Yaris Cross Hybrid fuel gauge question?

[dannyboy413]

@Cyker

According to the specification sheet I have for my ordered Yaris Cross, the tank capacity is 36 litres.

[FROSTYBALLS]

36 litres with a 5.4 litre reserve

[RobertR]

Reserve is 9L i guess. With range of 0 to 20km i can manage to put only 27L in the tank.

[Roy124]

My gauge has been close to 100 miles per quarter and 27 litres is all it could take with 10 miles to go.

[RonYarisX]

Came across this thread looking for an answer to part of my question which I can't believe after several months of ownership, I've just noticed. 👍

The fuel guage had a R rather than an E ( which was on all our old Toyotas ) and wondered what it meant. When the fuel guage approaches E for Empty and the light or 'please refill' type of warning message apprears, I thought it's obvious we're running on reserves?

As there is no 'E' and only an 'R', does that mean the tank is always on reserves and never empties? 🤣

As I say that was part of my questioning. The other part I still haven't found an answer too, is we used to have 'F' to indicate full, now we have a '1'  What was wrong with F? What's 1 supposed to signify?

I may not be the brightest person in the world but even the thickest Essex born WAG knows F = Full.

( or Fool 🤣 ) 

Would have loved to have been a fly-on-the-wall when Toyota had the discussion about replacing  F with 1.

 

[Roy124]

The gauge above reserve is marked in quarters. The sum of 4 quarters is One whereas the opposite of empty is Full.

However you found my earlier where I observed that the gauge counted down to the Reserve.

Just last month though I saw at some point around 80 miles the low fuel warning popped up and it stopped showing range to Reserve. 

I guess too many people were using the Reserve to Empty.

[Trewithy]

1 hour ago, RonYarisX said:

As there is no 'E' and only an 'R', does that mean the tank is always on reserves and never empties? 

 

Ron,

Is this a serious remark. Off course the tank will empty and you will soon know when it happens, the car will just glide to a halt and you will not be able to restart.

Some people want to know if their car can do another 50 miles when the low light comes on,  why?  what's the point?  Just get into the habit of filling up when the gauge is down to about 1/4 left.  

[Cyker]

52 minutes ago, Trewithy said:

Ron,

Is this a serious remark. Off course the tank will empty and you will soon know when it happens, the car will just glide to a halt and you will not be able to restart.

Of course not, he's just making a joking point about why the gauge is this bizarre 1(??)-R(eserve) instead of the more sane F(ull)-E(mpty)

 

53 minutes ago, Trewithy said:

Some people want to know if their car can do another 50 miles when the low light comes on,  why?  what's the point?  Just get into the habit of filling up when the gauge is down to about 1/4 left.  

Have you never been caught out? e.g. you're on holiday in the middle of nowhere and the village petrol station you were going to use is unexpectedly closed and now you're wondering if you can make it to the motorway services or to wait overnight for the petrol station to open.

It's always good to know the limits of your vehicle even if you have no intention of pushing them, for that one emergency.

 

[Roy124]

Cyker, quite.  We were on a new A road and needed fuel.  The choice was divert into a strange town or hope we could reach the next  filling station we knew would definitely be there.

[Primus1]

R. stands for race mode, when the fuel gauge hits this mark you know the car will be light enough to engage power mode and it will give you a huge speed advantage, then you can find the next Audi on the road and sit three feet off his bumper at 95mph and see how they like it….🫣

[Trewithy]

1 hour ago, Cyker said:

Have you never been caught out? e.g. you're on holiday in the middle of nowhere and the village petrol station you were going to use is unexpectedly closed and now you're wondering if you can make it to the motorway services or to wait overnight for the petrol station to open

 

I have never been caught out as I always fill up in good time so I am prepared for the unexpected, especially in an unfamiliar area.

[Jasper.]

7 hours ago, Trewithy said:

I have never been caught out as I always fill up in good time so I am prepared for the unexpected, especially in an unfamiliar area.

My thinking..😊

[Mojo1010]

11 hours ago, Cyker said:

Have you never been caught out? e.g. you're on holiday in the middle of nowhere and the village petrol station you were going to use is unexpectedly closed and now you're wondering if you can make it to the motorway services or to wait overnight for the petrol station to open.

It's always good to know the limits of your vehicle even if you have no intention of pushing them, for that one emergency.

 

Yep.

12 hours ago, Trewithy said:

Some people want to know if their car can do another 50 miles when the low light comes on,  why?  what's the point?  Just get into the habit of filling up when the gauge is down to about 1/4 left.  

Never have been caught out myself, though this was the reason I have always pushed all my cars to reach near end of fuel so that I understand what sort of range the car has left in the event of such a situation described by cyker.

Recently done it to my new car Yaris, 36L tank, driven negative 30 miles below 0 range. Put in nearly 33L on first click.

[Roy124]

Ran out of fuel twice.  Once in a SAAB99 after a high speed run from Strasbourgh to Paris.  We were at the top of a hill so I coasted to the filling station at the bottom.   Lucky.

Second time was a Mondeo.  I jumped in the car and set off on a 50 mile journey.   Unknown to me the wife had done a 100 mile trip that day.  I ran out half a mile from a filling station and my spare can was empty.  A passing motorist stopped and gave me a lift (I left the car unlocked :().

I was lucky to get another lift back to find the police guarding the abandoned car.  Lucky again.

[Parts-King]

On 9/2/2022 at 10:07 AM, forkingabout said:

 

It can be an expensive repair bill if you run a Toyota hybrid completely out of fuel & then deplete the traction battery.

 

There is a special HV charger that the dealer has to hire in from Toyota if that happens. It is VERY expensive and fully chargeable, if you run out of fuel in a Hybrid then 1: Do not be tempted to run it in EV, it will shut down very quickly and you will be stranded and have a very expensive repair bill. 2: Never ever mention that it has happened to you, people will call you a plonker 🤣🤣🤣