Locate an Auto Repair Shop in Tempe, Arizona

Ok, so it's 4 years later, but was there ever a resolution on this? I'm having the same issue....seems like it worked intermittently and then finally just died and won't come on at all.

I've read that the car is not is not fully warmed up (tranny) just because the temp gauge has moved up from the cold position. In cold or cooler weather it can take 5 miles or more, depending on how cold, for the car to get at optimal operating temp. You might be shocked at the low MPG any gasoline engine get in cold weather for the first several miles.

It's almost always constant since I use the cruise control and it's pretty flat the whole trip. The temps have varied from 50 degrees to 20 degrees but have seemed to average around 40 during the times of the trips. I have not looked at the instantaneous MPG but will start tomorrow and keep track. The dealer is scheduling me sometime this week to take a look at the car. I had my brother up here in and he owns a Sonata and gets better gas mileage than I do. He was with me during these road trips and he thinks there has to be something wrong too. Hard to believe it would be that messed up without any stalling, stuttering, smoking etc. going on.

The lowest temp I have seen in my '02 Explorer was -10F(-23C?) about a mile from where I live, and the highest was 111F(44C?) on I-64 in Virginia. Was i close on the math?

I thought of you last night. We were talking about Colorado with our neighbors. They have a condo there. I told them how beautiful we thought it was this summer---in every part of the state. We were so impressed with Colorado and Wyoming. Can't wait to return to both places. Gee, thanks. However, I don't think you'd like to be here at the moment. Highs in the 30's and 40's with lots of snow still on the ground. The sun is out, mind you - not a cloud in the sky. And, you visited the nice part of Wyoming. My experiences are decidedly different, having only ever visited Cheyenne and Laramie. Barren, wind-swept and brown - nothing particularly endearing about either place. Summer here, as you've noted, is a different story - temps in the 80's and 90's for the most part, and not humid at all. The maximum temp ever recorded in Denver was 105. I'm OK trading that for not having to shovel snow in the winter. My arms and back hurt for a week after our last round of storms. And, the two snowiest months are still to come - March & April.