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Fuel Light (Sometimes come on)...

Discussion in 'Prius c Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by Guchdog, Feb 21, 2017.

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  1. Guchdog

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    We've been having this problem since we got the car. The fuel light or the blinky fuel bar never seems to come on. I have seen it work once where the fuel light came on around 10 miles left then beeped at me and fuel bar blinked at 4 miles. My wife has ran out of gas once saying it didn't come on at all a few weeks ago. Then today it didn't come on again and she took a pic before she filled up. No fuel light or blinking fuel gauge.

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    Anybody had this issue? We're going to take it to the dealer to take a look. Hopefully it is a simple fix.
     
  2. bisco

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    i'm not familiar with the c, but on mine, the last bar starts blinking and i get a beep at zero miles left. of course, there's still 2 gallons safety reserve on board.
     
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    My experience has been that the last bar doesn't blink until the Cruising Range hits 0 miles.
     
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    ztanos All-around Geek!

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    Cruising range doesn't always correlate to the last bar... unfortunately. I've had it beep at 15 miles remaining before. Then other times, I've had the last 1 mile of range continue of for almost 20 miles. I just trust that when it beeps I have ~1.5 miles remaining. So far that has been consistent.
     
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    My last bar only blinks and beeps when the cruising range hits "0".
    Usually I fill up at 2 to 3 bars, no reason to chance it as far as I am coincidence.
     
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    Just a curiosity - but why do you continually run it so low on fuel?
     
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    I didn't know there was a beep or a blink, so this is good information. I try to fill up at 3 bars or minimum 2 bars because the distance between petrol stations can be 100 km or more where I live :)
     
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  8. Sean Nelson

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    I've only gotten down to a single bar on the fuel gauge once, but on my 2012 Prius C as soon as the second bar went out the last bar started blinking. I've never seen any other indication of low fuel. I drove perhaps 10km after that, stopping at the first gas station that I could.

    IMHO anyone who doesn't make plans to refill at their first available opportunity once the gauge is down to that last bar, blinking or not, is just asking for trouble.
     
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    o/p must be as embarrassed as heck.
     
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