Dennis94XLT
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- 2005 XLT
Hi - just got a 2005 explorer 4X4 V6. It is 7 months old and has 10, 600 miles on it. The dealer told me they filled the gas tank before delivering it to me.
The average fuel economy on the computer started at 4mpg and slowly but steadily climbed to 16mpg and has hovered there most of the time for the last 1/4 tank of gas. I have no idea why it started at 4mpg - but maybe someone at the dealer reset the information panel. The salesman was pushing the buttons trying to figure out what the buttons did and he could have reset something I suppose.
I refilled the tank today and it held 14.54 gallons. Since it's a 22.5 gallon refill capacity, that means I had 8 gallons left. That also means I was getting 8.9mpg if the tank was full when I got it (and the indicator did say it was full). I've had the truck two weeks and was off work one of them so I didn't go very far. Over all, since getting it, I drove 50% city and 50% highway and at all times, I drive very easily - never pushing it at all and never leaving rubber at the stop sign. The engine does have very good perfomance (contrary to what others have said about these later model explorers - and the transmission does shift well for being an electronic shift controlled system. The drive by wire system seem to work quite well too but my truck was built in March of 05 so the early bugs might have been fixed. Overall - aside from the mileage, I really like it.
I would sure appreciate other opinions about this along with what you know your gas mileage is if you have a 2002 to 2005 V6 with either the 2 wheel drive or the 4 wheel drive setup. The manual says 15mpg city and 20 highway is what I should get. I did check the tires - they are all between 35 and 36psi. There are no leaks.
Thank you - I hope to hear from some of you on your opinions of your gas mileage).
Also - does anyone know what would cause the average MPG to be at 4mpg when I first got the truck? Does disconnecting the battery cause it to start at a low number while the engine calibrates? The truck had some sort of dealer installed tracking system in it that was removed, then the gas tank filled - all while I was finishing the paperwork.
Dennis
The average fuel economy on the computer started at 4mpg and slowly but steadily climbed to 16mpg and has hovered there most of the time for the last 1/4 tank of gas. I have no idea why it started at 4mpg - but maybe someone at the dealer reset the information panel. The salesman was pushing the buttons trying to figure out what the buttons did and he could have reset something I suppose.
I refilled the tank today and it held 14.54 gallons. Since it's a 22.5 gallon refill capacity, that means I had 8 gallons left. That also means I was getting 8.9mpg if the tank was full when I got it (and the indicator did say it was full). I've had the truck two weeks and was off work one of them so I didn't go very far. Over all, since getting it, I drove 50% city and 50% highway and at all times, I drive very easily - never pushing it at all and never leaving rubber at the stop sign. The engine does have very good perfomance (contrary to what others have said about these later model explorers - and the transmission does shift well for being an electronic shift controlled system. The drive by wire system seem to work quite well too but my truck was built in March of 05 so the early bugs might have been fixed. Overall - aside from the mileage, I really like it.
I would sure appreciate other opinions about this along with what you know your gas mileage is if you have a 2002 to 2005 V6 with either the 2 wheel drive or the 4 wheel drive setup. The manual says 15mpg city and 20 highway is what I should get. I did check the tires - they are all between 35 and 36psi. There are no leaks.
Thank you - I hope to hear from some of you on your opinions of your gas mileage).
Also - does anyone know what would cause the average MPG to be at 4mpg when I first got the truck? Does disconnecting the battery cause it to start at a low number while the engine calibrates? The truck had some sort of dealer installed tracking system in it that was removed, then the gas tank filled - all while I was finishing the paperwork.
Dennis
