Hybrid System Failure in 08

[DeadPhish]

Originally Posted by morpheusx

You definitely ran out of gas, as soon as you fill the tank the warnings will go away. A lot of us here have learned the hard way about the guess guage. To fix problem fill the car up with gas at 1 pip (2 if you are travelling in unknown areas). I have ran the car down to the flashing pip many times. There is no good excuse for running out of gas and I have seen myself get as many as 50 + miles from the flashing pip to barely getting 10 - 15 before running out. I was testing out my car at the time and learned my lesson quickly that the "11.9 gallon" tank is really more like a 9 gallon tank in the winter and a 10 gallon in the summer.

81,000 miles. I always drive it down til the last bar blinks and then fill it at the first station I come across, if I'm paying attention ( prior post ).

At that point I almost always put 9.7 to 10.3 gal in it. If I'm not paying attention and drive another 50+ miles...then all hell breaks loose and the nice lady inside gets on my case. At that point after a Triangle of Death Event I end up putting about 11.3-11.5 gal in it.

[Winston]

Once again, I find all of you "fill 'er up at two pips, or else" people silly. OTOH, I am suspicious of the OP's statement that they drove 5-7 miles on the blinking pip, before running out of fuel. The Prius should definately go farther than that on a blinking pip.

[xsmatt81]

tthe summer heat is killing my mpg right now.

anyway just try to keep it full at one pip or so.

i hope they increase tank capacity in the coming years..to say 13 gal

[richard schumacher]

Originally Posted by Winston

I am suspicious of the OP's statement that they drove 5-7 miles on the blinking pip, before running out of fuel. The Prius should definately go farther than that on a blinking pip.

Try doing it 10 or 20 times and let us know what happens.

[kevinwhite]

Originally Posted by Winston

Once again, I find all of you "fill 'er up at two pips, or else" people silly. OTOH, I am suspicious of the OP's statement that they drove 5-7 miles on the blinking pip, before running out of fuel. The Prius should definately go farther than that on a blinking pip.

The OP said 5-7 miles after the "Add Fuel" message. That usually occurs a long while after the pip starts blinking. And means that fuel is really, really low.

kevin

[Genoz World]

I DONT GET IT - why can't we fill up, or add fuel when it goes down to 2-3 pips????????????

WHY?????????????????????

why all this drama?

[warrior]

Refuel: I agee on the last two lines that it is time to gas up!!

[Patrick Wong]

Originally Posted by Genoz World

...why all this drama?

Hi Gene,

25% of 274 poll respondents admitted to running out of gas:
http://priuschat.com/forums/prius-ma...our-prius.html

21% of 112 respondents wait until the last pip is flashing before they seek to refuel:
When do you refill?

I am wondering whether there is a strong correlation between the respondents who ran out of gas, and those who wait until the flashing pip to refuel...

[morpheusx]

I am sure there is a strong co-relation. I now just find it best to fill up once a week on the weekend at my convenience regardless of how many pips are there.

[dogfriend]

I have never seen the flashing pip. I have never run out of fuel. I think there is a strong correlation between the two events.