Horrible MPG's

[Mellow]

Oh no, she’d have no idea if something was wrong, unless it didn’t start. 3weeks went by before she told me a new light was lit on the dash (CEL).

No, I drive my truck, my sports car or my motorcycle, she drives her car unless we take the dog for a grooming. We did that last week.

awww... dogs love trucks! LOL

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[kieefer]

awww... dogs love trucks! LOL

Our dog loves a 2000 Camry.

 

[Mellow]

One of mine really loves the truck...

 

[kieefer]

It's my Granddog and Granddog doesn't get into PaPa's "new" truck.

 

[Polar Bear]

Update: Finally got out for a good highway drive. Filled up and rest all numbers before embarking. Made a 300 mile round trip with an average speed of 75-80 and MPG (manually calculated) of 26.1 (truck readout showed 26 even)! Filled up again yesterday and resumed my daily routine - current average mpg is 17 with speed marked at 13.
My original worry truly has to be related to my daily routine and route. Personally I feel good with these findings.

 

[Hounddog409]

Update: Finally got out for a good highway drive. Filled up and rest all numbers before embarking. Made a 300 mile round trip with an average speed of 75-80 and MPG (manually calculated) of 26.1 (truck readout showed 26 even)! Filled up again yesterday and resumed my daily routine - current average mpg is 17 with speed marked at 13.
My original worry truly has to be related to my daily routine and route. Personally I feel good with these findings.

Have over 1500 miles on mine now

Mpg have settles at 26.2. I have not reset the avg. Since i left the dealer

 

[Doc]

21.4 today...sport mode only and a lot of WOT’s

 

[DrRoger]

Do you ever watch the instantaneous MPG on the display? If you do that and try to keep it in the 20-25MPG area you will discover how to drive this truck economically. You might be surprised. Don't make a bunch of changes like fuel and tire pressure until you have done this. The gage will top out when coasting and drop quickly when you get on the throttle. It doesn't take much throttle to make the instantaneous go below 15MPG.

I agree. I almost always have the instantaneous MPG displayed.
Want to know BAD mileage, towing 6000 pounds UP hill on an interstate and passing at 70 MPH (accelerating from 55). 4MPG at 70 mph is like pouring fuel from a container.

 

[CoMtnRanger]

So to start I don't live in boost or WOT. I drive pretty normally and admittedly take full advantage of the turbo while getting on the highway/passing, etc. I'm at a little over 3k on the odo and have been getting 16mpg pretty consecutively. I put in 89 octane (as opposed to 87) yesterday to see but time will tell, in one day it's about the same if not a little worse...... Ideas?

24-26 mpg seems to be my average range - a mix of 38 mile commutes on secondary roads and city driving. If I stick to city driving only it drops to around 21-22. If I were getting 16 I'd schedule with dealership for warranty service.

 

[SandBaja]

Update: Finally got out for a good highway drive. Filled up and rest all numbers before embarking. Made a 300 mile round trip with an average speed of 75-80 and MPG (manually calculated) of 26.1 (truck readout showed 26 even)! Filled up again yesterday and resumed my daily routine - current average mpg is 17 with speed marked at 13.
My original worry truly has to be related to my daily routine and route. Personally I feel good with these findings.

Say it isn't so PB! You are leaving me all alone in the 17MPG (16.9 avg with 1K miles) club .

Glad yours worked out and I suspect mine will also, once I get some Highway miles in.

 

[Johnpenn]

Update: Finally got out for a good highway drive. Filled up and rest all numbers before embarking. Made a 300 mile round trip with an average speed of 75-80 and MPG (manually calculated) of 26.1 (truck readout showed 26 even)! Filled up again yesterday and resumed my daily routine - current average mpg is 17 with speed marked at 13.
My original worry truly has to be related to my daily routine and route. Personally I feel good with these findings.

Good to hear there's no major problem. Small turbocharged engines have a rough time with low speed, stop and go fuel economy. The turbo is working about 75% of the time by my observations of the MPG display.

That's one major reason that Ford should have provided additional engine options. Maybe that's coming later.

 

[Hounddog409]

Good to hear there's no major problem. Small turbocharged engines have a rough time with low speed, stop and go fuel economy. The turbo is working about 75% of the time by my observations of the MPG display.

That's one major reason that Ford should have provided additional engine options. Maybe that's coming later.

I do not agree. What option? Naturally inspired v6? Would be hard pressed to match the power and MPG of the turbo 4.

A NI 4 would be waaaaay underpowered like the Taco.

Turbo V6? Will have same low speed stpp and go as the 4.

 

[RedlandRanger]

I do not agree. What option? Naturally inspired v6? Would be hard pressed to match the power and MPG of the turbo 4.

A NI 4 would be waaaaay underpowered like the Taco.

Turbo V6? Will have same low speed stpp and go as the 4.

I concur - while some will disagree, I think the 2.3 with the 10 speed is the perfect choice for this vehicle. They work together extremely well and give you the best of both worlds. Power and economy. With other drivetrains, you get one or the other. I think Ford was calling it the "and" option in their Marking (something like that). While it is marketing, I've found it to be very true. You don't have to make compromises. I think you do have to learn how to drive it correctly if you want to get good mileage, however. It is REALLY easy to get crappy mileage with it - the turbo is so fun!

 

[t4thfavor]

Instead of auto start stop, there should be a stop and go tune where the turbo doesn't spool until 3000rpm (electronic waste gate can do this). This would solve the stop and go traffic problem because nobody needs 24PSI to go from 0-5-0 mph.

Someone should make a tune for that.

 

[VAMike]

Instead of auto start stop, there should be a stop and go tune where the turbo doesn't spool until 3000rpm (electronic waste gate can do this). This would solve the stop and go traffic problem because nobody needs 24PSI to go from 0-5-0 mph.

Someone should make a tune for that.

That tune already exists, it's found below the knee

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