Oil Tank capacity

[Bobby73]

Hi all,

New to this group and this is my first post.

I just received my car on last Friday, an approved used car from Lexus in London.  A 73 Lexus NX450h+. The car travelled 400 miles all the way to my home, and the indicator showed only 67 miles left to refill. I then went to the petrol station and fill up the tank. Surprisingly, I can only top up to 36 Litre then stop, a few more try still up to 36.XX L maximum. The oil tank should be 55L capacity, according to the indicator, I only have one left which means suppose I can fill up at least 40-50L, at least 45 L minimum....? Is it something weird?

 

 

[Spock66]

The estimated remaining mileage is very conservative to try and prevent running out of fuel.

Assume you mean Petrol tank and not oil capacity 😉

[Harrier Man]

This was covered extensively in a post by Tickedon in November last year. It's title is, ""NX 450h+ fuel tank capacity? Missing 23 litres…" but, in essence,  Andrew is right, gauge is very conservative.

[Tickedon]

3 hours ago, Harrier Man said:

This was covered extensively in a post by Tickedon in November last year. It's title is, ""NX 450h+ fuel tank capacity? Missing 23 litres…" but, in essence,  Andrew is right, gauge is very conservative.

Indeed - see thread here:

 

[dts439]

My car is going in to Lexus next week for them to investigate this issue.

Most I have ever put in our car has been 40 litres, having forcibly driven it down to 0 miles range.  In my 2 years of ownership I normally get a range (excluding EV) of 320-360 miles for 36 litres.

[Bobby73]

Any update Lexus come back to you?

 

[dts439]

On 8/5/2024 at 1:45 PM, Bobby73 said:

Any update Lexus come back to you?

 

Sorry I put the update on the original "Missing 23 litres" thread and forgot to link back to this one - basically they ran a procedure to recalibrate the fuel gauge and the range went up.  I need to run it to the reserve level again and report back - should be end of the month .  Thread below: