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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 006053896 | Incident Date: Jan, 17 2006 |
| Consumer's City: JANESVILLE | Consumer's State: WI |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Toyota Motor Corporation |
| Model Name: PRIUS | Model Year: 2005 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Fuel system, gasoline:storage:tank assembly |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: JTDKB20U653 | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jan, 24 2006 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Apr, 18 2005 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 4 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Monitored the fuel gauge on the dashboard of 2005, toyota prius in order to know when was running low on fuel. has been keeping a log of fuel consumption, mpg and miles driven. typically, ihe filled up the tank when the display showed only 2 or 3 bars remaining out of 10 bars when full. based on the cars 11.9 gallon capacity each bar should indicate approximately 1.19 gallons of fuel. in the past it has taken 7-8 gallons to fill up the tank when the display got down to 2 or 3 bars. however, there have been several occasions where it has only taken 4.5 gallons to fill it up. also there were 4 instances when attempting to fill tank up after the display showed 2 bars remaining, and it only allowed me to pump 3 gallons of fuel before the pump shut off. as much as i tried could not get any more fuel to go into the tank. when i started the car it only showed 6 bars on the display. i drove around the block and pulled into the service station again and attempted to put in more fuel. it only took about .2 of a gallon, but this time the display showed 10 bars. it seemed obvious that something was wrong with the fuel tank sensor system. a fuel gauge should provide an accurate indication of the number of gallons of fuel remaining.*ak |
