MPGs Suck

[ManUpOrShutUp]

This 2013 5.4 is our 4th. Its predecessors all averaged around 16 mpg. All driven the same route . This booger gets 13.6! Ideas?

Ease up on the gas. I average 15.8 mpg in my EL and can get it up to 17.2 mpg when doing all highway. I've driven a standard length 3rd gen several times and was averaging in the high 17s with about 19 doing all highway. That said, if I drive like Mr. Toad in my EL (and every now and then I do), I can drop my MPGs all the way into the 10s.

 

[John Christopher]

If the hill is long enough you can get over 40 MPG. LOL

 

[1955moose]

Try a long downhill, then turn it off completely. You'll have the first Ford expedition hybrid! Think how popular you'll be with your tree hugger friends. 40 mpg quiet running, that will show those Cadillac escalade hybrids! Heck their 6.0 liter Duracell powered tank is only getting 23 mpg!

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[bobmbx]

I calculated my mpg from last night (0 miles driven / 0 gallons used) and got "undefined". I think my calculator is broke. It should be, like, 40-50 MPG or something.

 

[Plati]

I dunno. My 2014 EL 5.4 was telling me 21 MPG on the way back from Canada last winter with 87 octane in AWD. Go to an Ecoboost ... no ethanol ... high octane gas ... in 2WD ... with tailwind. I can see 26 MPG under certain optimum conditions.

I once rode my bicycle across Kansas with a heavy tailwind all day and I did 155 miles that day. Certain conditions are just right.

 

[the bus]

Your alignment could be off too!!