Ford Explorer Mercury Mountaineer Real World MPG
Please report on your Explorer or Mountaineer mileage here.
Include your odometer reading, city/highway mix, driving style or anything else you think may help others compare their mpg with yours. Thanks!
Steve, Host
Include your odometer reading, city/highway mix, driving style or anything else you think may help others compare their mpg with yours. Thanks!
Steve, Host
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4.0L six 2WD - 17mpg in town, 21mpg on highway.
4.6L V-8 AWD - 13mpg in town, 19mpg on highway.
People's experiences vary - on my minivan the mpg kept improving even after 10,000 miles. 20-21 mpg is the highway EPA rating and you're a little over the city EPA estimate of 14-15 with your mostly city driving, so I'd say you'd doing pretty good already. But the first few tanks can be deceptive; mine were all over the map for the first couple of thousand miles.
Congrats on the new ride!
Steve, Host
2000 Ford Explorer XLT, 5.0L V8, 123,000 mi, City 13mpg, Hwy 17mpg.
35,000 miles
15.5 mpg....mostly city driving w/ ac running 70% of the time
with normal city / hwy mix, mostly city, we'll get 15.5 or so, as indicated by the vehicle MPG gauge. i havent checked the reliability of this measurement in a while.
the engine will take a good while to break in. i'm guessing 10k or so.
2,000 mile tow of travel trailer 9.3 MPG
Highway without trailer. @ 70 MPH, 21 MPG ... really. Stay off the brakes!
Mixed driving (about 70% interstate miles), it returned 19.5 MPGs. He averages about 75MPH on the interstate.
Just drove from Grand Junction to Denver Colorado today. Avg. MPG 21. Usually between 15 and 16 MPG in city. If your getting less than get your foot out of the gas pedal. MPG goes down fast on this truck with high RPMs.
Hope this helps.
I'm concerned about all the comments I've heard that Explorers don't get the mileage their EPA estimates call for.
What kind of MPG are folks ACTUALLY getting on these two engines, in town an highway, please?
newly licensed driver averages about 13mpg in local only driving.
from central ct to washington dc area via pa, four on board. 16.8 on the way there; cold, windy, rainy, no traffic. 380+ miles in 6 hours.
epa is 14-19.
2004 V8 Mountaineer 13.6 city, 18 hwy.
2006 V8-3V Explorer 13.6 city, 19 hwy
As you can see, I prefer the V-8. The new 3 valve V-8 give you a ton more power, but the 6 speed tranny, gives you the same mileage with more power.
HI-22.02, LO-11.72, AVG-17.34.
1/20/2006-1/20/2007.
Gotten 22 MPG on a trip, and 12 MPG 4WDing.
Overall this gas mileage sucks.
Vastly? My, we are given to hyperbole, aren't we? I disagree, but it may be more symantical than actual. The Explorer is a superior design in every way. It rides better, the third seat is actually adult friendly, and folds away. You can see over the hood without the power dome getting in your way, and see the road, the independent rear suspension makes the stepping over bumps or rocks much easier on the spleen, and the new 3V 4.6L motor with the new 6 speed transmission is just a honey to drive.
Now, the Toyota will run twice as long, with half the problems, I'll give ya that, and if by that you mean engineered better, then fine. But the Ford "design", is vastly superior to the 4-runner.
Of course, I could be wrong.....
31-10.5/15 tires a/c compressor runs no matter what you do so winter/summer dose not seem to make much difference i get 13.8 mpg average i have a 3500lbs camper and that dose not make a difference
2001 Ford Explorer Sport with 39 000 miles on a V6 4.0 200hp engine.
It still has the original Michelin 235/75R15 tires on it but after 6 years its time to change them.
That bring in 2 questions:
1)Is it possible to install thinner tires.. maybe like 215 or 205 if i respect the original height?
-Would this make the vehicle any less safe?
-Would they fit the original rims?
-Would gas mileage really be reduced a little bit?
None of the tires are too worn (Explorer was only driven 40K miles on them) yet the tires are 6 years old but only the front ones have little cracks on the side which make me uncomfortable to take the Explorer on the highway (usually drive only in city traffic).
2)The spare tire is brand new cause its never been used ... yet its been down under the Explorer for 6 years. If I only want to change the front tires for the moment could i use the spare and only buy a second tire or is it too dangerous and i should change all tires?
Thanks for the help!!!!
I'm curious. What makes you think your mileage will change?
tidester, host
SUVs and Smart Shopper
tidester, host
SUVs and Smart Shopper
I have an 11 mile commute to work, little to no traffic. In the last few days, my 11 mile drive uses a quarter tank of gas! I have checked the standard stuff, ie; fuel filter, pump, fuel injectors, air filter etc. and there is no leak. What could be causing the absolute crappy gas milege??
Any advice is greatly appreciated. :confuse:
stock 4.0L 203 hp V6 16/21 MPG
After adding:
Flowmoaster Catback system
removed radiator fan and converted to 16" Hayden electric fan
cold air intake
new plugs/wires
TPS Sensor adustment
ended up getting 19-20/25-26 according to the self installed information display i installed from a 4 door model.
Starting elevation was about 150 feet up to about 2350(I-80 in PA) and about 700 feet at the end before turning around.