Last fuel bar to empty

Got the last bar to extinguish and orange low fuel light to illuminate with 20 miles range. Filled up at 4 miles range.

 

I usually see the low fuel light of I get within 11 miles of 'empty'. I actually have about 2 gallons at that point, but that suits me fine.

 

My fuel light comes on with a single beep and comes on at 1.8 gal remaining according to my scangauge. I have verified the scanguge againts actuall fillups and the scangauge seems accurate.

 

In many cars, you burn out the fuel pump running the gas tank dry because the fuel actually helps cool the pump which is inside the tank. Not an experiment I'd want to try.

 

x2. i agree.

 

low fuel light is a nice feature, i hope they start adding them across the board.

 

That's why the warning goes off with from 1.5 to 2 gallons left in the tank.

 

So 0.0 on your ScanGauge does represent the real bottom of the tank on the 'v'?

On my Liftback, it does not. It gets stuck at 0.7 gallon, never reading lower. But if it did display lower, its 'zero' appears to be offset from the real empty point of the tank. I.e., when I run it very low, the ScanGauge FLV reading plus the actual refill amount add up to less than 11.9 gallons.

Despite the offset, I still find this a useful indicator.

 

Running the tank DRY is very bad for much bigger reasons!

 

Maybe...
Definitely not something I want to experience for myself. But, it does appear to be accurate.

 

So, this is not on the other models?

 

the blinking fuel bar just doesn't catch your eye like a warning light.

 

Just confirming; Prius v has orange blinking icon for low fuel warning?




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An orange gas pump shaped icon lights up, but does not blink, to the left of E, at about 11 miles before Toyota's best guess of your range goes to 0.

 

Not in any new cars. You run out of fuel and you are fine. You add fuel and your car is no different. Now, if you do this on a regular basis, it can turn into an issue, but running out once isn't going to hurt anything. I think most people who are passionate about great gas mileage are all about testing limits, and like my Dad, will test the boundaries of the capacity of their tank at least once. I know that many argue the whole debris thing for the tank, but most people test their fuel tanks when the car is new, therefore the amount of debris in the tank is probably non-existent.

I would imagine most people learn enough after the first time they run out of fuel to not want to go through the process again.

 

Excellent reply! It is amazing that people continue to regurgitate horror stories from the distant past.

 

Well stated


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