2024 Toyota Tundra: wrong fuel gauge reading

Filed Nov 7, 2026 · Fuel system · UT

July 7, 2026: Purchased a 2024 Toyota Tundra SR5 July 11, 2026: Gasoline leaking from the truck and my fuel gauge stopped working. July 20, 2026: Took the truck to a dealership for the gasoline leak and fuel-gauge problem. The dealership reprogrammed the meter assembly and reported that it found no gasoline leak. July 22, 2026: While driving on the freeway, the truck stalled as I slowed in heavy traffic. A warning instructed me to pull over to a safe location. After turning the truck off and on, the message disappeared and I was able to drive. I also noticed sluggish operation at idle. Approximately August 5, 2026: I noticed a small amount of gas leaking from the truck. It had been parked in our driveway for approximately a day. August 8, 2026: I brought the truck in for routine ToyotaCare maintenance, including an oil change and tire rotation. When I picked it up, I reported the stall, warning message, and gasoline leak. I was told that everything checked out and the multipoint inspection had passed. I said I would report any recurrence. August 13, 2026: The check-engine light came on, along with messages directing me to the dealership. The car displayed EVAP and brake-system messages. August 14, 2026: I brought the truck to the dealership. I was told the EVAP system would need to be replaced and that the brake-system messages sometimes appear in connection with another significant faults. August 16, 2026: A substantial amount of gasoline poured from the area near the fuel filler neck. I recorded it on video. August 17, 2026: I took the truck to the dealership and they replaced the evap system again and replaced the gas tank. September 16, 2026: Gasoline again leaked after the truck was sitting for a day. The car stalled twice while driving to the dealership. October 12, 2026, was told they couldn't duplicate the problem and that I was to avoid parking uphill in hot weather.

Filed Sep 20, 2025 · Electrical, Fuel system · AR

Fuel gauge won’t reset after filling the tank or it will stay on full after using the entire tank of gas. Running out of fuel on the freeway is a major safety issue!

Filed Jul 11, 2025 · Fuel system · TX

2024 Toyota Tundra is parked on an semi-inclined driveway. The fuel gauge and miles to empty resets back to full and the miles to empty at the max around 420 miles back to empty. Reported this incident when the mileage was around 300 to the dealership and nothing was done. A year forward I am still having this fuel gauge and miles reset issue. This is a safety hazard primarily due to the risk of unexpectedly running out of fuel. While the inaccurate reading itself doesn't directly damage the engine, running out of gas can lead to several problems. It's important to address a malfunctioning fuel gauge promptly.

Filed May 12, 2025 · Electrical, Fuel system · TN

I am experiencing a recurring issue with my 2024 Toyota Tundra’s fuel gauge. Specifically, when the vehicle is parked on an incline, the fuel gauge resets to indicate a full tank, regardless of the actual fuel level. For instance, after parking on a hill with approximately half a tank, the gauge displayed full upon restarting the vehicle.

Filed Apr 21, 2025 · Fuel system · MO

Gas gauge randomly reset to full tank after parking, despite being less than half full. Without me noticing, this could have caused risk of running out of fuel due to erroneous computer information about the fuel level.

Filed Feb 24, 2025 · Electrical · WA

The fuel gauge displays full tank even though the tank is quarter empty. The local Toyota dealership is unable to resolve this issue. The fuel gauge malfunction happens almost twice a month now.

Filed Feb 15, 2025 · Fuel system · CO

The fuel gauge will randomly move to full and stay there even if the tank was almost empty. You can be at half tank and then next day it shows full and it won’t reset on its own. If you don’t catch it you will think tanks full. This could easily strand someone who assumes they have a full tank. This occurs when vehicle is parked and off on restart it shows full.

Filed Jan 17, 2025 · Fuel system · AL

Holiday trip from Alabama to New York on [XXX] the fuel gauges (2 warning systems) malfunctioned. Since new the fuel gauge always read 415-420 “Miles to empty” after fueling, no wait. In the trip at one point after fueling the gauge started showing 24 miles until empty on a full take. This was after driving and stopping for lunch or snacks somewhere along the way. Not knowing which gauge was correct made us stop more frequently for fuel. After this event the “Miles to Empty” has never went back to the original 415-422. The miles to empty has been sporadic from 24, 100+, 200+, 300+ And last night 370. I filed a complaint with Toyota and was given a case number. The dealer says “they’ve never heard of it”. There are reports of this problem starting in 2022 and up models all over the internet but the dealer says “you can’t trust people on the www”. Actually I do trust most of the Toyota Tundra users that are reporting these problems. This problem could cause drivers/ families to be stranded for various fuel reasons. As stated for my 1100 mile trip to and from NY it made me stop more frequently for fuel so I wouldn’t chance being stranded with my family of 4. I shared a video and photo with Toyota when I opened the case. Now I am driving around helping them to figure out the problem since they refused to provide me a loaner car so they could research the problem. At the time of the initial event the gauge stayed at 24 miles to empty until I stopped for fuel. After getting the next tank the reading was sporadic until at some point going to the 300’s reading but has never returned to the 415-422 reading that it had been for the full year prior. Video link [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

Filed Nov 1, 2024 · Electrical, Fuel system · NY

This is my 4th time filling out this form. Fuel gauge and miles to empty will reset with the fuel gauge reading full and the miles to empty recalculating without putting fuel in the vehicle. My computer owners online account shows I have a fuel level of 153%.This truck has 2781 miles on it. The fuel gauge has reset itself 6 times in that mileage. Have now contacted Toyota Customer fulfillment and now have a case number for the problem. My dealer then contacted me within an hour of getting that case number. Will now hopefully being getting closer to a solution.

Filed Oct 18, 2024 · Electrical, Fuel system · CA

The gauge fails to display the correct fuel level, especially when the fuel is below a certain threshold, which raises concerns about the accuracy of the reading and the overall safety of the vehicle. It will show full when really fuel is 1/2 tank

Filed Oct 12, 2024 · Electrical, Fuel system · NY

Fuel gauge continues to reset to full with the miles to empty resting without putting gas in the truck. First reported to dealer and looked at on 7/12/24 with no solution. Second incident reported and truck left at dealer on 7/29/24. with no solution. 2 fuel gauge resets occured and reported to dealer on10/2/24 again with no solution except Toyota knows the problem but has no fixes. Last resetting of fuel gauge has occured on 10/9/24. I have been informed that other Toyota Tundra trucks have been into this dealership with the same problem of the fuel gauge resetting without putting any fuel in the truck. This vehicle should come with a reliable and working fuel gauge. This can become a hazard if running out of fuel. Dealership has now looked at this problem 3 times! 5 resets of the fuel gauge in 2315 miles.

Filed Sep 26, 2024 · Fuel system · NY

Repeated resetting of fuel gauge to full without filling the gas tank. Have reported this problem and dealer tried to remedy but apparently not fixed. Truck filled on 9/18/24 and everything normal. Fuel gauge and miles to empty reset on 9/24/24 after having driven 59.5 miles. MPG stayed the same. Fuel gauge and miles to empty reset while truck was running after driving 25 miles since previous reset on 9/26/24. Watched the miles to empty roll on screen. Since previous dealer service can no longer use steering wheel button to reset the MPG. Can have a false sense of available fuel and cause potential accident if truck runs out of fuel on highway or get stranded somewhere.