Drop in Estimated Miles to Empty

[MVW]

Normally when I fill up, I get an estimate of approximately 300 miles to a tank. When I filled up last week, it gave an estimate of 230 miles to the tank...huge drop! No changes in driving habits, weather, gas, etc. Has anybody else had this issue? Dealer says could take a week to diagnose, so thought I'd ask here first. TIA...

 

[Michael Lopour]

Normally when I fill up, I get an estimate of approximately 300 miles to a tank. When I filled up last week, it gave an estimate of 230 miles to the tank...huge drop! No changes in driving habits, weather, gas, etc. Has anybody else had this issue? Dealer says could take a week to diagnose, so thought I'd ask here first. TIA...

I track my mileage in fuelly. That seems to happen after a poor mileage tank and is not permanent (or predictive).

 

[peterk9]

+1 on Fuelly.com
I've noticed as well that the DTE (Distance to Empty) depends a lot on what your last MPG reading was.

Peter

 

[peterk9]

Normally when I fill up, I get an estimate of approximately 300 miles to a tank. When I filled up last week, it gave an estimate of 230 miles to the tank...huge drop! No changes in driving habits, weather, gas, etc. Has anybody else had this issue? Dealer says could take a week to diagnose, so thought I'd ask here first. TIA...

Did you happen to notice if your MPG reading was lower than on previous fill-ups? I'd just keep an eye on it for the next few weeks.

Peter

 

[MM07]

I reset the trip and mpg every time I get gas.