Also on the capless filler, you need to be careful about trying to top off the tank or you'll be leaving a trail of gas behind you when you leave the pump. Quite a few reports of spillage after filling. Gas costs enough as it is to be spilling any out on the ground would suck.

 

About 1.6 gallons, in my experience.

 

I have filled up at 0 miles to empty and taken 14.5 gallons, so yes there is a buffer in there.

 

I liked it better when the entire gage turned red. Ford should have kept that.

 

They don't want you to run out of fuel....causes damage to the expensive catalytic converters (covered under the 80k mileage warranty).

 

I have noticed this as well, 19 mi to empty and only took 13.2 gals. The MPG figures are off also. Mine seems to report about 1 MPG below what I get whne figuring it manually. I mii the 05 for it's accuracy, was always +/- 1/10 on MPG and the same
on the gals used ( missing from the 11)

 

My 2010 is the same -- seems like "50 miles to empty" realy means "50 miles to 2 gallons left"

Note of caution about the fuel filler -- it seems there is an air gap or overflow behind the area where the nozzle goes in. I found this out when I had a little bit of gas left in a gas can and wanted to put it in the car; the nozzle on the gas can wasn't small enough in diameter to go way down into the filler; when I tried to pour the gas in it spilled out underneath the car. (not out the top)

 

That's why they put that little funnel in the trunk, so you can fill it from a can.

 

hmmmmm, little funnel in the trunk????

I guess I need to rummage around a little deeper in there . . .

 

Well if you are putting 13 gallons in at "50 miles to empty", assuming 20mpg average, that means at "0 miles to empty" you will have used 13gal + 50miles/20mpg = 15.5 gallons. Sounds like you have about a 0.5 gallon buffer at "0 miles to empty". Looks good to me .