12m was 8.5

G boy,money miss road.i will buy the car for 1m. Engine has overheated,engine has been opened,and car is endless moneypit.1m is on the table.go and buy thinner of 1000 naira,1000 naira worth of thinner is about 35cl,like small maltina plastic size. Pour it into your fuel tank,buy fuel of 30k,take the car to express,and do Italian tune up. That is,u go dey match 130kph for at least 30mins,no braking,no stopping....do it and give .make sure u down the 30k fuel till reserve light comes on. It would expell all carbon on your plugs,02 sensors,exhaust,catalysts. I've done it for about 5 diff people and till tmrw,they still regard me.

This us sad and heart breaking

No seller,would allow u use scanner on a naija used car,use your head sometimes. No dealer sef will gree,u will carry scanner to come and scan naija used car.dey play

GreyWolf01:
You bought a flooded vehicle.

the floods in Nigeria last year and the damage they did to vehicles?

Well, most of those cars have been "worked on" and are now in the market as beautiful brides.

Always use a "powerful scanner" before buying any car, much more 9ja used.

A powerful scanner will also bring up the cars history of deleted codes and actions.

Sorry for your travails.

At best, that car you bought 12m was 8.5

Heater is a bridge in wires..02 sensors wires.

Iceking1:
Please help

Nigeria used vehicle

Well, I'm not surprised

That was the major reason the owner sold it off to another unsuspecting innocent Nigerian.

12M is on the high side actually for a Nigeria used, you should have bought it around 8.5M

I'm very sure that vehicle history would be very ugly.

eteebanky1:
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Well, I'm not surprised

That was the major reason the owner sold it off to another unsuspecting innocent Nigerian.

12M is on the high side actually for a Nigeria used, you should have bought it around 8.5M

I'm very sure that vehicle history would be very ugly.

Not really about being a Nigerian used vehicle, here or beyond, only very few people decide to sell cars just because they are sick of it and want something new, there's almost always an issue, mostly, it is because this issue was fixed and seller decides to sell out of fear of recurrence, or the issue, serious or not so serious, is present and seller isn't willing to fix, due to unavailability of funds or seller just being crooked, disclosure at the point of sale being a question of the seller's principles, this is where proper pre purchase inspection comes in.
I am very sure this poster either didn't do any prepurchase inspection or went with a criminal mechanic for the inspection, this issue of fuel consumption is what you can see on the dash, say trip meter was reset, the information will still come up while test-driving.

stanvesco:


.That's alot of money to be having such issues!


However,speak to a legit mechanic and see if it's your temperature sensor that's causing you this issue however since it's Nigerian used it's expected that the first owner should have dealt with this problem.

Please reach out to your car dealer abeggg
12m naira car dey give wahala like dis? Haba

After reading your text,I have removed the temperature sensor on my older camry and I inserted it on this newer camry, I scanned again but I still got all the codes that I got earlier, and right now I'm testing the fuel consumption, to see if there would be in anyway, any difference.

advanceDNA:


Lol....it is expected?? .he may still have a chance to return it?? ........this is funny.....be like na abroad u dey speak from.....

Engine dey work, gear dey work, electrical dey work, AC dey work, alternator dey ok...catalyst dey dia...
...in a Nigerian car dealers dictionary ...that's the definition of a 100% okay Nigerian used car.... If he see refund, make I bend

Everything you made mentioned here are all working and intact, except the catalyst, which I bought separately as It wasn't intact when I got the car,I was advise by a mechanic to buy catalyst, I sent him the money he bought and inserted It, both on the front bonnet and on the bottom of the car.

Mjshexy:
the dealer or company and discuss the issues, if they can refund or give you another one. Also, hope you haven't been buying your fuel from the same station?

I have been buying my fuel from same place, same exact place I have been buying from on my older car.

Mary95:


Don’t use Camry ,you guys won’t hear word. No matter what you change in the car,that’s how the car was designed to function except you want to alter its functionality.

Sell off and get a fuel efficient car.🚘

I have used 2012 corolla in the past, it's not a fuel guzzler like my present car, it normally goes 100km for 17 liter of fuel. I wanted to upgrade, I sold it and bought a camry, I rode the camry for 4 months, before deciding to upgrade again, which I got this Camry.

laivwire:
3mpg? Your tank is leaking

It's going down more.

I don't think the tank is leaking, there would have been fuel on the exact place I parked the car.