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[SymChris]

One-way road trip yesterday. Speed average of 95-115 km/h, 87 octane Shell, stock 2019 Lariat FX4 but am running smaller winter tires (16 rims). Ambient outside temp ranged from 3 Celsius where I left to -3 Celsius at my destination. Half the trip was into rising elevation changes, and pretty well all highway (as per the average speed above).

Below are the 3 different ways to see (I typically stay in the view of kilometers per liter):

No complaints here.

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[Cabose-1]

Can anyone confirm that there is a "break in" tune for the first 1000 miles? It seems pretty remarkable that there are such vast improvements. Or do we attribute it to new engine, summer gas, etc.? Would be neat to know if Ford does in fact put that in there on new vehicles.

I have 447 miles on my Ranger. After reading the manual, yes I read it, it said not to tow for 1000 miles, and that the computer would learn my driving style within the same amountnof time. So says the manual. I have been getting 18 mpg, computer says 19.8mpg ,I have a lead foot 90 town 10 highway xlt 4x2 87 octane auto stop OFF.

 

[2020FRL]

I'm on m,y 4th tank, averaging 21.4 mpg, 30% highway, 70% around town. Stop start off. I'm not very aggressive, I'm that guy that WILL get a ticket ...

 

[r1ch999999]

So is everyone calculating their MPG on their own or using the dash calculator? I use Fuelly, my dash is off by 2-3 and I haven't bothered to update it.

 

[AzScorpion]

So is everyone calculating their MPG on their own or using the dash calculator? I use Fuelly, my dash is off by 2-3 and I haven't bothered to update it.

I started using Fuelly when I got my Ranger. Mine dash was off almost 2 mpg until I did the adjustment. It does take several tanks to get adjusted but now the last two fill ups have been dead on with the Fuelly app.

In case anyone want to adjust theirs.

https://www.ranger5g.com/forum/threads/fuel-calculator-adjustment.2996/

 

[E Monty]

I started using Fuelly when I got my Ranger. Mine dash was off almost 2 mpg until I did the adjustment. It does take several tanks to get adjusted but now the last two fill ups have been dead on with the Fuelly app.

In case anyone want to adjust theirs.

https://www.ranger5g.com/forum/threads/fuel-calculator-adjustment.2996/

Didn’t know it could be adjusted. That has always been a pet peeve of mine. Does it adjust back to back for a change in driving habits also, like if you go from a highway heavy tank to a stop and go steppin on it tank? Thank you for the information!!

 

[AzScorpion]

Didn’t know it could be adjusted. That has always been a pet peeve of mine. Does it adjust back to back for a change in driving habits also, like if you go from a highway heavy tank to a stop and go steppin on it tank? Thank you for the information!!

Yes it's mine too! It will adjust to all driving habits but I'm guessing it might be off a bit of you're on your way to get gas and romp on it then it could be off a little. I adjusted mine in late October and it took about 5-6 tanks to get it to within .02. Then the last two tanks have been dead on to my Fuelly app.

Edit: I started at 944 and never had to re-adjust it again.

 

[Gizmokid2005]

Didn’t know it could be adjusted. That has always been a pet peeve of mine. Does it adjust back to back for a change in driving habits also, like if you go from a highway heavy tank to a stop and go steppin on it tank? Thank you for the information!!

Yes it's mine too! It will adjust to all driving habits but I'm guessing it might be off a bit of you're on your way to get gas and romp on it then it could be off a little. I adjusted mine in late October and it took about 5-6 tanks to get it to within .02. Then the last two tanks have been dead on to my Fuelly app.

Edit: I started at 944 and never had to re-adjust it again.

I made my adjustment to 948 and haven't adjusted since. Here's what I've been seeing (the last column is just a carry-over of the calculation to adjust the AFE.

The computer should auto-calculate based upon usage and stay relatively accurate. I'm pretty pleased that over 11k miles and a tire size change the dash has only average ~0.15 over calculated (and that could be nothing given the fact that our odometer doesn't calculate past a whole mile and the dash is only to the tenth of a mile.

*EDITING*
To add, that you shouldn't be scared by these numbers if you're looking for details on a Ranger. I can easily get 24-26mph on the highway (at 65-70). My trip from my house to literally anywhere else is up and down about 1000ft of elevation, and most of these tanks have some, if not significant, off-roading in them, which I'll take. Especially considering my '99 Ranger with the 4L only got ~15.5mpg, same as my '04 F-150 with the 4.6L, highways maybe getting 18 in each.

 

[Swingpure]

Since I have owned my Ranger (5 months) (2982 miles / 4799 kilometers), combined Highway and City, I get 27 mpg / 11.5 km/L.

I no longer have a heavy foot.

 

[E Monty]

Yes it's mine too! It will adjust to all driving habits but I'm guessing it might be off a bit of you're on your way to get gas and romp on it then it could be off a little. I adjusted mine in late October and it took about 5-6 tanks to get it to within .02. Then the last two tanks have been dead on to my Fuelly app.

Edit: I started at 944 and never had to re-adjust it again.

I just readjusted the bias and it’s reading really bad mileage, 22 to 18/19. I assume that is part of dialing it in? Driving habits really haven’t chafed from tank to tank.

 

[AzScorpion]

I just readjusted the bias and it’s reading really bad mileage, 22 to 18/19. I assume that is part of dialing it in? Driving habits really haven’t chafed from tank to tank.

Try doing a hand calculation too to see where you're at. Before adjusting my dash reading was close to 2 mpg off my hand calculation. Give it a few more tanks and see where you're at then. Mine really took a good 5-6 tank fulls to even out.

 

[Langwilliams]

my computer calculated started out about 1.5 more than hand calculated. I mentioned this to my buddy an he said his GMC Envoy was off 6 or 7 miles compared to his actual mileage. He uses an app to track it. He's also said he's never gotten close to the epa ratings.

 

[CB750F]

With a grand total of 1400km, my truck says 18mpg but my last hand calculation was at 13mpg.... It was only a 1/3 tank. Curious when summer shows up.
Maybe my wife reset it. She would do something like that or more likely a simple error on my part.

 

[lloydr1206]

I just got my ranger a little over a month ago. It is cold here and I use remote start often but I am averaging 16.2 mpg through three fill ups. It’s not great and not what I expected but I am hoping it’s a remote start issue.

 

[Strokerduster]

With a grand total of 1400km, my truck says 18mpg but my last hand calculation was at 13mpg.... It was only a 1/3 tank. Curious when summer shows up.
Maybe my wife reset it. She would do something like that or more likely a simple error on my part.

In the late 70's, a guy I worked with bought a VW rabbit diesel. EVERY DAY, all we heard was exactly what his current MPG was. One of his good time buddies decided to shut him up and started adding a gallon of fuel every morning after he got to work. As you would expect he couldn't believe that he was getting 85 mpg but was positive it was correct because of his exact calculations. After a couple weeks like this Ole Good Time started siphoning about a gallon every day. After a couple weeks like that, he was at the dealer throwing a fit that he had been getting 85mpg but now it was down to 15mpg. Don't think anyone ever told him but we didn't hear any more about it.

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