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Ford Freestar Gas Mileage (MPG)

Unlike other fuel economy surveys, TrueDelta's Real-World Gas Mileage Survey includes questions about how and where a car was driven. So you can get an idea of the Ford Freestar's real-world MPG based on how and where you drive a car.

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Ford Freestar Gas Mileage

Year Body/Powertrain flat, hilly, or mountainousLand driving style: very light to "lead foot"Foot A/C use: none to heavyA/C constant stop and goTraf % many stops per mileCity % stop every mile or twoSub % fairly steady speedHwy % Hwy Spd MPG
2006 4dr Minivan, ext. 201-horsepower 4.2L V6
4-speed automatic FWD		 flat v.lt none 0 0 0 100 68 23.9
flat light none 40 20 10 30 70 19.0
flat light light 0 0 1 99 70 22.5
flat light light 0 0 1 99 70 22.5
2006 4dr Minivan, ext. 201-horsepower 4.2L V6
4-speed automatic FWD		 flat light light 10 5 3 82 70 22.0
  Averages flat light light 10 5 3 82 70 22.0
With the 201-horsepower 4.2L V6 engine, 4-speed automatic transmission, and front-wheel drive, 2006 Ford Freestar fuel economy has been averaging 22.0 MPG (miles per gallon).

The 2006 Ford Freestars in this analysis were driven mostly on the highway at an average speed of 70 miles per hour (about 82 percent of the miles driven). The rest of the miles were in heavy traffic (10 percent), in the city (5 percent), and in the suburbs (3 percent).

In addition the average 2006 Ford Freestar in this analysis was driven on flat terrain with a light foot and the AC on only some of the time.
 
Year Body/Powertrain flat, hilly, or mountainousLand driving style: very light to "lead foot"Foot A/C use: none to heavyA/C constant stop and goTraf % many stops per mileCity % stop every mile or twoSub % fairly steady speedHwy % Hwy Spd MPG
2005 4dr Minivan, ext. 201-horsepower 4.2L V6
4-speed automatic FWD		 flat light none 0 0 5 95 65 19.4
flat light none 0 10 5 85 68 22.6
flat v.lt light 10 10 5 75 68 21.4
2005 4dr Minivan, ext. 201-horsepower 4.2L V6
4-speed automatic FWD		 flat light none 3 7 5 85 67 21.1
  Averages flat light none 3 7 5 85 67 21.1
With the 201-horsepower 4.2L V6 engine, 4-speed automatic transmission, and front-wheel drive, the 2005 Ford Freestar has been averaging 21.1 MPG (miles per gallon).

The 2005 Ford Freestars in this analysis were driven mostly on the highway at an average speed of 67 miles per hour (about 85 percent of the miles driven). The rest of the miles were in the city (7 percent), in the suburbs (5 percent), and in heavy traffic (3 percent).

In addition the average 2005 Ford Freestar in this analysis was driven on flat terrain with a light foot and the AC not used at all.
 
Year Body/Powertrain flat, hilly, or mountainousLand driving style: very light to "lead foot"Foot A/C use: none to heavyA/C constant stop and goTraf % many stops per mileCity % stop every mile or twoSub % fairly steady speedHwy % Hwy Spd MPG
2004 4dr Minivan, ext. 201-horsepower 4.2L V6
4-speed automatic FWD		 flat v.lt light 20 0 80 0 N/A 16.0
flat med none 5 5 20 70 74 25.0
flat light none 25 15 50 10 68 22.4
flat light none 0 89 6 6 65 17.0
flat light light 40 10 10 40 62 19.0
2004 4dr Minivan, ext. 201-horsepower 4.2L V6
4-speed automatic FWD		 flat light none 18 24 33 25 67 19.9
  Averages flat light none 18 24 33 25 67 19.9
With the 201-horsepower 4.2L V6 engine, 4-speed automatic transmission, and front-wheel drive, 2004 Ford Freestar gas mileage has been averaging 19.9 MPG (miles per gallon).

The 2004 Ford Freestars in this analysis were driven mostly in the suburbs (about 33 percent of the miles driven). The rest of the miles were on the highway at an average speed of 67 miles per hour (25 percent), in the city (24 percent), and in heavy traffic (18 percent).

In addition the average 2004 Ford Freestar in this analysis was driven on flat terrain with a light foot and the AC not used at all.
 
Year Body/Powertrain flat, hilly, or mountainousLand driving style: very light to "lead foot"Foot A/C use: none to heavyA/C constant stop and goTraf % many stops per mileCity % stop every mile or twoSub % fairly steady speedHwy % Hwy Spd MPG
2004 4dr Minivan, ext. 193-horsepower 3.9L V6
4-speed automatic FWD		 flat med light 2 20 40 38 75 24.0
flat med light 2 20 40 38 65 23.0
2004 4dr Minivan, ext. 193-horsepower 3.9L V6
4-speed automatic FWD		 flat med light 2 20 40 38 70 23.5
  Averages flat med light 2 20 40 38 70 23.5
With the 193-horsepower 3.9L V6 engine, 4-speed automatic transmission, and front-wheel drive, 2004 Ford Freestar fuel economy has been averaging 23.5 MPG (miles per gallon).

The 2004 Ford Freestars in this analysis were driven mostly in the suburbs (about 40 percent of the miles driven). The rest of the miles were on the highway at an average speed of 70 miles per hour (38 percent), in the city (20 percent), and in heavy traffic (2 percent).

In addition the average 2004 Ford Freestar in this analysis was driven on flat terrain with a medium foot and the AC on only some of the time.

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Ford Freestar Fuel Economy: Cons
YearBody/PowertrainComment
2004 4dr Minivan, ext. 201-horsepower 4.2L V6
4-speed automatic FWD		 Daily mileage around City average about 18.6 MPG Windstar was around 20/21 MPG under same conditions
2004 4dr Minivan, ext. 201-horsepower 4.2L V6
4-speed automatic FWD		 about 3 mpg less than caravan
2004 4dr Minivan, ext. 201-horsepower 4.2L V6
4-speed automatic FWD		 Fuel economy seemed poor for our Freestar. We averaged about 13 mpg city / 19-20 mpg highway.