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    Hello, I have Prius 2006 the gas reading sometimes works, and most of the time loading and show the gas empty while it's full . and also flashing. help please.
     
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    sounds like a bad sending unit in the gas tank. iirc, the whole tank has to be replaced
     
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    Hello and welcome to PriusChat!

    I have seen this problem on three different Gen2 Prius, and all three had faulty fuel level sensors (fuel gauge sending units) in the fuel tank. The tank on the Gen2 in North America is "sealed" (has no way to replace parts inside), so the only repair option was to replace the complete tank assembly.

    That might be your problem, but you would have to have some electrical testing done to confirm that. I do not know if you can do such testing yourself, or if you take your car to a shop.

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    mr_guy_mann,
    Thank you for your help . so is that any way to get the part (fuel gauge sending units ) from the junk yard and replace it. or i have to replace the whole fuel tank?
     
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    bisco, Thank you for your help.
     
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    mr_guy_mann,

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    is this is the part need to be replaced ?? and can I do it by myself ?
     
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    On a Gen2 that was made for the US market, you have to replace the entire tank.

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    Just reset your trip A with every tank and divide it by your MPG reading. That's your approximate miles driven. That's what I've been doing and its been fine. I get 52 MPG on my 2008 so for example, at 400 miles on Trip A I know that I need to put around 8 gallons. This has bee working fine for me. I hope this helps,

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    Karsa, Thank you .
    But how I do reset trip A. Every time the trip A &B reset by itself every trip or drive I doesn’t calculate the trips together.
     
    #9 Amir_Selim, Dec 14, 2022
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    Kasra, Thank you. I got it it's good I will try that thank you for your help.
     
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