2004 V8 Explorer gets LOUSY mileage
My wife just bough a 2004 fully loaded Explorer with 4wd and the 4.6 V8. On the first couple tanks, driving on mostly flat two-lane roads she got 14MPG Our loaded expediton with the 5.6 gets bett...
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CKNSLS wrote:
Sounds right. This could have been researched before your purchase. Usually, if one is concerned about mpg one doesn't buy a "body on frame" SUV.
On the upside-that is a good motor.
I'm not losing a lot of sleep over this. THe bride is happy, she likes the color and the leather. My research consisted of looking up MPG on fuel.gov and seeing htat it peaked at 19.
Now on further reading I see that most people get mid-teens with this truck.
We are not towing with it.
It gets about the same MPG as my Expedition. Given that it weighs 1000 lb less with about 50 fewer cubic inches, it seems reasonable to expect better mileage.
The dealer also put on a new set of tires and I don't recognize the brand- proably very cheap.
But if the real world MPG is only 14 I can live with that.
