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Tank average fuel economy resets mid tank

Discussion in '3rd Gen. Tacomas (2016-2023)' started by brian2sun, Dec 23, 2020.

  1. Dec 23, 2020 at 8:19 AM
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    brian2sun

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    Not a big deal, but I noticed my tank average fuel economy (on the small display in my instrument panel) reset randomly mid-tank yesterday. It also reset the overall average fuel economy at the same time. I didn't push any buttons to reset it, and I don't think there's even an option to reset the tank average. Anyone else's done this? Just curious if I have a glitch in my matrix.
     
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  2. Dec 23, 2020 at 8:21 AM
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    Rock Lobster

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    Once or twice here. Not sure what triggered it.


    I will say that on occasion it happens when I connect or disconnect a trailer, but again, its rare enough for me to not really care about it.
     
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    This happened to me for the first time ever this past Monday. No idea why. Electrical gremlin...?
     
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  4. Dec 23, 2020 at 9:26 AM
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    Strange, never happened to me in 2.5 years of ownership.
     
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    Took me till yesterday just to figure out how to change the menu displays.:boom:
     
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  8. Dec 23, 2020 at 10:32 AM
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    Maybe they put out an update over the satellite?
     
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    Yes mine has reset randomly about a dozen times. I bought my TRD Off-Road in Feb of 2020 and have roughly 13,700 miles right now. Most of the random resets have been while I was off-roading. However, I have seen it reset randomly while driving down a nice level, smooth, flat, paved road in the city more than once. I have mentioned it to my dealership and they want to help me but it's super hard since I can't figure out a sure fire way to make it reset when it shouldn't. Do you still have this issue? Have you been able to figure out a pattern at all?
     
  10. Sep 2, 2021 at 10:07 AM
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    I wonder if this could be related to the cluster issue some people have had where the center display screen (between the Tach and the Speedometer) goes dark or shows static randomly.
     
  11. Sep 2, 2021 at 10:25 AM
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    Definitely possible and not something I have considered. However, I have never noticed my screen go all static on me or glitch in any other way than resetting that value.
     

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