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The AC cools when the ICE is not on... as to the question about bad fuel, the problem I reference started a while back... several tanks of gas, so I do not contribute the issue or lower MPG to gas type... When I bought the car the dealer told me that after my first scheduled maint (which occured about two weeks ago) that my MPG would get noticable better, but that is not the case.. Same driving conditions, working to get best MPG by the practices everyone discusses (with the exception of not using AC) just to darn hot in Houston this time of year.... I just finished an online survey from Ford, and I expressed the problems I am having, I am waiting to see if I get a email, or call from someone that can help me out....

I guess when posting I wasn't clear that this was a problem that started when the car hit 3,000 miles on the odometer, and the mpg dropped. My first trip on the road driving an avg speed of 65 mph, and when I filled up, I calculated about 51.7 MPG... I made the exact same trip and only avg about 37 mpg... the only difference was the outside temperature was much hotter.. but I didn't expect the mileage to drop that much... Never the less, I LOVE THE CAR, and am very glad I made the jump to Hybrid... I will continue to explore the cause of the lower fuel economy, and change in the gas engine performance.

Greetings Forum Members, My name is Jim, and I live in Houston and bought a new 2010 FFH... I have been very happy with the car, and was getting great fuel mileage, city commute in traffic each direction is 16 miles, and the temperatures have been in excess of 100 deg daily with high humidity. I am avg about 32 mpg with heavy AC use. The car only has about 3K miles on it and I am having high engine RPM on acceleration, like the engine is revving but not accelerating to match the RPM . The best way to describe the problem is it reminds me of a clutch slipping on a std transmission front wheel drive car.. (I had one of those when I was younger) I took it to Joe Myers Ford to have the first service performed and have them check out the problem... After keeping the car for three day, all they could report was that the transmission was checked, and was found to be shifting properly, which I found funny, because it doesn't shift... The problem has gotten worse and I am in search of a Houston Ford Dealer that has experience with the new technology.. I am curious if anyone else has experienced the issue I am having?