Other Fuel System Tank Assembly Problems of Toyota Prius

My vehicle was showing 4 bars for how much gas was left in the tank. I drove to fill it up but despite how much I put in the fuel gauge won't read it and is stuck on 4 bars. When driving it won't decrease either I've driven over 70 miles and it still won't adjust.

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On Toyota's website the vehicle has a 10. 9 gallon fuel tank capacity listed. I bought the car used at the end of last year and have never been able to get above 8. 5 gallons. I constantly achieve 45-50 miles per gallon as advertised but never get the range I was promised from the dealer or by Toyota's website.

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I was driving on the interstate when my car's hybrid system warning lights a came on , and the car slowed to a crawl. Luckily I was in the right lane and was able to pull off on the shoulder of the road. The car competely shut down. I've had it towed to two Toyota dearlships, (the same one twice),where I was told a number of different things. First, I was told there was water in the gas tank. There was no way that was true, since I had already driven 3/4's of a tank of gas, and I always fill my tank up. I refused to have a new fuel system put in to the tune of $2500. I had it towed to an independent repair shop, and where he got 5 gallons of water out of the tank. I only had about 3 gallons of gas in the car to begin with, and I know I didn't put water in the tank. The hybrid system seals had never been broken, so the dealership didn't even check that out, even though the warning lights came on regarding the hybrid system. Very fishy. . . The next dealership told me there was water it and it needed to be drained and fuel replaced, even thought that had just been done. They sent me a photo of a coke bottle with about 1/4 cup of fuel water mix. I was also told that the hybrid battery system was not under warranty since an independent repair shop drained the fuel system. The car's batteries were still under warranty, since it was under 100,000 miles. We sent it back to the first dealership where they now said it was a failed engine which would cost $10,000 to replace. (more that the worth of the car). This nightmare has lasted over 8 months! it began in sept. 2019. Complained to Toyota corporate to no satisfaction. Bottom line, Toyota didn't know what was wrong with the car, and would not fix it unless we paid to have it fixed even though it was under warranty. The recall that is being implemented is exactly what happened to my car.

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Fuel cell (rigid gas tank has a bladder inside). Toyota published technical service bulletin in 2008, concerning the failure of gas tank. The inner bladder can deform. The 10 gallon tank no longer accepts total volume of gas. 05/2019, and my 08 Prius accepts only 3. 8 gallons of gas at a full fill-up. Gauge quickly advances from full mark to six cells, then 3 and at 182 miles between full, the warning empty lamp engages. Toyota aware of this defect of generation 2 (04-09 model years). To such extent, the collapsible bladder inside the tank was abandoned for generation 3 models. This solid problem needs to be addressed. Gas tank deforms.

Unable to fill gas tank. Vapor-containment valve engages during refuelling, causing fuel to spill to ground and unable to fill more that one-half gallon of fuel. See also: https://priuschat. Com/threads/interesting-fuel-issue-2016-three-touring-overflowing. 173660/ (search for "overflow" - you will see that this is a common problem).

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Problem with the fuel bladder causing the gauge to read incorrectly. The gauge gets stuck at a quarter tank and before you know it, you're out of gas. Once this happened, it caused the hybrid system to fail and locked the car up even after putting gas in it. Has to do a master reset of the entire car to get it to start again.

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On I-75 @70 miles/hr, with around 800 mileage new Prius, toyo tire of the rear tire popped out and rolled on the I-75 without any warning lights but with some gas smell, putting all the occupants to high risk of crash on the busiest freeway, and the agony of the incident. I towed my Prius to valdosta Toyota, even though Toyota care should cover roadside assistance, they charged me for towing and putting new tire. There was a problem with the Prius gas system or toyo tire of Prius. After around 100 miles I tried to put in gas, Prius tank didn't take gas, went to clear water Toyota and got it repaired, despite explaining Toyota care and less than 1k mileage, they charged me for repair. Contacted Toyota care and my local dealer, they said valdosta and clear water Toyota should not have charged. The dealers say Toyota care need to reimburse the repairs at least, as they can't compensate the agony of losing a tire in the middle of the freeway. Toyota care doesn't even bother to register a complaint and investigate the issue and determine Prius gas system or toyo tire is under fault. Even after going through 3 Toyota dealers and contacting Toyota many times, there is no solution, so a) who investigates the issue? b) how to ensure Toyotacare follows their plan? c) how to bring responsibility to Toyota or toyo, their supplier, should be under warranty as part of the car warranty? d) how to ensure the kinds of horrifying incidents do not happen to any other family in future?.

The contact owns a 2011 Toyota Prius. The contact stated that the check engine warning indicator illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that there was a fracture in the fuel tank that needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The contact stated that this was a global recall (Toyota/australia: fuel suction plate), but was not yet a recall in the united states. The failure mileage was 58,000.

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Fuel gauge not reading properly in car. Car label states 11. 9 gallon capacity in fuel tank. Gas gauge shows one bar of gas left in car, but it takes only six gallons of gas to fill up automobile. This misleading gas gauge means drivers do not know what the true reading of gas is remaining in their fuel tanks which could lead to the car running out of fuel in the wrong place at the wrong time. This occurs when the car is moving.

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Ran out of gas with indicator light reading approximately 1/4 tank remaining.

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The vehicle's fuel guage became stuck causing me to run out of fuel on a busy highway almost resulting in an accident. An attempt to refill the tank was only minimally successful in that only 3 gallons were accepted by the tank.

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I experience lost of power as well as waiting more gasoline, before the electric fuse recall, my average miles per full tank was 436 miles, now is 540 per full tank. , also the ev miles was 8. 5 per charge and now after the fuse replacement is 13. 7 miles per charge, for almost 4 years I have been wasting more gas then normal as well as lost of power.

The Prius was being driven up a hill when it suddenly stalled and the gasoline engine died. It was very difficult to safely move the vehicle out of traffic, since the electric mode was not capable of moving the vehicle forward up the hill. The vehicle's fuel meter on the dash displayed 3 bars remaining (indicating there should have been over 1/4 tank of fuel remaining). The vehicle was towed to a Toyota dealer, who said a software reload and cleaning the throttle bottle fixed it. A little over a week later, the vehicle was being driven on interstate, and the driver was passing a semi-trailer. While in the passing lane, the vehicle stalled again, and caused great danger as it had very little eletric power to limp to safety. The gas engine would not run or start again, with the exact same symptoms as before. Again the fuel meter showed 3 bars remaining. However, it was found that it took over 11 gallons of gasoline to then fill the tank, and the total tank capacity is in the 11 gallon range. A search of the internet resulted in other similar complaints, with one entry citing a Toyota technical manual that included the statement regarding the fuel gauge, "the inclinometer must be reset if the customer complains that they can only pump a few gallons of gas into their tank or that they run out of gas with three or four bars left on the fuel meter. " it is very concerning & frustrating that Toyota apparently is aware that their vehicles can run out of gas unexpectedly due to a faulty fuel gauge, and it can place the operator and passengers in great danger. I have contacted the Toyota dealer about the expensive repair bill ($300) that did nothing to address the cause of the problem. They are willing to look at the car again, now that they understand it is likely a bad fuel gauge system, but this is a very dangerous situation that Toyota has apparently known about.

The contact owns a 2007 Toyota Prius. The contact stated that while driving at an unknown speed, the vehicle would suddenly shut off without warning. The contact discovered that the vehicle was out of fuel although the fuel gauge indicated that 1/2 tank of fuel was present. The contact indicated that the failure had occurred on multiple occasions. The cause of the failure was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 100,000.

While driving in the rain on the freeway, the car DE-acclerated suddenly after all the lights lit up on the dash board. I could not make the car go. I managed to manuever it close to an offramp(Dec 2013). Towed to north hollywood Toyota, paid over $800 to fix items I was told would fix problem. It did not!!! 4 months later on the freeway again, same thing happened. I costed off ramp and had the car towed to another dealer. (March-April 1014) left it for a week, they said it runs, cant find a thing. Less than 2 months later, on the freeway again, same thing happens, I coast to the side diffucultly. Called for a tow to my house 50 miles away. When I called both dealers, they refuse to acknowleged responsibility for not fixing the same problem I had in December of 2013 - this is a massive safety issue that Toyota says they couldnt fix until I paid them over $1200 for a blocked fuel line and tank. - said they might have found the problem over 5 monoths later. I think they should take financial responsibility for the fact that they never caught the problem originally in December of 2013 and I had feel unsafe as I was stopped on a busy so cal freeway more than one time. If you look at other Toyota blogs, people have complained about this issue. - I even went to main Toyota office in torrance, CA, they cannot find the dealerships in error, which is unbelievable. What if I was hurt seriously on those freeways? I have had to pay for rentals, tows, and fear of driving on the freeways. Feel free to call me.

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My car had hesitation issues since shortly after I bought it. It would bog down, and almost die in traffic. I would lose speed on the hwy/road & nearly get hit. Previously, the dealer replaced the gas tank because its "bladder" was bad @ 54,057 miles on 08/05/2011. The factory split the cost on this repair (which appears to occur more than they are admitting). The performance improved for a little while, but there has always been funny noises coming from my vehicle and the car would not power on at times. Other times, it would freeze or power off. The maintenance warning lights would come on and then turn off. Infrequently, air would come through the backseat vents like it is supposed to. Frequently, I would smell unusual smells after stopping my car. My car ate up the inside of a new set of tires very quickly despite being properly aligned. The hvac blower motor was cutting on and off at times and making funny noises. Many times when it would cut off, I could open and slam the hood and the hvac blower motor would engage, as if there was an electrical short in it. When the hvac blower motor quit altogether, I took my car to the dealer. The dealer said that the mower had gone out. There was an actual problem with the hv electric water pump as well as a factory recall. Interestingly, the dealer discovered tat the engine motor water pump was also leaking. What a coincidence! now that all of these components have been replaced, my car appears to work normal again like it has not worked since I first bought the car.

Fuel indicator on the dash showed 3 bars for remaining fuel. Vehicle ran out of fuel despite showing 3 bars. Oftentimes after tank is filled it only illuminates to 1 or 2 under the top bar instead of showing a full tank. There is obviously a problem that the car is not accurately reporting the fuel level.

Unable to add any gas to the fuel tank even when tank is near empty. Gas just spurts back out of the filler neck. Over time we have learned that this is temperature related. At or near freezing temperatures and colder it becomes impossible at times to add any gas to the tank. The only way to add fuel is to get the car to a warmer location and let it sit for a few hours. We have detailed records documenting several instances where we could add no fuel and many instances where a near empty tank will take only 1-2 gallons. The car has been seen by two different Toyota service centers but they claim they can find nothing wrong. Toyota USA has stopped responding to our requests for help. We are unable to trust the car for extended trips in the winter due to fears of getting stuck with an empty gas tank. A (related?) problem is that the fuel level indications are not consistent and thus cannot be trusted.

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Hybrid engine suddenly shut down without warning while vehicle was traveling 65 mph on a busy freeway, causing vehicle to come an unsafe stop. Depressing accelerator had no effect. Onboard computer gave error message "check hybrid system. Stop the vehicle in a safe place. " restarting vehicle produced the same error message and still unable to shift vehicle into drive or reverse. Fuel tank full at time of incident. Vehicle purchased new 5 months prior from Toyota dealership. No aftermarket parts or modifications present. ## VIN passed ## Toyota plugin Prius 2012 ##.

The contact owns a 2006 Toyota Prius. While driving at an unknown speed, the vehicle suddenly shut off without warning. The contact discovered that the vehicle was out of fuel although the fuel gauge indicated that 1/4 tank of fuel was in the fuel tank. The vehicle was towed to the dealer, who diagnosed that a faulty fuel bladder caused a false fuel gauge reading. The computer was reset, but the vehicle continued to experience the failure. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 100,000.

I tested fuel tank capacity since driving range has substantially decreased from new car status. Fuel capacity now 9. 2 gal, versus 12. 4 at purchase. The fuel bladder has shrunk, substantially reducing driving range. This shrinkage occurred between 10/15/2005 and 2/24/2011 when I tested it. I am informed by Toyota that replacement fuel bladders will also gradually shrink. No metal fuel tank is available as a replacement. This is unacceptable.

2009 Toyota Prius, car has had a bad fuel gauge , drove off the lot new and have had fuel tank replaced once. Fuel gauge failed again this is the second time. Dealer unable to repair, told me it was a design flaw and it could not be repaired, I am running out of gas and I can not use this new car on a long trip. I do not know and I am guessing on how much fuel I have. This is unsafe and uncalled for. Running out of glass on freeway and it is dangerous.

Just bought brand new 2008 Prius. Owner's manual claims that with just one bar showing on fuel gauge there would be 3. 0 gal. Or less in fuel bladder. The fuel gauge is totally unreliable based on these results: 10 bars (full fillup) got 200 miles to 9 bars -- 3 bars left got 100 miles to 2 bars -- 2 bars left got 20 miles to 1 bar -- 1 bar left got only 5 miles before car came to a stop and would not restart --. The hybrid battery gauge showed 0 charge. After putting in 2. 5 gal. The fuel gauge showed 2 bars. Engine started and I could drive 1. 25 miles to a gas station. This problem occurred on I-40 at 9:00 pm in new mexico. We were very lucky that there was a gas station nearby, because there are many stretches of I-40 where there is no gas station for 20-40 miles. There have been many complaints about both the unreliable fuel gauge and the bladder type fuel tank. The Toyota dealer never mentioned these defects, nor does the owner's manual.

The flexible gas tank on the Prius often fails to fill up all of the way to full. In cold weather the tank often fills only 8 gallons(when completely empty) and sometimes clicks off at 3 gallons or less and keeps clicking off until more gas is forced into the tank. The Prius was brought in to the dealer and they looked into the tank issue and found nothing. There recommendation was to fill up on the slowest level and to tilt the gas nozzle to side or upside down to force more gas into the tank. This did not rectify the situation and the dealer could not offer any further remedy. The dealer will not do anything further to fix the situation.

When car was new, I was told a warning light would appear for low fuel. I ran the car dry (with one bar showing) and no warning ever appeared. . The car ran dry in a bad section of town at night. . . Subsequently I found the fuel gauge to be grossly inaccurate. 3 gallons was required to move the gauge off the lowest setting although the tank only hold 11 gallons. . . With high gas prices, one cannot shop with a one bar fuel setting (e) since you may have 4 gallons left in the tank. . The fuel gauge is essentially worthless.