i love getting 80+ mpg out of the first bar... - Toyota Yaris Forums

ern-diz · 11-12-2009, 09:37 PM

but really don't like getting only 220 or so out of the next 7...

seems like the last two bars disappear at the same time sometimes!

i wish toyota did a better job of making the fuel gauge more accurate...

SilverBack · 11-13-2009, 12:01 AM

Yeah that is kinda weird. I thought that happened because I almost always top-off the tank to the next dollar lol

Also alot of stop & go traffic can mess with your MPG. Shortcuts during rush hour FTW

firemachine69 · 11-13-2009, 03:01 AM

The gas bar is brutal. The other day I was hovering on my second-last bar for about 20 miles... I fill up, and end up only putting in 32L (out of a possible 40L). A few trips prior, the fifth bar had just disappeared... And I ended up filling with 33L.

Yea, I don't trust the gauge in the least. I use the first trip odometer exclusively to monitor fuel remaining.

amtoro · 11-13-2009, 08:34 AM

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Originally Posted by firemachine69

...I use the first trip odometer exclusively to monitor fuel remaining.

+1

b_hickman11 · 11-13-2009, 08:46 AM

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Originally Posted by ern-diz

but really don't like getting only 220 or so out of the next 7...

seems like the last two bars disappear at the same time sometimes!

i wish toyota did a better job of making the fuel gauge more accurate...

It is as accurate as any other companies gauges.....

Yaris Hilton · 11-13-2009, 10:25 AM

Gas gauges have never been anything close to accurate in any car I've driven. You learn their quirks, or you get to walk.

fmicle · 11-13-2009, 12:12 PM

Check out this article and you will see how these things work and you'll understand why it takes so much longer for that first bar to go away.

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/fuel-gauge1.htm

R2D2 · 11-13-2009, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by amtoro

+1

+2

fmicle · 11-13-2009, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by R2D2

+2

+3

b_hickman11 · 11-13-2009, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by fmicle

+3

=6

127.0.0.1 · 11-13-2009, 01:11 PM

I find with analyzing scangauge data for "distance to empty", and how much I put in, that when the Yaris gas gauge gets to 4 bars gone, 4 bars remaining, it is exactly 1/2 a tank in real life. and one bar blinking is exactly 1.6 gallons remaining, just as the manual states.

Toyota did engineer the gauge to be very accurate, once it starts to move. They took into account
float-drowning.

Forrest · 11-20-2009, 05:30 AM

Gauge works for me. I just never let it go below two bars ...so I always will get where I am going !

SilverGlow · 11-24-2009, 02:16 PM

I never owned a car that provided an accurate gauge.

Jahbs · 12-03-2009, 04:55 AM

noticed the fuel bar does not update unless u turn off the electrics and back on again

Yaris Hilton · 12-03-2009, 07:23 AM

Mine updates downward while the car's running.

tetzyamis · 12-03-2009, 03:46 PM

So does mine.

11-12-2009, 09:37 PM	#1
ern-diz View User's Garage Drives: 2007 Liftback Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: CA all day Posts: 3,794	i love getting 80+ mpg out of the first bar... but really don't like getting only 220 or so out of the next 7... seems like the last two bars disappear at the same time sometimes! i wish toyota did a better job of making the fuel gauge more accurate...

11-13-2009, 12:01 AM	#2
SilverBack Joey View User's Garage Drives: '14 Scion xD 5-speed Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: El Monte, Ca Posts: 3,529	Yeah that is kinda weird. I thought that happened because I almost always top-off the tank to the next dollar lol Also alot of stop & go traffic can mess with your MPG. Shortcuts during rush hour FTW __________________ Formerly owned Met-Met. '07 Yaris LB 5-speed. A forum post should be like a skirt: Long enough to cover the subject but short enough to keep things interesting. "I don't have an anger problem. I have an idiot problem." -Hank Hill

12-03-2009, 03:46 PM	#16
tetzyamis '09 5dr Drives: 2009 Yaris 5-Door Bayou Blue Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: HI Posts: 238	So does mine. __________________ 2009 5-Door Yaris LB Bayou Blue Pearl 2009 5-Door Yaris LB Black Sand Pearl

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11-13-2009, 03:01 AM	#3
firemachine69 School'er of hard knocks Drives: Silver Yaris 4dr. HB Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Sudbury, On Posts: 556	The gas bar is brutal. The other day I was hovering on my second-last bar for about 20 miles... I fill up, and end up only putting in 32L (out of a possible 40L). A few trips prior, the fifth bar had just disappeared... And I ended up filling with 33L. Yea, I don't trust the gauge in the least. I use the first trip odometer exclusively to monitor fuel remaining.

11-13-2009, 10:25 AM	#6
Yaris Hilton Half a Bubble Off Plumb Drives: 2009 Yaris Sedan Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Bristol, Tennessee, USA Posts: 1,593	Gas gauges have never been anything close to accurate in any car I've driven. You learn their quirks, or you get to walk.

11-13-2009, 12:12 PM	#7
fmicle Drives: 2007 Yaris LB Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: San Jose, CA, USA Posts: 685	Check out this article and you will see how these things work and you'll understand why it takes so much longer for that first bar to go away. http://auto.howstuffworks.com/fuel-gauge1.htm

11-13-2009, 01:11 PM	#11
127.0.0.1 Banned Drives: '10 Yaris5drHB+99 4runner LTD Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: NE Posts: 672	I find with analyzing scangauge data for "distance to empty", and how much I put in, that when the Yaris gas gauge gets to 4 bars gone, 4 bars remaining, it is exactly 1/2 a tank in real life. and one bar blinking is exactly 1.6 gallons remaining, just as the manual states. Toyota did engineer the gauge to be very accurate, once it starts to move. They took into account float-drowning.

11-20-2009, 05:30 AM	#12
Forrest Drives: 08 LB BLACK Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: NY Posts: 244	Gauge works for me. I just never let it go below two bars ...so I always will get where I am going !

11-24-2009, 02:16 PM	#13
SilverGlow Banned Drives: 2007 Yaris Hatchback Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Southern California Posts: 189	I never owned a car that provided an accurate gauge.

12-03-2009, 04:55 AM	#14
Jahbs Drives: 2009 Yaris YR Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Perth Posts: 53	noticed the fuel bar does not update unless u turn off the electrics and back on again

12-03-2009, 07:23 AM	#15
Yaris Hilton Half a Bubble Off Plumb Drives: 2009 Yaris Sedan Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Bristol, Tennessee, USA Posts: 1,593	Mine updates downward while the car's running.