Other Fuel System Tank Mounting problems of the 2005 Ford Freestyle

I recently purchased a new 2005 Ford Freestyle. We have found this to be a very ood automobile except for one notable defect. This defect is described below. The automobile's specifications indicate that is has a 19 gallon fuel tank. The fuel gauge and instrumentation panel computer all calculate fuel usage based upon a 16 gallon fuel tank. For example, if the fuel gauge indicates 1/2 full, the fuel used is approximately 7. 5 to 8 gallons. The fuel gauge will be at empty (and low fuel light come on) at 15. 5 to 16 gallons of fuel used. After numerous phone calls, a local Ford sales manager indicates that the Ford Freestyle has a 3 gallon reserve in the tank. All cars I've owned have a 0. 5 to 1 gallon fuel reserve but never anything as large as 3 gallons. The owners manual addresses this issue on page 260 as follows: "the advertised capacity is the amount of the indicated capacity and the empty reserve combined. Indicated capacity is the difference in the amount of fuel in a full tank and a tank when the fuel gauge indicates empty. Empty reserve is the small amount of fuel remaining in the fuel tank after the fuel gauge indicates empty" is 3 gallons a small amount of fuel? this amount of fuel provides almost 60-72 miles of additional driving range based upon the projected fuel consumption. 3 gallons is almost 16% of the total fuel capacity!!! the bottom line is that this must be considered false advertising at a minimum. Numerous websites (edmunds. Com, etc. ) will publish driving range of this car based upon a 19 gallon fuel tank. Based upon the fuel gauge, computer and low fuel indicators, the driving range would be reduced by ~16%. We believe this is a design defect. Dealers acknowledge that their is no technical problem. We hope that you can make Ford motor company aware of this condition and indicate that a they should fix the problem via a technical service bulletin.