I've put about 200 miles on my new ranger. In 2H best I've gotten is 15.5 mpg around town. I realize I'm in rural North Carolina in the foothills so it's not flat ground. But that's a far cry sometimes 20 city. Or is it?

Love my truck

 

Assuming a crewcab 4door 4x4 the 15/16 MPG would be about right, thats what "real world" tests came out with, you might touch 20MPG with all highway, but it is a 4,550+lbs vehicle

The Supercab 2door 2wd can push 23/24 MPG on all highway
The 2WD and 4x4 MPG numbers published are for supercab or regular cab models for pickups, never for the heaviest model in that class, lol

 

Ron correct on all counts. 4x4 crew cab. Thanks.

 

BTW, I did learn turning off the auto shut off affects mpg some. I turn it off when I start the truck. My reasoning is that there is a hesitation, even if ever so slight, when the light turns green, or I leave a side road turning onto a major road and I'm not comfortable with that.

Could be one reason for mpg being less.

Interesting that the local Ford dealer would not mention the significant difference from sticker out of transparency. I still probably would have bought the truck ... I love it.

 

You can also lift your foot off the brake pedal a bit after stopping to prevent auto off, I was told this, haven't tried this since I don't have one to play with.............yet

 

I have 13,000 miles on a 2WD Supercab bought in Oct '19. I have gotten 24-26 MPG on highway trips of 600 mi one-way. That is a trip that requires one gas stop. (MO to MN via Illinois and wisconsin, 55/39/90/94).

In city, I have averaged 16 on short trips of 2 to 5 miles during winter, but a solid 19-20 on longer trips in warmer weather.

These are as reported on-screen, but I have found that to be pretty accurate when compared to fuel usage. I will say that with the available power, if you habitually "punch it", you cannot expect the same mileage. The 270 HP sucks gas big time when floored, but then, it also moves pretty darn quick when you need it to. Totally unlike the 4 cyl in the old S10, which, combined with a 4:10 rear end, was better suited to plowing than racing. .

That actually restarts it, unless you catch it before the rather quick shutoff, but if you come to a stop and just before you do, you lift foot for an instant, then it will not shut off.

 

I only got in the teens MPG for my first couple hundred miles. I'm up to 550 miles and I can get 20 MPG at 70 MPH, I hit 26 MPG this morning, keeping it at 60-65 MPH

 

That 26 mpg at 65 sounds about right. I do a little better, but I have a cap on the truck that tends to streamline it a bit. There is a huge swirl behind the cab at highway speeds, it will even move gravel around. I think the cap helps a bit.

 

Crew Cab FX4 just over 10k, 24 mpg mostly rural.

 

Chuck I haven't really had it on a highway long enough to see.

 

Now that it is warmer, mileage has gone UP.

Two days ago I filled up and reset the data, and so far, the indicated mileage (which generally agrees with fillup data) for city/suburban driving on regular streets, uphill and downhill, has been up at around 24+mpg. That's paying attention, and trying to get the best mileage, yes. I will guarantee that if you just lay on it away from a stop, you will not be getting anything similar.

With the recent Covid stuff, I have not been traveling as normal, so I do not have any recent long highway trip data. All prior data I had, which generally agreed with the Ford claims of 25-26 highway and 19 city, was late fall and winter data. Some of my winter data was lower, but that was nearly all short trips in cold weather.

 

I've got about 2.5K miles on the clock and up until recently I was averaging 24MPG, but now that it's hot and I'm running the AC, I'm only getting about 21-22MPG
Also, there's more cars on the road than there was when I bought my Ranger, I guess people are going back to work. More people = more traffic, more traffic = lower MPG

I am impressed with the motor. When I want to pass someone, it gets the job done

 

I ran the AC once to keep things lubricated, but I do not use it much, just that once recently. A/C usually does cut MPG, so it is not surprising to see 22 or so.

Your comment on the motor is right on target. When you need the Ranger to move, it moves. Had to get used to the turbo lag. That's one thing about a Roots or other mechanically connected supercharger, it is always right there ready.

 

I get 18.2 mpg and have driven 3500 miles in 4x4 XLT.

 

The 4x4 seems to really get lower mileage.

Mine is a 2WD with about 13,500 on the odometer since October.

I made a LOT of trips from near St Louis to Minnesota last fall and winter. Highway mileage was always close to 24, depending on headwinds etc. But my recent local non-highway mileage has been much better since the warm weather started.

 

my 04, with the 4.0 4wd extended cab, gets 13mpg average.

stop complaining lol

 

"City" type mileage on mine has been between 23 and 25 MPG since the weather warmed up. No long trips to compare to yet.

Anyone getting 15 MPG with the new Ranger either has 4WD, or a lead foot. No clue about an '04. That 13 MPG would have had me trading it in years ago.

 

Not impressive at all to me
My 98 K1500 with the 5.7 and 5-spd gets 18 hiway. (3.73)(4x4)
my 05 Ranger 3.0/5-spd might hit 20 on the hiway (3.73)(2x4)

The Chevy gets more use as it rides a lot nicer and gets more work done.
I am in Rural S. Texas, so most all of my miles are hiway and the cars fully warm up before getting
to the hiway from the house.

Whoops----replying to the guy getting 18 with his 4x4

 

Short trip mileage still holding at 23+ MPG. I should be resuming long trips fairly soon, and will see how that does in warm weather. I put about 13,000 miles on since October, then the virus thing shut that down.

 

No long trips yet, but last tank showed an overall average of 25.7 MPG for the tank, all city driving, although with some short highway trips as alternative to poking along on surface streets.

Nary a complaint about that. I doubt it wil do much better if any better on the highway, air resistance will start taking a toll.