UX 250h gas gauge accuracy

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02-14-20, 03:54 PM

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tofuprod

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Originally Posted by corradoMR2

Nice. If you like the CT, you'll love the UX (smoother, quieter, more powerful, etc)

+3.

I had the CT, jumped to a LS and I'm back in a UX. Loved all of them but the CT remains special to me to this day. Absolutely loved that car..

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02-15-20, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by 3GSShoe

There is a clear and present problem. This is my first I’m ever dealing with an issue like this and it appears present with only the hybrid models.

You could bring this under lemon law under some states. A few news channel picked up and are reporting on this story. Watch it!!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Au6TQBEKjHw

Of course this won’t stop the sale of MY2020 sales because people don’t know of the problem until they have it. I’m also glad that there is a lawsuit on it now. Toyota already acknowledged this publicly that there is a problem. Moreover, they’ve issued an internal bulletin to the dealers about the gas tank problem.

Nah, not the same problem. RAV4's tank is supposed to be 14.5 Gallons and fills to only about 10.5 Gallons. UXh capacity is smaller by design at 10 Gallons and fills to that.

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02-21-20, 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by sjw91

I'm curious about when the fuel gauge shows empty on the UX 250h. I currently have a CT 200h. It has a 12 gallon gas tank, but the gauge says it's dead empty when there's still 3 gallons in the tank. Range indicator also says 0 miles at that point. I understand it relates to the fuel pump design, and it's better not to let the tank run too low.

Anyway, I saw the UX has just a 10.5 gallon gas tank in the hybrid, and I wondered if it said it was empty after using just 7.5 gallons.

What you said is accurate on the CT. I usually drove anywhere from 50-75 miles with the gas light on in my CT. I'll miss it. Got a new UX and had the same question. Thanks for asking!

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06-09-20, 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by sjw91

I just bought a 2019 250h with 9,200 miles on it. It looks and feels brand new - I'm thrilled. I retired in March and had to turn in my company car, a 2019 Ford Escape. It told me how many miles I could drive until empty - isn't there something like this on the UX? Sorry for asking, but I'm just getting used to the info panel.

Edit - I was driving yesterday and I do have a range indicator that seems to be fairly accurate. I hope it stays that way.

Well further edit. Now I'm really confused. The tank was full when I bought the car and I've been driving it as far down as possible to get a feel for the gauges. I was down to 17 miles left to drive and the fuel gauge was almost on empty, so I was afraid to drive it much farther because I didn't know if 17 miles meant I would be totally out of gas or something else. Apparently it means something else because I filled my tank up with 8.8 gallons. If a Ford Escape can tell me how many more miles I can drive before empty, why can't my new car????? Is there no way to have this reset?

Last edited by Funride; 06-16-20 at 09:18 AM.