VERY BAD GAS MILAGE!!!!

[Coastal]

I just picked up a new Ranger Lariat 2X4 .Love the truck .But...I live in So Cal near the beach and do a lot of city stop-and-go driving I don't drive like grandpa but I'm not heavy on the throttle by any means nor on the breaks for that matter . On my second tank of gas I recorded my odometer millage at 211.8 then drove mostly around town for a few days and filled up again at 391.0 Mi on the odometer. It took 13.35 Gal to fill up again. I'm showing 13.2 Mi/Gal average. OMG that's horrible !!! I could buy an old used gas guzzling behemoth truck and probably get 14/15 on that that!!!! The sticker says 22mpg combined city/highway .I get that and was expecting to get less .But 13.2 .REALLY??? . I did not expect it to be this bad!! Am I calculating incorrectly? Anybody else experiencing millage like this? Very disappointed at the moment...

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[GLW]

I just picked up a new Ranger Lariat 2X4 .Love the truck .But...I live in So Cal near the beach and do a lot of city stop-and-go driving I don't drive like grandpa but I'm not heavy on the throttle by any means nor on the breaks for that matter . On my second tank of gas I recorded my odometer millage at 211.8 then drove mostly around town for a few days and filled up again at 391.0 Mi on the odometer. It took 13.35 Gal to fill up again. I'm showing 13.2 Mi/Gal average. OMG that's horrible !!! I could buy an old used gas guzzling behemoth truck and probably get 14/15 on that that!!!! The sticker says 22mpg combined city/highway .I get that and was expecting to get less .But 13.2 .REALLY??? . I did not expect it to be this bad!! Am I calculating incorrectly? Anybody else experiencing millage like this? Very disappointed at the moment...

For whatever it’s worth, on my RR I was only getting a little over 12MPG on the first three tanks of gas. After that it started to slowly improve. After having the break-in oil changed I’m now getting just a little south of 20 daily. I happy with that for RR.
I don’t know if that is the norm but that’s my experience.

 

[Coastal]

For whatever it’s worth, on my RR I was only getting a little over 12MPG on the first three tanks of gas. After that it started to slowly improve. After having the break-in oil changed I’m now getting just a little south of 20 daily. I happy with that for RR.
I don’t know if that is the norm but that’s my experience.

Thanks for your reply. Are you driving mostly city millage or something else? Also did you go with a full synthetic for your oil change?

 

[jeffers]

I just picked up a new Ranger Lariat 2X4 .Love the truck .But...I live in So Cal near the beach and do a lot of city stop-and-go driving I don't drive like grandpa but I'm not heavy on the throttle by any means nor on the breaks for that matter . On my second tank of gas I recorded my odometer millage at 211.8 then drove mostly around town for a few days and filled up again at 391.0 Mi on the odometer. It took 13.35 Gal to fill up again. I'm showing 13.2 Mi/Gal average. OMG that's horrible !!! I could buy an old used gas guzzling behemoth truck and probably get 14/15 on that that!!!! The sticker says 22mpg combined city/highway .I get that and was expecting to get less .But 13.2 .REALLY??? . I did not expect it to be this bad!! Am I calculating incorrectly? Anybody else experiencing millage like this? Very disappointed at the moment...

Remember CA gas gives you a hit in mpg's, but it costs more so its kind of a win win.

 

[Wayfaring Ranger]

Most of us with the same truck seem to be averaging 20-24. I'd give it a few tanks and then either reset your truck's MPG calculator or do it by hand.

I fill up with 91 or 93 octane and do a mix of city/highway and my truck currently says 21.5 mpg. Total odometer mileage around 2.7k

 

[GLW]

Thanks for your reply. Are you driving mostly city millage or something else? Also did you go with a full synthetic for your oil change?

I did get full synthetic. I’m about 50/50 city/highway

 

[Peter949]

Reset the mpg and see what you get after a week. My 2019 with the same 2.3 never got lower than 18 at the worst with very spirited driving with a tune.

 

[G L Rockwell]

For whatever it’s worth, on my RR I was only getting a little over 12MPG on the first three tanks of gas. After that it started to slowly improve. After having the break-in oil changed I’m now getting just a little south of 20 daily. I happy with that for RR.
I don’t know if that is the norm but that’s my experience.

Better milage than my 2020 tacoma at 1400 miles. I'm impressed with my mileage.

 

[RangerDangerStranger]

When the Truck is new, It's doing all kinds of weird stuff. check it after 1000 miles. If it doesn't improve, you might have a leaky injector or other problem.

 

[Clay6GRanger]

I agree with everyone else, during break-in your mpg will not be as high as after engine break-in and all the learning the computer is doing. I have also noticed, especially after putting larger tires on my XLT, that using the ECO mode keeps the turbo from making a ton of boost during acceleration from a stop. You can actually accelerate without using any boost if DO drive like a grandpa. Not as fun but certainly better on the mpgs!

 

[Raptor1996]

Also remember that lots of idle time can impact gas mileage.

 

[MIAZ]

Our Raptor in mixed town/2 lane highway driving runs 18-20, with a high of 22. That’s only getting into the gas pedal occasionally. It eats way more gas fighting wind or towing. I had 6 mpg’s driving into a 40 mph wind at 70 mph towing a trailer. My friend who has 5th generation 2.3 was very surprised in our Raptor with mileage, I’m quite pleased with it. 1st and 2nd tanks were similar to what we get now. I really watch it on break in, driving stop and go , easy on gas and don’t do jack rabbit starts for the first 100-150 miles, then a bit more for the first 500. Hope yours gets better soon.

 

[Coastal]

Thanks to everyone for your replies/support. I will monitor and report back after break-in and oil change. Which seem to be the biggest factors effecting milage without changing driving habits. Wasn't aware that the computer is learning during break-in. Dang computer and tech. lol
Expect the worst and be pleasantly surprised when things work out better than I thought! Is how I will approach this.

 

[MIAZ]

We also have a ‘23 Maverick hybrid and we don’t use it in the winter, it’s stored indoors with the battery disconnected. Talking about the computer learning during break in, I think, no knowledge or technical skills to back it up, that after reconnecting the battery and driving it around where I could drive on streets and roads without being pushed along by traffic. I’m getting 2-3 mpg’s more than I did last summer. That took 100 miles or more to happen .So I’m wondering if a battery disconnect on the Ranger would reset things???? If I were you, I’d research that well, check with your dealer before doing anything. Before we got our Raptor, I read something about having premium gas in it during break in, I checked with the dealer and even though the Raptor will run on regular gasoline, they thought that premium gas would be better and our gas mileage is good for such a higher performance engine.

 

[Velociraptor]

For whatever it’s worth, on my RR I was only getting a little over 12MPG on the first three tanks of gas. After that it started to slowly improve. After having the break-in oil changed I’m now getting just a little south of 20 daily. I happy with that for RR.
I don’t know if that is the norm but that’s my experience.

Damn my RR has 150 miles on it so far and I average 17.5 mpg. Hopefully it’ll improve a little.

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