Fuel Guage

[ritarider]

Hi, I have a Yaris on an 11 plate and when it gets down to one bar on the fuel guage it starts to flash and says I need to get fuel as soon as, can anyone tell me how much fuel is left when it does this?

Thanks

[Parts-King]

It is not an exact science! But you have at least 5 litres left. I have seen salesmen drive around with the warning light burning your eyeballs out without running out of fuel

Seriously though, you should be filling up before getting that low

Kingo

[M4cc45]

I remember when I had a hire car from Toyota they estimated 50 miles left on a red-light - could be complete rubbish though!

[mrpj]

With the Mk 2 Yaris Diesel I had I let it go down to 2 bars once, on purpose, in an attempt to find out what fuel remained at one bar. I left it for a few miles to wait and see when the last bar started to blink. When it showed 41 miles remaining on the trip computer, hadn't progressed to the blinking one bar, I chickened out and filled up. The 42 litre tank took 37.1 litres so according to that I had 4.9 litres left. It was possibly on the verge of the one bar indication?

[cugsy]

I'm constantly amazed at how much is left in mine after the single bar starts flashing. Twice I've pooped me pants and pulled into a garage (not for that reason) and filled the tank. Then I stand there wondering why it still had 6 or 7 litres still in it. I've never been close to the 45 litres it states in't handbook. Its a 99 V reg by the way. Mind you, one of my bikes has an analogue fuel gauge that goes onto reserve and still has 10 litres in it - !Removed! annoying. John