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12K miles
Car has been on the road since October 2004. Now has 10K miles.
Just came off a nice 600 mile trip NYC to northern Virginia. Mileage was approx 30K. And with the AC on and driving about 75 MPH on I-95 up and down, with a Pat's cheesesteak in Phila on the way back (for me not the car)
Actually, going up hill allows the battery to provide more relief from the ICE. I think the hills may actually help the MPG, particularly if they keep your overall speed down.
The mileage display is at 27.2 overall.
Heavy commute traffic for a week is 36mpg, top speed around 50mph.
Highway at 70mph is 30mpg.
I did have a stretch in stopped traffic of about 7 miles with no engine. That was showing 99mpg. I expected it to come down slowly once the engine started, but it dropped precipitously, and was down to 38 for a 10 mile stretch.
My normal driving is in a hilly area, 400 foot elevation changes on steep routes being the norm. On downhill stretches, the engine will shut off for a while, and come on for no apparent reason... I suppose the electric steering drains the battery. I've had it shut off at 45mph, which I didn't expect, but unless you are staring at the tach, you might not notice it shut off. I can usually tell when it turns on.
Thanks,
Larry :confuse:
The 2.3L with CVT is much quieter. Mine cruises 70mph at about 2200 RPM, wich is only 100 RPM higher than my F-150. The road noise is improved but you won't forget you're in a small economy SUV.
The second unit is driven by my wife to and from work a comibnation of hyway and city. She has a very heavy foot she gets 31-33 moving mileage. Obviously your car engine shuts down at a light under normal circumstances. Your saving a lot when your car doesn't idol for long periods. This car has 8k miles and was purchase in January 05 Both are 05 models
My other one is my wife's and you can't tell to much diference except the S bump issue. Thanks Doug
cheers, Aubrey
After driving it several times I notice that the gas consumption is averaging 24mpg which is very low compare to what I have read on this forum. Is there any problem with my escape hybrid? Right now it consumes gas as if it was just a regular Ford Escape (not hybrid). Can anyone give me some advice please?
:confuse:
Do these Hybrids inprove their gas mileage as they get more miles on them?
I'm also wondering if the battery of my hybrid does not charge up properly which causes the engine to run most of the time. I'm saying this because the unit I got is the last unit of 2005 FEH.
I will appreciate it, if someone there who got same experience as mine would tell me about their experience on their FEH.
Right now I’m not happy with the mileage I’m getting out my hybrid; it’s like driving a regular Ford Escape with the price of Hybrid. So please, please give me some advice and I will be grateful for the information you will share to me.
:lemon:
I now have over 20k on my care I have hit 43 mpg.
I seem to have leveled in at 39-41. carrying a load of tools daily.
One thing I have noticed in my travels up to our mountain projects
I have switched to Synthetic oil with Shell V-power hitest. My instant econo
meter indicates that I am taking the hills a little easier which should
translate to higher mileage when you fill up and log MPG. There is another guy in
phoenix that I meet the other day that has been getting 44mpg and he uses the proper calculationto get that, Hes not relying on the 15 minute meter.
Doug
Cheers. Ivan
Hey, it's an SUV!
The following might help in regards to your slower speed areas
The Low Gear Advantage
At 55 mph in heavy traffic, a FWD FEH was worth ~ 46 mpg and fell to ~ 42 mpg depending on outside ambient and lesser traffic when I drove it out to Dearborn from Chicago last month? I changed GPSman’s oil before we moved an inch after he arrived at my home. That was with Mobil1 0W-20 half way between the marks as well as pressing up the ContiTrak’s to 46 #’s 70 + mph in an Escape, P/U, or SUV w/ a Cd of ~ .40 + is a killer
Good Luck
Wayne R. Gerdes
I have been getting 28 - 31 mpg highway and 32-34 in mixed driving conditions. I drive to work (12 miles; 17 traffic lights) along a busy commuter road in the suburbs West of Boston, MA.
I attribute the differences to hills and temperature and my driving habits. Cold weather lowers mpg, hills lower mpg, and sometimes I'm in a rush and don't try to stay in battery mode.
To those of you who are getting relatively poor mpg with your Hybrid----I'm a direct person, so you can get mad at me for being direct, but I still hereby yell "Americans don't know how to drive (efficiently)".
I have practiced at getting more mpg out of the Hybrid. I keep the console display on the setting that shows the
LH for fuel-use efficiently.
While I have tried to coast to stop-lights, avoid jack-rabbit starts, and keep the efficiency indicator at the "H" end, my fellow commuters are zooming to the next stop-light, slamming on the brakes at the last second, and tailgating me because I'm doing only 5mph over the posted speed limit.
Meanwhile, the newspapers are filled with complaints about the high price of gas. But few people seem to have examined and changed their driving habits.
I have managed to stay in battery mode for upwards of 1.5 miles on side roads and have stayed in it for upwards of 35-37 mph. The best tankful mpg I have achieved was just over 35mpg. Given the over-estimating of the EPA, I'm satisfied.
Two other things:
Yes - the mpg seems to go up after the first approx 2K miles. The car actually seems to have gotten more efficent on my customary commuter route.
Yes - The car needs to warm up before you will achieve optimum battery performance. It's cold up here now in MA, and I have noted it takes longer to get into battery mode now than it did in the summer.
Does anyone know if we can use E85 in our cars? I almost caused a fight in my local dealship when I asked that question, and Ford customer relations thought this was a technical question.
Moot point here in the East, yep we do have 10% ethanol in our gas each winter, but no one sells E85 in the Northeast.
Ford has shown an E85-capable flexible fuel Escape Hybrid at auto shows, and it's still in research. Ford says the E85 hybrid gets 25% less mileage per gallon on E85 than on regular 87 octane gas, and doesn't meet the fossil-fuel Escape Hybrid's partial zero emissions vehicle standards. :lemon:
I bought my HEV two weeks ago. It seems the gas engine comes on before I even get past the crosswalk. I hope it improves. I'm encouraged by the posts on this forum.
Larry
My mileage driving around on short trips is around 26 mpg, but on highway, once warmed up, it gets about 30 mpg, though I got it up to 35 or higher. The biggest mpg loss is at startup, when the engine runs to recharge batts, and the numbers fall off initially. But I must admit I enjoy pulling out from a light and leave all that traffic behind, when I feel like it. Smooth and fast!
Cheers, Ivan "9 E16 J" CA :P
ps: be sure to reset the mpg screen at times, since it seems to have a natural 'drift' downwards over time.
Thanks,
Chintan Talati
Corporate Communications
Edmunds.com
I've had it peg at 40 on a misty, rainy day. So it will be interesting to see how it performs after the summer ends this October
To be fair, that is not unusual for any car in the late 20's with only 3K miles. You lose 2-3K dollars the moment you drive it off the lot. You would have the same problem if you were attempting to trade in a normal Escape.
Why is the mileage all over the place? I've heard 35+ and under 25. I'm averaging about 26-27. Sucks.
BTW, I found my 4WD FEH 2006, with 7K miles, gets steady 31+ mpg on highways driving, but only 26-28 mpg in city driving. That's reverse of advertized numbers! My in city commute is about 15 mins., so engine never really reaches its full capacity before it's turned off, which may account why mpg drifts lower on short drives. If I go longer drive, the mpg drifts back up again. But I think there is a natural drift downward for computer showing mpg, because I tested against fill up and found the reading mpg, 27, was lower than actual gas mileage, which was closer to 30. I guess you just have to enjoy driving more!
I don't have any squeaks or breaking anomalies, but I did once have a 'flutter' inside my dash when going over 60 mph, which mysteriously disappeared some half hour later, never figured what it was. Maybe debrie in vent?