Reset: Distance to Empty
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Reset: Distance to Empty
I had my battery replaced a couple of weeks ago and since then the Distance to Empty does not correspond to the remaining fuel in the vehicle. I know this function is part of the Trip Computer, but I've been unable to Reset by holding in the button on the stalk. Can anyone help? Thanks in advance.
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I keep the "Distance to Empty" displayed on the bottom of my screen and it always kept a fairly accurate countdown to my next fill up of gas. When I filled the tank it typically read around 220 miles. Now, since the new battery was installed it reads several hundred miles more than it should at all times. Thanks.
I keep the "Distance to Empty" displayed on the bottom of my screen and it always kept a fairly accurate countdown to my next fill up of gas. When I filled the tank it typically read around 220 miles. Now, since the new battery was installed it reads several hundred miles more than it should at all times. Thanks.
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I agree. I am used to having it in my display. That's the best that I've got.
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You're right. I check it on long intra/interstate trips. But since I don't have run-flat tires, I don't drive outside big metro areas now days...
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That just happened to me today as well and I have had no battery issues/replacement. At all. I was almost down to the red mark and it said 52 miles remaining. Then I put in 3 gallons or so (was in a rush) and it still said 52 gallons. Will check in am when I drive again.
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I don't know for sure with the F-Type, but on both my XFs the "range to empty" was incredibly pessimistic, it would show "- - -" (ie zero range to empty, you are out of gas!) when there was at least 5 litres and possibly up to 10 litres still in the tank. Many times I went an extra 50 kms or so after the range to empty read "- - -" without a single problem, and the most I could ever squeeze in to the supposedly 70 litre tank was 65 litres. I'm guessing it's yet another one of those modern OTT saaaaaaaaaafety (cue Eric Peters!) things, designed so that JLR cannot possibly be blamed for someone running out of gas due to an optimistic "range to empty" reading.
I don't know for sure with the F-Type, but on both my XFs the "range to empty" was incredibly pessimistic, it would show "- - -" (ie zero range to empty, you are out of gas!) when there was at least 5 litres and possibly up to 10 litres still in the tank. Many times I went an extra 50 kms or so after the range to empty read "- - -" without a single problem, and the most I could ever squeeze in to the supposedly 70 litre tank was 65 litres. I'm guessing it's yet another one of those modern OTT saaaaaaaaaafety (cue Eric Peters!) things, designed so that JLR cannot possibly be blamed for someone running out of gas due to an optimistic "range to empty" reading.
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I don't know for sure with the F-Type, but on both my XFs the "range to empty" was incredibly pessimistic, it would show "- - -" (ie zero range to empty, you are out of gas!) when there was at least 5 litres and possibly up to 10 litres still in the tank. Many times I went an extra 50 kms or so after the range to empty read "- - -" without a single problem, and the most I could ever squeeze in to the supposedly 70 litre tank was 65 litres. I'm guessing it's yet another one of those modern OTT saaaaaaaaaafety (cue Eric Peters!) things, designed so that JLR cannot possibly be blamed for someone running out of gas due to an optimistic "range to empty" reading.
Mine now has the opposite problem. When I reasonably have 80 miles left, it now reads 180. If I run out of gas, I will blame myself, but being OCD does not help this problem with the Distance To Empty reading.
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That just happened to me today as well and I have had no battery issues/replacement. At all. I was almost down to the red mark and it said 52 miles remaining. Then I put in 3 gallons or so (was in a rush) and it still said 52 gallons. Will check in am when I drive again.
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I don't trust it.
A couple of years ago, I did a 900 mile trip on two tanks of gas, which I wouldn't have thought possible. At the end, the Miles to Empty kept stretching out. When I finished the trip, it said I had 20 mile to empty. I filled up the next day, and it took 1/2 gallon more than the listed capacity of the fuel tank.
Whew.
A couple of years ago, I did a 900 mile trip on two tanks of gas, which I wouldn't have thought possible. At the end, the Miles to Empty kept stretching out. When I finished the trip, it said I had 20 mile to empty. I filled up the next day, and it took 1/2 gallon more than the listed capacity of the fuel tank.
Whew.
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That just happened to me today as well and I have had no battery issues/replacement. At all. I was almost down to the red mark and it said 52 miles remaining. Then I put in 3 gallons or so (was in a rush) and it still said 52 gallons. Will check in am when I drive again.
On rare occasions i have put small amount in I have noticed it doesn't update miles to empty,
Whenever i put a significant amount of fuel or fill to capacity it resets miles to empty immediately
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This was my experience until I replaced the battery. Now it constantly reads high.
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LOW FUEL STRATEGY
The ECM is programmed with a strategy which shuts the engine off
before the fuel tank runs dry. This is to prevent fuel system damage
by air being drawn into the high pressure fuel pump.
A misfire is induced with increasing magnitude when the fuel in the
tank reaches approximately 2.5 liters of useable fuel remaining to
alert the driver to this condition. The engine is shut down when the
fuel in the tank reaches 0.00 liters of useable fuel remaining in the
tank and 4.0 liters of un-useable fuel remaining.
To reset the fuel strategy after engine shutdown, it is required that a
minimum of 4 liters of fuel is added to the fuel tank, when the vehicle
is on level ground.
The ECM is programmed with a strategy which shuts the engine off
before the fuel tank runs dry. This is to prevent fuel system damage
by air being drawn into the high pressure fuel pump.
A misfire is induced with increasing magnitude when the fuel in the
tank reaches approximately 2.5 liters of useable fuel remaining to
alert the driver to this condition. The engine is shut down when the
fuel in the tank reaches 0.00 liters of useable fuel remaining in the
tank and 4.0 liters of un-useable fuel remaining.
To reset the fuel strategy after engine shutdown, it is required that a
minimum of 4 liters of fuel is added to the fuel tank, when the vehicle
is on level ground.