2008 Ford Escape Owner Guide 3rd Printing - Page 68

Driver Controls Info menu This control displays the following control displays: • Trip Odometer A or B • Distance to Empty • Average Fuel Economy • Instantaneous Fuel Economy • Blank (odometer off) Odometer/Trip odometer Refer to Gauges in the Instrument Cluster chapter. Distance to empty (DTE) Selecting this function from the INFO menu will give you an estimate of how far you can drive with the fuel remaining in your tank under normal driving conditions. Remember to turn the ignition OFF when refueling your vehicle. Otherwise, the display will not show the addition of fuel for a few miles (kilometers). DTE will vary according to your driving habits. Average fuel economy (AFE) Select this function from the INFO menu to display your average fuel economy in miles/gallon or liters/ 100 km. If you calculate your average fuel economy by dividing miles traveled by gallons of fuel used (liters of fuel by used 100 kilometers traveled), your figure may be different than displayed for the following reasons: • your vehicle was not perfectly level during fill-up • differences in the automatic shut-off points on the fuel pumps at service stations • variations in top-off procedure from one fill-up to another • rounding off the displayed values to the nearest 0.1 gallon (liter) 1. Drive the vehicle at least 8 km (5 miles) with the speed control system engaged to display a stabilized average. 68 2008 Escape (204) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA (fus)