Weird Comsumption Bar

airpolgas · 03-03-2006, 02:17 PM

Can someone explain how this came about? This is the second time it happened. Both occured on my drive back home from work. I was not sitting at traffic for 5 minutes. It was not even a stop and go commute. Pretty much 20 MPH average.

San_Carlos_Jeff · 03-03-2006, 02:26 PM

Someone else posted a similar picture a few months back. If my memory is correct (a BIG if) I think it was deduced that they were fiddling with the mph/kph button at the time and it somehow affected the screen. Were you doing the same thing when this happened?

Dripps · 03-03-2006, 02:28 PM

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Originally posted by airpolgas@Mar 3 2006, 03:17 PM
Can someone explain how this came about? This is the second time it happened. Both occured on my drive back home from work. I was not sitting at traffic for 5 minutes. It was not even a stop and go commute. Pretty much 20 MPH average.

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69 degrees? Hardly seems fair....we have snow and in 20's. Can't help you with consumption reading....but count your blessings!

airpolgas · 03-03-2006, 03:16 PM

I'm not fiddling with anything, except changing between energy mode and comsumption once in a while.

69, yeah, bummer. And we even had rain.

Kestrel · 03-03-2006, 03:20 PM

I can't explain it, but it happened to me once under different circumstances. I was in stop-and-roll traffic waiting to cross the Bay Bridge on a warm-ish Saturday afternoon in early February. I got one bar at 100 mpg, followed by one at zero, followed by another at 100. I may have toggled between the consumption and energy screens a few times during that 15-min period, but I don't think I touched anything else on the MFD. I had the stereo on, but no A/C.

engunneer · 03-03-2006, 03:32 PM

I know you said you weren't sitting still, but the only way I know that to happen is if you use some gas (A/C or heat) when not moving, you get 0, where if you don't use any gas, you get 100. I also find it very interesting that you get regen marks during this period.

My professional opinion: weird.

airpolgas · 03-03-2006, 03:34 PM

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Originally posted by Kestrel@Mar 3 2006, 01:20 PM
I got one bar at 100 mpg, followed by one at zero, followed by another at 100
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That was my reading the first time this happened. My first 20 minutes from work is usually flat with a moderate downhill, so I usually coast during that part of the trip. That's why seeing 0 was really surprising.

McShemp · 03-03-2006, 03:34 PM

I get this quite often. You've evidently (according to the car at least) gone five minutes without using any fuel to propel the car. Since you can't divide by zero (miles/gal) to make a calculation for that segment, the empty bar is what happens. If your ICE would have come on at all during the five minutes - I mean just for a second - you'd be seeing the "full", 100 MPG bar instead.

airpolgas · 03-03-2006, 03:36 PM

That does explain it. Like I said, it's pretty much downgrade from work, so it's conceivable that I did electric/coast for 5 minutes! Thanks!

Mtichon · 03-03-2006, 09:39 PM

Same thing happened to me this morning driving down the Pasadena freeway at about 8:50 am. I was coasting/gliding in heavy traffic. The indicator would not move whether I stomped on the gas or just coasted. Then, on the next 5 mile block, everything was fine again. Do you think the rain and very wet road was to blame?
Mike

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Originally posted by airpolgas@Mar 3 2006, 12:17 PM
Can someone explain how this came about? This is the second time it happened. Both occured on my drive back home from work. I was not sitting at traffic for 5 minutes. It was not even a stop and go commute. Pretty much 20 MPH average.

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03-03-2006, 02:17 PM	#1
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03-03-2006, 02:26 PM	#2
San_Carlos_Jeff Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Northern California Posts: 548 My Car: 2005 Prius Package: #3 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Someone else posted a similar picture a few months back. If my memory is correct (a BIG if) I think it was deduced that they were fiddling with the mph/kph button at the time and it somehow affected the screen. Were you doing the same thing when this happened?

03-03-2006, 03:16 PM	#4
airpolgas Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 105 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	I'm not fiddling with anything, except changing between energy mode and comsumption once in a while. 69, yeah, bummer. And we even had rain.

03-03-2006, 03:20 PM	#5
Kestrel Bird geek Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: SF Bay Area, CA Posts: 59 My Car: 2006 Prius Package: #6 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	I can't explain it, but it happened to me once under different circumstances. I was in stop-and-roll traffic waiting to cross the Bay Bridge on a warm-ish Saturday afternoon in early February. I got one bar at 100 mpg, followed by one at zero, followed by another at 100. I may have toggled between the consumption and energy screens a few times during that 15-min period, but I don't think I touched anything else on the MFD. I had the stereo on, but no A/C.

03-03-2006, 03:32 PM	#6
engunneer Prius Hacker Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 302 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	I know you said you weren't sitting still, but the only way I know that to happen is if you use some gas (A/C or heat) when not moving, you get 0, where if you don't use any gas, you get 100. I also find it very interesting that you get regen marks during this period. My professional opinion: weird.

03-03-2006, 03:34 PM	#8
McShemp Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: SA, TX Posts: 344 My Car: 2006 Prius Package: #5 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	I get this quite often. You've evidently (according to the car at least) gone five minutes without using any fuel to propel the car. Since you can't divide by zero (miles/gal) to make a calculation for that segment, the empty bar is what happens. If your ICE would have come on at all during the five minutes - I mean just for a second - you'd be seeing the "full", 100 MPG bar instead.

03-03-2006, 03:36 PM	#9
airpolgas Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 105 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	That does explain it. Like I said, it's pretty much downgrade from work, so it's conceivable that I did electric/coast for 5 minutes! Thanks!