NorCalTitanium

Is this ok for the motor? Usually with regular cars like my diesel trucks i have to start and run them at least every 1-2 weeks. Ive never let a vehicle sit for longer than a month without running the engine. Interesting....so the only way to really get that insane 50-60mpge is to literally just drive it around town on 20-30 mile commutes and thenback to the charging station. My commute from my suburb to the main part of my town is about 12 miles each way so i dont have a EV only option. I could see why this is much better for big cities with charging stations everywhere.

So last night my freeway speed was very tame, pretty much a flat route from san francisco to chico, there isnt many hills or grades. I kept the vehicle around 60-65, or as long as my gas MPG indicator showed i wasnt dipping below20 mpg but usually in gas mode holding its speed at 65mpg the meter will show it getting just shy of 40. But as soon as i get back onto city or country toads where the speed is around 35-45 and its depressing so have the gas motor only getting 25mpg around town seperate of the EV miles. I am now getting used to being the slowest car on the freeway, im always getting tail gaters speeding past me now, i am not used to this LOL. I drive a Jeep EcoDiesel that usually has me beating everyone else on the road and burying them in 420lbs of torque.

Thanks for the replies guys! Totally makes sense that the zero charge is affecting my low end electrical torque. I notice that the EV and gas motor do not work combined much, its either at 30% EV throttle and then switches completey to gas. Sometimes i see the EV throttle push up 10-15% when the gas is up at 3-4 (RPM) i know its not RPM, but i mean the dash marks. Like JJ2m mentioned, i do NOT have that heavy low end electrical torque. I feel it in parking lots or reverse for a split second, but then the gas motor ALWAYS wants to engage super prematurely. I wish there was a way i could push the elctric side of things to like 40-50% throttle because it is switching to gas way too early. I think a charge might be order, but also thanks on the tips for injectors etc. I figure its got 80k on it, and even though the cars computer says things are good i can tell this engine is a little noisier than it should be. It sounds almost as loud as my 2012 subaru legacy 4cylnder that had notorious engine noise. I was a bit brash last night, there are actually several things i really like about the car, i like the dash setup and i love the "engage" mode for driving, i do love cruising through parking lots and traffic in EV using no gas. I get lots of compliments strangely on the car, for something with 7+ year design thats impressive. I just HATE HATE HATE this 2.0 gas motor, the 2.4 in the regular fusion feels much smoother, every other 4cyl ive driven from altima to accord is better than the 2.0 fusion.....it feels like it has the power of a toyota yaris hatchback (Which actually smoked me on a freeway onramp with TWO ladies inside, my soul kind of died)....

I cannot seem to break the 420 mile mark in my fusion at all, with zero charge strictly hybrid mode. Ive used 87 and 89 gas and noticed actually worse MPGs with 89 weirdly... i also bought this car due to the 600 mile range claims. I know that i am missing my 20 miles from the EV charge, but still 420 miles on hybrid mode averaging 34mpg is NOT GOOD considering how SLOW this car is... Im so angry i made the "smart" decision and bought the fusion instead of the chrysler 300 5.7 i wanted. I was able to average 25mpg in a V8!!!! Yet this POS fusion only gets 25mpg on its 2.0 atkinsons if it wasnt for the electric motor boosting it up to a measly 33-34mpg. I see claims all over the internet of owners saying they easily get 40mpg and 500+ miles per tank....are they driving them in LA traffic all day or something? I drive 75/25 hwy to city...most of my city driving is done at 30-40mph in EV mode...HWY im at about 65-70 at about a 25% ratio of EV mode to gas mode.....the MPG average meter will dip as low as 20 when driving on the freeway at 65mph, that is pathetic for a 4cylinder.

Hey guys, i bought a 2015 clean title Titanium with 80k miles, oil was just changed and serviced, tires are new and in good condition, car is overall in like new condition. There are things i like about the car, but i cant seem to get over the absolute paperweight of a motor that is the 2.0 atkinsons. This has to be the slowest, torqueless POS 4banger i have ever driven. Its loud, i cant control the RPMs or shift it when i want to, and to top it off according to my calculations it only gets 25-26mpg by itself. Is something potentially wrong with my fusion? I just put 1300 miles on the car in one week, 3 fill ups. I am only getting 400-420 gallons per 12 gallon fillup. My computer average states i am getting 33.34mpg total. My trips were 75% freeway. I have not been able to charge to battery so its been on 100% hybrid mode. My ratio of electric miles to gas miles is about 30% overall. I have not been driving it hard, i try to let the EV mode takeover whenever possible. But i cannot believe they would pair the EV with such a low power 140 hp 4 cylinder in this car. I am honestly so frustrated with the lack of low end gasoline torque on this car that im debating on whether i want to keep this car. I HATE THIS MOTOR, i seriously feel like my golf cart is more powerful. I just sold a 4cyl 2014 honda accord sport which felt 2x as strong as the fusions motor. My last trip was 420 miles, of which 100 were EV. It was 12.5 gallons to fill. so the overall mileage was 33.5 mpg. However, when you subtract the 100 EV miles off, that means the gas motor alone is only averaing 25-26 mpg? How is this even possible? I own v6 that get near the same mileage with 2-3x the power. Hell, ive driven a 5.7l HEMI challenger that got 25mpg combined and thats with multiple burnouts and fast acceleration.... Am i missing something here? Is there anything i should check regarding my 2.0 motor, it seems louder than most similar cars (my old 2014 Honda Accord Sport felt 2x more powerful and averaged around 30mpg during the 2 years i owned it) My main commute is often 350 miles a day on my car during work days. I commute from a little mountain town down to the bay area and back. I baby the motor, try to keep the engine under the 2-3kw power marks (for some reason no RPM on mine). I let the EV take over as much as possible, i dont do WOT accelerations even onto freeways, i feel like im driving the car way less slower than my 2014 accord which i had leadfoot and would still get 30mpg overall and would get 34-36mpg on freeway trips) Im tempted to take it into Ford and see if there is something wrong with the engine. Or should i give this car a full charge and maybe that will change things.