Miles till empty

I’ve recently purchased a 2019 Tacoma trd sport 4x4 with 16k miles on it. Every time I’ve filled it up since I got it off of the lot I’ve seen that my truck tells me I have 271 miles till empty, and my buddies truck always says 381+ till empty. Does anyone know why my truck is so low?

 

Have you manually calculated your milage? Do you have bigger tires? Lift?

 

Your buddy is a more conservative driver getting better fuel mileage

 

I drive pretty mellow, no speeding or anything. But I have a lift and 33”s so I only get about 240 miles to empty on mine.

 

Previous owner ran it like a scolded dog or did nothing but rock crawl with it and tons of idling. Your truck learns your driving habits.

 

^This^

 

Just reset your MPG’s. My truck gets 386 every time I fill up, and that’s with driving with a semi heavy foot. Whoever owned it before you must have been redlining it every day, especially if it’s all stock.

 

Miles to empty is routinely inaccurate on my truck. It tells me 0 miles to empty when the needle is well above the "E" line. If I fill up when it tells me to, I still have 3 gallons in the tank. Annoying.

 

Knowing that I still have 60-100 miles left when the warning lights start, I've driven my vehicle down to 0 on the "miles left"; pisses my wife off, I can see her over there stewing

 

Unfortunately Stupid people are on the endangered list these days, so we have to protect them from themselves, so E is not empty anymore, it's the second and final warning your dumbass is about to run out of gas soon.
We have 2000 something Honda CRV down at the farm, we deliberately leave vehicles nearly out of fuel in case they're stolen, and so it forces everyone to add fresh fuel. We drove around Friday night, and all Saturday on E, and it never even sputtered. Afterwards, my buddy added about 2.5 gallons, and it was still on E. (He only added the fuel this time, so he had empty fuel cans, to fill on the way down next time)

 

Do people actually think these miles to go measurements are accurate? They are not. They generally shrink faster than the actual miles you travel. Mine says 385 miles range every time after a fill up. I cannot drive 385 miles before it says 0 left on the range. More likely 340 or so at best. I could probably hit 385 if I ignore the 0 and use up the last 3 gallons past empty, but that wouldn't be a fair comparison since the range already ran out.

The other day, I started my drive to work with 42 miles til empty, I drove 19.1 miles and it said 6 miles to empty. Math does not compute. They are only a guide.

 

Thanks guys, I’ll reset my MPG and see if that helps

 

I wouldnt worry about it, just reset the tripmeter every time you fill up. Some quick math will show you the truth. The other day the computer said I was getting 11mpgs, according to math I actually got 17.2

 

No it’s bone stock for now I’m in the process of doing a king 6” lift with 35s

 

What lift are you installing?

 

Toyota should provide a menu option for the miles to empty calculation:

Option 1 - Cautious (for dumbasses)
Option 2 - Advanced (for people who want to know the real number of miles left)

 

I agree, but dumbasses will still choose #2, remember we're protecting everyone, no one is allowed to get stuck, hurt, or even die. Mankind will go extinct sooner than planned, due to our love for saving the stupid.

 

No shit, might as well look at other default menu options, no need to see just how horrendous your MPG is with that setup.

 

Mine says 355 to 380 miles to empty but always the half tank shows 180 miles left which makes me think its actually 360 something. Also never seen the low gas warning ever even with 15 miles left.

 

I find the miles to go accurate unless I go up a mountain or something then it takes a dive.