I have a 2004 Explorer Limited (40K miles) with the V8 and AWD. Yesterday while driving my MPG readout in my message center started to change. It was reading a constant 17.2 mpg (I actually got 18.3 yesterday) and then in the matter of five minutes it went up to 53 or so. Everytime I pressed the reset button it would jump all over and for a while it seemed like it was responding to throttle position almost like it was a vacuum gage. I know I didn't discover a magical fuel economy fix. Is it screwed up? Any idea what is going on? Is there some secret function to this thing?
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15 years ago