2019 Model actual MPG way lower than expected

[dlcorbett]

What do you get around town in sport?

I don’t really care about the gas $$$. Gotta pay to play...but it’s just odd to me Ford is so married to the idea of a smaller engine with blowers...Why not throw a big v8 in it...get the same gas mileage, never overwork the engine and get a nice exhaust note...

And no. I’m not a GM guy so I’m not bashing.

I dont drive it around in sport enough to know what mileage i get using it unfortunately.

I honestly think ford should offer the 5.0v8 as well as the 2.7l v6 in the expy. I guess its hard to put the v8 in ot when the v6 is such a critical darling. But if ford put a v8 in the expy and navi, i think theyd eclipse gm in fs suv sales.

 

[Suvdude2000]

I dont drive it around in sport enough to know what mileage i get using it unfortunately.

I honestly think ford should offer the 5.0v8 as well as the 2.7l v6 in the expy. I guess its hard to put the v8 in ot when the v6 is such a critical darling. But if ford put a v8 in the expy and navi, i think theyd eclipse gm in fs suv sales.

Would make sense. I’m likely going to try out a Navi but for that price point I’d really prefer an 8.

BUT most people who own either (at least where I am) are moms. I can’t imagine they care about what under the hood. At least not enough to make up the massive gap in sales between ford/Lincoln and gmcs/Chevy/caddy


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[S13ka24de]

I just feel ford fraud me from buying something thays 14mpg while they say its 17+. I do very light driving most of the time. Best i can hit is 14.8mpg i think. I have the short black edition. No loads, 1/3 traffic rest is highway around 65mph. I shoulda gotten a srt durango.

 

[Going_Going_Gone]

My experience has been that I get about the same average mileage driving my 2019 4X4 (HD towing Pkg.) Expedition as I did from my 2010 4X4 F-150 5.4 pickup. I don't necessarily drive in an economical way, but I don't drive like a moron either. I hand-calculated mileage on the F-150 for the first 90K miles and averaged 14.9 mpg. I haven't done any hand calculated mileage checks on the Expedition, and it is way more fun to take advantage of the boost, and the dash is telling me that I'm averaging 15.8 mpg. Realistically, given the type of use it sees, I never thought It'd be this high.

 

[cmiles97]

I was thinking of this thread when I checked my mileage this morning. I am no easy driver and I've towed some short trips in the over 9000 mile measurement. This is on a 17 EL 4x4 with 6 speed and 3.73 gear ratio. It'd be better if it had 3.31. Lately I've been putting in 93 octane but there is a lot of 87 in trip 1.

So I can't understand the low mpg you are getting in the new ones with 10speed transmission and newer generation motor. Unless you are accelerating hard every time or carrying extra weight, keeping in 4 wheel drive or towing. It's eco or boost, your choice.

 

[16plati]

View attachment 29908 View attachment 29909 I was thinking of this thread when I checked my mileage this morning. I am no easy driver and I've towed some short trips in the over 9000 mile measurement. This is on a 17 EL 4x4 with 6 speed and 3.73 gear ratio. It'd be better if it had 3.31. Lately I've been putting in 93 octane but there is a lot of 87 in trip 1.

So I can't understand the low mpg you are getting in the new ones with 10speed transmission and newer generation motor. Unless you are accelerating hard every time or carrying extra weight, keeping in 4 wheel drive or towing. It's eco or boost, your choice.

Damn Thts low. I have a 16 el platinum 4x4 with the 3.73s lifted with 35s and a custom 93 oct performance tune and get 21

 

[cmiles97]

Damn Thts low. I have a 16 el platinum 4x4 with the 3.73s lifted with 35s and a custom 93 oct performance tune and get 21

Did you adjust your speedometer/odometer for the larger diameter tires? In my old Jeep Wrangler days we had to put in a different speedometer gear to adjust for larger tires.

 

[shane_th_ee]

Why not throw a big v8 in it...get the same gas mileage, never overwork the engine and get a nice exhaust note...

Weight, packaging, and performance at altitude. The lower the weight, the more available payload. The shorter the engine, the more interior room.

 

[16plati]

Did you adjust your speedometer/odometer for the larger diameter tires? In my old Jeep Wrangler days we had to put in a different speedometer gear to adjust for larger tires.

Yes my sct x4 does that

 

[Deadman]

Ive been averaging 21mpg on short trips back and forth to work with my 2018 tow pack 4x4. It gets great milage in my opinion. It made 25.5 mpg on a long trip I ran it on. I can't expect anymore than that from a huge heavy vehicle!

 

[Suvdude2000]

Weight, packaging, and performance at altitude. The lower the weight, the more available payload. The shorter the engine, the more interior room.

That makes sense but the suburban has the same interior room (~120sq ft) and payload (~1700lbs) as the expedition max.

Just weird they don’t make a small block v8 an option.

 

[16plati]

Ive been averaging 21mpg on short trips back and forth to work with my 2018 tow pack 4x4. It gets great milage in my opinion. It made 25.5 mpg on a long trip I ran it on. I can't expect anymore than that from a huge heavy vehicle!

It’s not even that heavy your curb weight is only 5692, I’ve got an extra 700 lbs on my curb weight with my 16

 

[shane_th_ee]

That makes sense but the suburban has the same interior room (~120sq ft) and payload (~1700lbs) as the expedition max.

Just weird they don’t make a small block v8 an option.

Ah, but that Suburban's payload comes with the 5.3L V8. If you want the 6.2L....

Here's a link to random dealer's website showing tire and loading information for a GMC Yukon XL Denali. (For whenever the link dies, it's ~1515lbs).

Here's a picture of my payload sticker (If the link doesn't work, it's 1671lbs):

So I've got 10% more payload than the Yukon XL Denali, even after the ginormous sunroof and a bunch of metal skid plates...

 

[Deadman]

It’s not even that heavy your curb weight is only 5692, I’ve got an extra 700 lbs on my curb weight with my 16

Congratulations for being Obese!

 

[JExpedition07]

Ah, but that Suburban's payload comes with the 5.3L V8. If you want the 6.2L....

Here's a link to random dealer's website showing tire and loading information for a GMC Yukon XL Denali. (For whenever the link dies, it's ~1515lbs).

Here's a picture of my payload sticker (If the link doesn't work, it's 1671lbs):

So I've got 10% more payload than the Yukon XL Denali, even after the ginormous sunroof and a bunch of metal skid plates...

I guess the payload is lower on the new expeditions and GM units. My 07’ was 1,790 pounds.

 

[Suvdude2000]

Ah, but that Suburban's payload comes with the 5.3L V8. If you want the 6.2L....

Here's a link to random dealer's website showing tire and loading information for a GMC Yukon XL Denali. (For whenever the link dies, it's ~1515lbs).

Here's a picture of my payload sticker (If the link doesn't work, it's 1671lbs):

So I've got 10% more payload than the Yukon XL Denali, even after the ginormous sunroof and a bunch of metal skid plates...

Yeah. My preference would be 150lbs less in ‘payload’ to get a big naturally aspirated V8. Even with 8 people in my denali I have hundreds of pounds in payload margin....Not to mention I’ve literally never driven more than 10 miles with 8 passengers.

I get your point though, extra engine weight eats into payload.

 

[S13ka24de]

I try to feather it and still only does 18mpg on highway but once back to city it drop down to 14mpg. I have a black edition 2019. It really sucks

 

[Deadman]

I try to feather it and still only does 18mpg on highway but once back to city it drop down to 14mpg. I have a black edition 2019. It really sucks

Just learn to get out of the throttle. Anytime you get into the turbos, its gonna suck fuel. You might have 3.31 gears, so yours should be able to do better than mine.

 

[aggiegrad05]

I try to feather it and still only does 18mpg on highway but once back to city it drop down to 14mpg. I have a black edition 2019. It really sucks

I’m right around there. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with your vehicle. It’s easy to get shi**y mileage...you have to really work to get anything above 16 and anything above 18 takes highway cruising. For me anyway.

 

[KOPIER]

Picked up 19 platinum 4x4 two weeks ago. I'm freaking out. - the computer says I'm averaging 11.7 mpg - this is my wife's car and she does not even know how to put the thing in sports mode or turn off the start / stop feature and she does not speed - pick up kids drop off kids - every time I get in the car the gas is down huge - I traded ina MB GL 550 (twin turbo v8). With 305 22 tires and we were getting about 16-17mpg - if these numbers are real - Fors is going to have problems - class action if they stay around these numbers