2020 Tacoma TRD OR AT 4WD dash shows only 280 mile till tank empty. is this normal?

This is everything stock, tuning, tires etc.
Feels a bit low?
mpg is ~20 hiway and about 10 city.
combined mpg is 17.

280 is what's shown on my dash as miles to tank empty.
Mayby this isn't accurate?

All 2WD mode. No 4H or 4L

Plan to get it KDMAXed so not sure if that will help....

 

I wouldn’t say that’s normal, that’s definitely odd. I’m getting around 393 miles of range on 15 MPG average with my 33s lol

 

i get about 400 a tank when driving normally and not flooring it everywhere like everyone else seems to do

 

Welcome to Tacoma World. And welcome to the world of Truck fuel economy.
I have a lifetime average of 14.9litres per 100 kms.

Prepare for this thread to explode!

 

I think mpg went up for me on the tune but the gauge on screen still shows ~267 range. Im well past 300 in actual city driving

 

So you have a 26.2 gallon fuel tank?

 

You have a 21.1gal tank. Your actual max, butt clenching range would be closer to 360mi.


That said since you're stock, 17 average is a little low. It can be greatly affected by different drivers, the speeds that folks drive, and winds. Folks will find that MPGs increase during the first 10k or so as things loosen up.

 

Well yeah this is exploding faster than I expected.

This is a 7k mile used 2020 that I got.
Is there any place where I need to reset this or something like that?

 

My 2020 is very similar. I get around 17-18 between city and highway. I only get around 280 on a full tank as well.

 

How

i was about to ask the same thing?

I have a 4x4 2020 and I get the same mileage. I don’t drive it gingerly nor am I flooring it. I have tried hyper miling it to a gas station before and averaged about 24 so if I drove more mindfully it would definitely go up

 

Wait, I should ask the obvious question...are you in 4 Hi all the time?

 

Yes. The Learned Values can be reset with TechStream or vF Tuner for the Taco to adapt to your driving. I found that it made a big difference even with me being the only owner and driver.

 

Thanks for confirming...

At least now I know my truck isn't broken. lol

but still I'm curious how did the other folks get 340 range.


I can't even drive from SF to LA on a full tank and this is crazy...

 

lol valid question but nope.

All on the 2WD option.

 

Thats more than me

 

What do you mean by 280 mile range? Is that where you ran out of gas?

When the low fuel warning light comes on, there is ~4 gallons still in the tank.

When the gauge needle is on the E line, you have 3 gallons (+/-) remaining.

My typical mileage is 16 mpg, so given that the gas tank holds 21 gallons, my range is 336 miles.
However, when the low fuel light come on, I may have only traveled 272 miles.

 

I'm at 17.2mpg. The dash usually shows around 270 mile range which is short by about 90 miles if you run the tank dry. These trucks are not fuel efficient by any means.

 

Thank you. I'll look into that.

Too bad that they don't provide this out of the box.

 

3gal left on the 3rd Gen when the light comes on and 2gal left when DTE shows 0mi.

 

Thank you. I have edited my post to clarify.

280 is what's shown on dashboard and from what I'm seeing now, that number looks to be inaccurate and needs to be reset.