GX550 Low Fuel Gas Warning Light?? Where is it?

[SethGX]

I can’t find a light, only a pop up that reads Low Fuel on the dashboard. Unfortunately this doesn’t happen for me until 10-14 miles left and there’s no auditory alarm. So…..if I’m on the phone and hopping on the highway, not looking at my dashboard for 20 min, a lot can change. Just gotta reprogram my brain to check gas level literally every time I get in the car now cuz it drains so quickly with such a small tank and only 13-14 mpg. Not impressed.

It changes the fuel pump symbol from white to orange, it will say low fuel on the center of the gauge cluster, and it will pop up a temporary banner on the multimedia screen saying fuel is low. Also, zero miles range seems to be something more like 20-40 miles in reality.

 

[HBush]

It changes the fuel pump symbol from white to orange, it will say low fuel on the center of the gauge cluster, and it will pop up a temporary banner on the multimedia screen saying fuel is low. Also, zero miles range seems to be something more like 20-40 miles in reality.

Unfortunately not for me. I ran out in the middle of the Interstate - whole system shut down and I couldn’t even turn my steering wheel. Every vehicle I’ve owned since 2010 has had a bell/alarm when gas is low so I’m conditioned to that I guess and I had not noticed that it was low. Seems like this would be a simple update to our technology to add an auditory alarm, especially for a $100K vehicle. Pretty disappointing.

 

[tiiBimmer]

I was able to find a solution to this problem that works great.

I purchased a bluetooth OBD2 adapter called vLink MC+ for under $60 and use an app called SideCar that works with CarPlay to put a gas gauge on my CarPlay interface. The only drawback is that you need to use the SideCar app all the time (with Apple Maps integrated) to have the gas gauge displayed, but I like it.

Here is a link to the OBD2 adapter

Amazon.com

Here is a link to the SideCar app

‎Sidecar: Automotive assistant

‎Your personal automative assistant. A powerful OBD scanner with integrated CarPlay widgets, Shortcuts, and iCloud sync support. Now includes turn-by-turn navigation in CarPlay. Want to beta test Sidecar and get two months free? Visit http://sidecar.clutch.engineering/beta/ to learn more...

apps.apple.com

Hope this helps someone else!

 

[TNTChris]

If I fill up my GX it states that I have 272 miles. But lately it has been going slowly. Yesterday I made it to 280! So weird. I am getting 14.5 miles per gallon I drive about 25,000/ 30,000 miles a year. This thing eats gas! I do Micky Thompson Baja Boss AT’s 275/65/18’s and a roof rack.