Getting great gas millage now i cant get above 45 computer

I bought the car from a dealer in may. When i got the car the avg MPG displayed was 49 and i was like i can beat that and i filled the car up that day or the dealer did i should say. And for the first several tanks i was getting easily mid 50s. 1 tank was 49 avg but also had allot more highway driving so not as much battery use. Also had 2 kids and 2 adults in the car allot of the time vs just me.
I hit a curb one day and bent the lower control arm. This was just after a week of having it. It was going to cost over 1K from the dealer so i said i cant do that right now so i drove it with that for a good portion of one tank. Its my only car and i couldnt afford 1200. Then i started calling around found a local place with a great rep who would do it for 700. And yes it had an alignment. Funny thing is even with 1 tank on the lower control arm bent i still got i think 53 or 54 for that tank.

My driving is the same most always. Although if i have people behind me i will speed up faster rather then going slow because people get cranky if you drive slow. and i dont want everyone thinking of prisus as slow cars.
I started seeing lower tank MPG about 3 fill ups ago. Each one has been going down. I went from 50s to 48 then i think it was 44 or 45 and then low 40s. Now last tank gas jumped 20 cents overnight so i went to fill up at half a tank but i was at 39.5 for that portion.

The issue is weird because i feel like i use to be able to easily get better and i know once i change the tires ill get better but still i was getting upper 40s and even 50s and now im not even close. Something i notice just thought of. When i turn the car off my battery indicater on dash will show like 4 bars or maybe 5 but when i start back up its always lower then when i left it.

 

Thanks madduck.

 

The app shows as 50 on iTunes where did you get for $5

 

What was the Bluetooth device you used. I found an app but it says to use go point bt1 which is $100

 

They said the only thing that was wrong was the lower control arm and it needed an alinement. The extra fee was they charge $200 to do an alinement and they were charging like 400 for the control arm. And dealer time is over $100 an hour vs the other place was a flat fee for doing it.
Yea they did a write up that was all they were replacing besides the bearing too. WHich they did. It was passenger front.
Again my millage went down some before i got it fixed but once it was fixed it went back up to where it was before.
Gas is always 0% ethanol i never use even 10% it hurts the gas millage.

If the dealer was going to do anything else they did not say. Besides they tried to sell me new tires telling me mine were not good for a prius. I said i knew that however they will work. The way they talked it would ruin the car because they were not LRR tires. I hate when dealers try to get more out of you.
im going to buy an app and the wifi dongle and maybe next week i can get some info.

 

My last tank I'm up to about 44 I ran some fuel injector cleaner through and weather has been a little cooler so between that it has helped a little. I noticed something the other day that when I turn sharp left I can hear something making noise from the right front. Makes me wonder if they didn't get something fixed right.
Going to take it in and have it looked at.


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Took it in they can't seem to find anything wrong. Said they can't make it make the noise I heard. So want me to try to replicate it again.


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I thought the alignment was off but took it in they say its in spec. I still think it's off.
Weird thing is 2 tankful a ago I got 50.4 I think and now I'm back down to low 40s since. No change in driving


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