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Toyota Camry 2015: Why does the fuel light come on before my tank is close to empty?

I have a current 2015 Toyota Camry Hybrid Atara SL. The specification indicates that the fuel tank has a capacity of 65 litres. However, I was never able to fill up petrol past 55 litres. Therefore, I suspect a short change of 10 litres somewhere, or the tank is 55 litres in all. The Camry hybrid has a distance to empty display and I only fill up when the display showed a dash as "-", as the computer tells me I cannot drive further or the petrol could run out any time. Can you please tell me the truth behind this?

The capacity is 65 litres, but you won't be able to get 65 litres into it when refuelling, as there will always be a reserve, even when the low fuel warning light comes on. Toyota suggested: “the fuel warning light could be coming on prior to the tank being completely empty. The "low fuel" warning lamp setting might err towards the conservative, however this ensures our customers have ample time to refill their tanks before running dry and minimising the possibility that they'd ever run out of fuel.”

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