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So unfortunately not good news. After the recalibration by the dealer when filling the tank to full it now shows an HV range of 530-560 miles (so 100 miles more than it used to). However, the range drops faster than expected (particularly in the last 1/4 of the tank) and after 325 miles of driving (with no EV at start) and gauge showing 30-40 miles range I could not put in more than 32 litres. This tallied up well with the trip computers 45mpg. I'll present this back to the dealer and see what they say.

Today for me. Annoyingly just after it came back from the dealer. i appreciate they are on top of things,but surprised how many of these we've received.

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:

So car went in to the dealer yesterday and they have "recalibrated the fuel gauge". They were pretty hopeful as the range went up as they did this. When it was collected it was showing 140 miles range, and now its back its showing 158 miles, and it would have been driven 35 miles, so perhaps gained 50+miles? I'll run the tank down to when it asks to refuel and see if its different 🤞. Dealer stated that when the car is on the Reserve level it can have between 5 and 15 litres of fuel in the tank. I said that 15 seemed a high number.

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.

I occasionally get audible alerts from cars approaching from behind too quickly, e.g. at roundabouts or when have waited to turn down a side road and have just moved off. I;m not aware if the hazards have gone off.

This would be simply solved by the car 'remembering' what the status of the HOLD function was when it was last switched off. Then people will get exactly what they want. This is how VAG cars do it.

Thanks. For comparison this was one button in my old A3 Etron (Drive mode : EV > Hybrid -> Charge hold - and it defaulted to what it was set to last time). You could also force a harder regen mode by selecting sport mode which was useful when coming up to a junction or going down steep hills. Given the EV range it had it was all a bit academic but still miss the Audi/VAG infotainment/trip computer system.

Thanks, will give it a go - not played with HV/EV for some time. As you say it always seems to use EV at very low speed if it can. Never quite got why it needs 2 separate buttons for HV/EV and Auto HV/EV.

Back from a longish trip where I filled up with 20 miles range showing and again only squeezed in 37 litres (so 18 litres / nearly 4 (UK) gallons short of the actual capacity). So does anyone know if the fault is: a) tank has an air lock and you can never get the full 55 litres in so the car is actually near empty when it shows 20 miles range. b) tank never fully empties and we have 15 litres sloshing around that we could actually use if "brave" ! After filling up the car shows 450 miles HV range (0 EV), but I actually get 320 miles before its back to near empty again. Trip computer shows around 45mpg on these trips. This is a trip of mainly dual carriageways and motorways averaging 50-60 mph. Car is now showing 24 miles HV range. So if I can force it to run on petrol whilst having EV available I may be able to answer my own question...

Same here, never put in more than 36 litres

I had my maps updated last month at the dealer. I'd had the same message on the screen stating "contact dealer" at the end of last year and had asked the dealer to update the maps when it was in for a service in January. Unfortunately they failed to order in the correct part (assume a USB stick) so car had to be re-booked in 6 weeks later. It took them 2 days to do it and they had to take the battery off before the update would "take". Previously at the start of 2023 it successfully updated itself over the air, all very annoying.

I was surprised/annoyed to discover that the traction battery did not keep the 12V battery charged, especially as I always left it plugged in. Has happened a couple of times, locking me out of the car when its been left for 3+ weeks. Manually opening the car and putting it on charge or attaching a battery pack eventually got it going again. Looking at this thread on Club Lexus 450h charging question it shows the car was trickle charging the 12V whilst its charging the hybrid battery but not when it completes charging. I'll be manually trickle charging the 12V battery every so often from now on. I'd seen a similar type of issue reported on a Kia eNiro EV where software controlled when the 12V battery was charged from the main battery but the algorithm it used was flawed and ended up locking people out of their cars as the 12V slowly discharged.

Would starting the climate through the App just before you go out help? I used to pre-warm my A3 e-tron in this way when it was on charge in the garage and it purely used the mains power so did not affect the EV range,

My upgrade message said you need to update "MyToyota" and when I clicked the link it went to the MyToyota app in the app store. I did not download it. Tried rebooting phone , but made no difference Deleted the app and reinstalled/re setup and now looks OK again.