Low Fuel Warning

[Phil White]

On the new model Aygo is there meant to be an audible warning when the fuel gauge drops to the last bar?

[FROSTYBALLS]

There is a warning light which shows when there is approx 5.25 litres or less of fuel remaining in the tank - page 355 of the full owners manual. No audible warning as far as I'm aware.

I presume the fuel gauge will be non-linear, as with other Toyota models.

[Phil White]

Ok I was on my way to work this morning when a heard a single beep and the low fuel lamp came on so I guess there is an audible warning as well.

[Wiz201]

I never let mine get to the last bar tbh, but she does over 300 miles just getting to the second bar.

[S_J_P]

I've noticed that the new Aygos' bar-gauge for fuel operates differently to the old one, perhaps as a result of the potentially more-accurate distance to empty display on the screen.

As with the older model the bars disappear, and there's an audible beep when on the last bar, but last week I got to the point where the last bar disappeared
completely - I had nothing displayed on the fuel-gauge at all and the DTE display told me I had a cruising range of 6 miles. A refill took 33 litres. The new Aygo also has an orange fuel-warning lamp just to the left of the fuel-gauge.

On previous Aygos, with the last bar flashing, I’ve fitted over 34 litres in plenty of times, so I guess both the bar-graph and DTE display are somewhat conservative by 20 miles or so compared to the older model.

[schojac]

Not being used to this non linear thing really caught me on the hop this fuel gauge. Light but no beep heard but really concerned the first time as I had only 20 miles worth of fuel left, consequently I now never let it get below 2 bars.

[FROSTYBALLS]

The fuel gauge being non-linear is something one gets used to. Other Toyota models (eg Auris, Yaris, IQ) have similar gauges. I've had three Toyotas with similar gauges and non-linearity hasn't been an issue.

For an example of how they work, see.http://www.toyotaownersclub.com/forums/topic/157794-auris-133-fuel-bar-fuel-consumption-and-all-that-stuff/