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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My 06 Explorer Ltd 4.6L 4x4 got tankful avgs of 17 mpg across 5 years of ownership. It would get in the low teens for city only driving but on a warm day on straight road it could get up to 24 mpg at 65mph with cruise control. Mines was the first year of the 3 valve engine, drive by wire system with the computer controlled 6 spd transmission. I had a 98 Explorer XLT 5.0 AWD and it was waaayyyy worst with the 4 spd trans and all wheel drive.
