wildosvt Posted February 6, 2006 Share Posted February 6, 2006 A very good guy is needing some input on the MPG of the Escape. And what better way to find out then to have the Escape owners help him out. Have at it guys/gals. Post your Model/Year/engine and MPG for city driving. Year of vehicle is not specific. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurtisH Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 2002 Escape (Midnight Appearance Package) 3.0 V-6 Average MPG 22.5 over the last 3800 miles (about 65,000 miles on it now) Disclaimer: This is roughly 50/50 city highway. It drops about 1-1.5 mpg in the summer. For comparison, my 05 Mustang GT has averaged 20.6 over 14,500 miles. We always get 1-2 mpg better than the EPA city estimates for our vehicles. By the way, we saw an increase in mileage for around the first 10,000 miles. Then it leveled off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildosvt Posted February 7, 2006 Author Share Posted February 7, 2006 Your so kind, Thank you Curtis!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoss96racing Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 the wife drives the AWD v6 escape... its an 02 and the best is has done in mostly highway driving is 19-20 .. and right now it has been fighting to get 17-18.. it has 70k miles on it and it sucks... I am going to put new plugs in it and possibly have the engine program updated to see if that improves it any.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurtisH Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 Wildo, I forgot to mention that ours is 2wd. I have a friend with a 2wd 01 Escape V-6. He gets a little better gas mileage, but about 75% of his time is on the highway. Last time I asked, he had about 115,000 miles on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildosvt Posted February 8, 2006 Author Share Posted February 8, 2006 Thanks Curtis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YT90SC Posted February 9, 2006 Share Posted February 9, 2006 The big thing that most Escape (or any other model for that matter) owners don't realize is that 55mph is the speed of 'highway' driving on the moroni. MOST Escapes I have seen will actually meet or beat that at 55. Speed up and lose mpg. At 70/75 they REALLY like the gas. Treat the throttle nice and they don't do too bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Eastman Posted February 9, 2006 Share Posted February 9, 2006 2006 Escape Hybrid 2WD : About 32 MPG overall in 8,200 miles. If you have the navigation screen, you have an instantaneous MPG readout and you can feather the throttle foot a bit and try to improve your mileage. My wife drives the Hybrid alot and she likes to do this. She can get it up to a tank average of around 34 MPG in town or highway. However, we live in a suburban area, so it is not true urban driving - strickly urban driving would be a bit better, probably about at the Mulroney posted EPA rating of 36 MPG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Extreme4x4 Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 '03 Mazda Tribute ES AWD, V6, loaded (leather, sunroof, audiophile, side airbags, cold weather package, towing package.......... everything but the sissy bars) Currently we have 42K miles on the clock. I do not get much of an opportunity to drive a full tank in the city, as we live 80 miles from the big city. My worst mileage was 18mpg, that is with all short hops into town (less than 5 miles one way will just kill your mileage). I normally average around 21-22mpg when going down to the Valley. That not sound good, but that is in very mountainous country, going from 5500ft to 1300ft, and with the cruise set on 72-73mph. My best mileage, on highway only, was 26mpg. However, that was still in semi mountainous country (just not as much elevation change). I am very pleased with the mileage, as I drive pretty hard. I would love to see what the little trucklet would do with the 6-speed auto. Also, the engine really wakes up with more miles. At 10K miles, it was markedly different than new............. at 20K miles, even better. It is almost fast now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-150 Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 10mpg in my F150. An Escape is looking better every day... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurtisH Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 ...I am very pleased with the mileage, as I drive pretty hard. I would love to see what the little trucklet would do with the 6-speed auto. ... The Escape really needs at least one more gear, two more would be great. The gaps between the gears in the current 4 speed auto are too large. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LC Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 2005 Limited with V6. Mileage sucks. According ti the computer we are averaging 15.7 overall. Approximately 11,750 ont odo. I am not impressed, my F-150 did that good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flanaganman Posted March 18, 2006 Share Posted March 18, 2006 im getting 23.6 in town with the 4cly 5sp its an 05 and i know it would do better but i use it as a work truck so its full of tools i mean a lot of stuff i do heat an air. got it may 04 so its just about 2 years old never been in the shop i do the oil my self. japanese cars have no soul. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missouri Mule Posted March 18, 2006 Share Posted March 18, 2006 My 2003 Escape got about 20-21 overall and the lowest I ever got was about 18 mpg and that would have been virtually all city driving over a long period of time where I didn't do much driving. My new 2006 Hybrid gets right at 30 mpg overall for a 50% improvement. The fuel mileage in the regular V6 is not that great which somewhat suprised me. But then again, no SUV gets real good mileage. It is probably the wind drag. Even a Jeep Liberty with the diesel gets lousy mileage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.