THE distance range indicated on the trip computer in my 2008 Toyota Corolla Ascent is inaccurate. Every time I fill up with fuel the range indicated is 560km. I am a conservative driver, never speed, use a cruise control and travel mostly on freeways, and my indicated average fuel consumption is about 7.5 litres for 100km. With a fuel tank capacity of 55 litres the distance range should be 733km. The average fuel consumption has been reset many times, but the full range indicated is always 560km. The vehicle has been serviced twice and every time the service technicians have found no fault. Toyota's customer service hot-line informed me the indicator is a guide only and that a 24 per cent error exists. Do I really have a faulty range indicator? If so, how can I have this malfunction corrected? I know this seems trivial but for the money I paid I expect all vehicle operations to function properly.
I NEVER treat the distance-to-empty readout as gospel. I use it as a basic guide, but nothing more. I don't trust them and certainly have no confidence in them, whatever the make of car. I am driving a VE Commodore SS ute that was showing an average fuel consumption of 13 litres/100km when I picked it up. It now shows 17.4 litres/100km after I reset it and have driven it for three weeks. That's a vast difference. I plan to do a fill-to-fill check and see what the correlation is. I would first determine the accuracy of your trip computer by doing a similar check and seeing what the range really is. If that backs up your belief that the range is inaccurate, you have something to talk to Toyota about.
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