Recent content by paulhs13MA

2016 LC 80K miles. Exact same issue. Very ugly, and it irks me constantly. Toyota really should replace this at no cost. But, as others have noted, the US was a low-volume LC market, and now is a zero-volume LC market. I think I will go to an upholstery shop. I’m just afraid they’ll do bad...

Haha. That is true about the vehicle's thirst. To be honest, I'm usually driving on asphalt here in the northeast, and I mentally calculate I have about 50 miles left when the light comes on. So, the "out of gas" experience when I went to start it in the morning was a complete surprise. But now...

True. What I described is something like what I imagine BMW would do (sensor upon sensor upon sensor...). And one doesn't see BMWs on the road too often after they're 5 years old... I may conduct an experiment to see how much time can pass on an incline with the engine off with fuel low, before...

Thanks for the reply. I am not very mechanically inclined, but I have to imagine Toyota could put in a sensor for these situations (ie. sensor activated when "bucket" empties and car is on a slope) and then have a tube powered by a pump to refill the "bucket" from further forward in the tank...

Got it. Thanks. I wonder how slowly this "bucket" drains. I can think of many offroad situations where one would stop the vehicle, nose down, and turn off the ignition for a while (top of a dune, top of a roadway to a riverbed, etc.). Again, 4+ gallons is not a tiny amount of fuel in any...

Good point. Thanks. Somehow I had 26 in my head. But still, it's not a tiny amount of gasoline.

I have a '16 LC. I parked it overnight in a somewhat steep driveway, nose facing downhill, and had this problem in the a.m. My wife suggested I just roll forward in neutral to the flat ground beyond, which I did, and the vehicle started (Thank you wife!). When I got to the gas station, I could...